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 ...
Resources – June 1998
The materials listed here are resources on peer pressure, drugs, tobacco and alcohol. Although AHI does not distribute any of these materials; they are available for use within our reference library at AHI Youth Centre. BOOKS Tobacco: The Real Story ...