March 1997

Resources – March 1997

Resources – March 1997

Choosing Abstinence by Dale Zevin There is an urgent need for young people to have the skills to make wise choices about postponing sexual behavior. At this stage, positive and rewarding friendships are essential -csexual relationships are not. This book encourages ...

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GPI Holds Strategy Planning Workshop

A two-day national workshop for youth-serving non-governmental organizations (NGOs) convened by Girls’ Power Initiative (GPI) took place in Calabar from 16th to 19th February 1997. The workshop deliberated on the strategic objectives and actions recommended in the platforms for Acton ...

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Love at Valentine

Over three hundred young people attended this year’s Valentine’s Day activity which has now become an annual event at Action Health Incorporated’s Youth Center in Lagos. As usual, the event was celebrated with an entertainment-education package. The package focused on ...

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Not Smart Enough

by Abiodun Adeoye-Bamgbopa Ex-student, Ajao Estate High School, Anthony Village, Lagos. Naomi was born into one of the most respectable families in our area. She grew up to be an intelligent and hardworking pretty girl. She was always punctual to ...

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Poems – March 1997

Poems – March 1997

DARE TO BE DIFFERENT Adapted from “Teaching True Abstinence Sex Education” by Pat Socia Keep those zippers zipped up tight And those buttons buttoned just right Clothes and “NO” are the protection, you see So you can be free, yeah-you ...

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The Only Way to Be Free

Abstinence is a word many Nigerian youths cannot bear to hear, not to talk of adopting. They do not feel self-fulfilled or complete until they’ve had one sexual relationship or the other. But if you think that every Nigerian youth ...

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