POETRY WAKE UP  By: Inyang D. Akpan, Aiyedere/Ajibola High School, Girls Open your eyes This concerns you All of you How blind you are That you cannot see Your foolishness To be a girl is nothing Nothing, but trouble Trouble! Their ...

The materials listed below are about sexual responsibility. In order for young people to understand the physical and emotional changes they experience in adolescence and be to take control of their lives, they must have a practical information as well as motivational ...

The four letters “AIDS” stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. The word “Immune” refers to the defence system of the body which helps us to fight all kinds of diseases. AIDS is caused by a virus, tiny organism invisible to the eye which ...

By : Inyang D. Akpan  Aiyedere/ Ajibola High School, Ketu, Lagos.  GROWING UP! The thing just kind of creeps up on you unexpectedly. One day you are toddler and the next you’re… well, Grown! How does it happen anyway. When do we first notice that ...

Dear Editor, I appreciate the fact that you have been working towards making life more meaningful for Nigerian teenagers through your Newletters- Growing Up, which I have also found very useful. Looking at teenagers and knowing  that some are only able to ...

By Emmanuel Ehinmero and Ijeoma Okereke* 1992’s long vacation was an eye-opening period for our small group at the AHI Youth Centre. Armed with approval letters from parents, we attended the Participatory Video Communication training workshop organized by AHI in collaboration with Communication for change (C-4-C), ...

Report by: “Dr Emmy” (Emmanuel Ehinmero)  Ex- Student Bariga Comprehensive High School, Ifako, Lagos.  Becoming a father or mother can be a wonderful and fulfilling life experience, particularly when it happens by choice. However, most teenage pregnancies are unintended and the teens parents are not ...

Do you have articles, true-life stories, cartoons or jokes on the issues of adolescent life that you want to share with us? If you do. Send a copy of the materials to: The Editor, Growing Up Newsletter, Action Health Incorporated, ...

In Nigeria as in many other countries, the electronic media especially, television, videotapes, and films have become a popular mode of communication especially among adolescents who reside in the urban areas. Apart from informing and creating awareness about issues, visual electronic ...

Entertaining and Educating with Video Vol 1. No. 3 Front Cover Entertaining and Educating with Video Inside this Issue Film-Making: Our Experience Let’s Share With You The Egg Baby Contest Letters to the Editor Poems and Jokes Growing Up Pains ...