Set in the Iwaya community, an under-resourced neighbourhood in Lagos, Damilola, Polinu and Rebecca share their experiences about growing up in one of the city’s slums. Life is an inescapable nightmare: The heroines offer a rare peep into their world ...
Keeping The Promise: Slipping Through The Crack
Why are so many young girls of school age on the streets trading and not in the classrooms where they belong? A lively radio discussion tackles various angles to this problem. The city is listening; some turn off, while others ...
Keeping The Promise: Make Every Girl Count
The education and well-being of girls is critical to nation building and development but is often not prioritized. Critical stakeholders — the government, members of the community and civil society interventionists examine the education policy and prevailing assumptions as they ...
Boy Scouts Sensitized on Drug Abuse
As part of the Annual District Camp of Yaba Local Association of Lagos State Boy Scouts, a lecture on “Children and Drug Abuse” was organized for members of the Boy Scouts Movement on Saturday, November 3, 2007 at University of ...
World AIDS Day 2007
Action Health Incorporated (AHI) joined others globally to celebrate the World AIDS Day on Monday 3rd December 2007. The event which had the theme, “Stop AIDS, Keep the Promise Leadership” was held at the AHI Youth Center. The programme aimed ...