ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER IMPROVES EDUCATION
Education is critical for breaking the cycle of poverty and yet over half of the world’s schools lack access to safe water and sanitation facilities. Lack of clean water has serious effects on students’ academic performance and attendance rates. The lack of safe water can cause even the best students to lose momentum as they […]
Drug use and abuse.
A drug is defined as any chemical or biological substance, which when taken into the body, by any means whatsoever changes the functions of the body or behavior of the user. If it changes the functioning for good substance is regarded as medicine. Drugs are most times substances taken into the body that create a […]
GIRLS’ EDUCATION
Girls’ education goes beyond getting girls into school. It is also about ensuring that girls learn and feel safe while in school; have the opportunity to complete all levels of education acquiring the knowledge and skills to compete in the labor market; learn the socio-emotional and life skills necessary to navigate and adapt to a […]
Volunteering.
Emma has always loved helping people, he is very passionate about making life easier and Better for others.He started from a very young age by helping his classmates with their tough school work, after school he would stay back and help his form teacher with curating students records. Whenever the school had big events planned […]
Nigeria: Army Foils Another Kidnap Attempt On Kaduna School
The Kaduna State government says 39 students have been confirmed missing from the earlier abduction Thursday night. The Nigerian Army says it has foiled another attempt by bandits to kidnap students of Turkish International Secondary School in Rigachikun, Kaduna State. This comes after bandits abducted over 200 persons, including students and staff, of the Federal […]
Living with trauma
Deola has recently been contemplating suicide, life as an orphan has been a harsh reality, being passed from one foster home to another isn’t an ordeal any child should deal with but he was familiarizing himself with it, as no one wanted the boy who screams at night. Unbeknownst to them his screams were a […]
Nigeria: How Hijab Controversy Threatens Kwara’s Harmony
Kwara State is known as the State of Harmony, but that is being threatened by the controversy that is trailing the wearing of hijab by students in secondary schools founded by Christian missions, but which have been taken over by the state government. The agitation for or against the wearing of hijab did not start […]
POLIO eradication.
POLIO was one of those deadly diseases that plagued the world and it’s cure seemed far fetched not until research found ways to combat it though it’s cure is still unattained. It is a highly contagious virus that can result in spinal cord and brainstem paralysis. It most commonly affects children under 5 years old. […]
Effects of COVID-19 on schools
According to UNICEF there are 168 empty desks. 168 unused backpacks. 168 million futures hanging in the balance. This pandemic classroom installation at the United Nations in New York is a powerful reminder of the global education crisis. The desks and backpacks represent the 168 million children whose schools have been completely closed for nearly […]
Effects of COVID-19 on schools
According to UNICEF there are 168 empty desks. 168 unused backpacks. 168 million futures hanging in the balance. This pandemic classroom installation at the United Nations in New York is a powerful reminder of the global education crisis. The desks and backpacks represent the 168 million children whose schools have been completely closed for nearly […]