Health care centers, its essentiality.
Health care is defined as the organized provision of medical care for individuals or communities by health professionals and it can also be defined as efforts made to maintain or restore physical, mental, or emotional well-being especially by trained and licensed professionals. The main purpose of health care is to maintain health and make life […]
Infant Malnutrition, Causes and Effect.
Malnutrition is defined as the lack of essential nutrients in the body necessary for growth and development of body tissues. This lack thereof can lead to side effects such as stunted growth, illnesses and early death. Did you know that Malnutrition is a direct or underlying cause of 45 percent of all deaths of under-five […]
IDPs, trauma and living culture.
Sani has been living in an IDP camp with his mum and two sisters for 6 months, after their village was attacked by gunmen and he lost his dad and his home got destroyed in the fire, hence they had to move to the camp . Life in the camp is very different from what […]
Nigeria: UN Chief Condemns Attack On School
The United Nations Secretary-General has strongly condemned Wednesday’s attack on a boarding school in north-central Nigeria, in which one student was killed and several students, as well as relatives and staff, abducted. According to reports, gunmen stormed the Government Science College Kagara, in the Niger state of Nigeria, at around 2 am (local time). Many […]
Nigeria: Bandits Storm Nigerian School, Kidnap Many Students
The exact number of students kidnapped by the bandits has not been ascertained. Suspected bandits have abducted some students of the Government Science School, Kagara in Niger State. The bandits were dressed in military uniforms when they attacked the boarding school Tuesday night, reported PRNigeria, a news agency with close ties to Nigerian security agencies. […]
Child marriage and it’s horrors.
Aisha was barely fifteen when her dad got her married as the sixth wife of Mallam Guduru all for a piece of land in the village.Aisha saw her first period at her husband’s house and after that day, he would always make her come to him, claiming he needed a childfrom her young blood to […]
24 million may drop out of school due to COVID-19 impact: U.N
Girls and young women are likely to be disproportionately affected, it saysAlmost 24 million children are at risk of not returning to school next year due to the economic fallout of COVID-19, according to the United Nation’s policy brief on the pandemic’s impact on education, released on Tuesday. The educational financing gap is also likely […]
Valentine through Faith’s eyes and Destiny’s heart.
Faith has always loved Valentine’s day, it meant lots of gifts for her and the other children at the orphanage. Valentine’s day was always anticipated by the kids as this was the day different people and groups would come to spend time with them and gift them different items, making them feel loved and special. […]
The agony of the Girl child within our today’s school system.
Esther was the form teacher’s favorite, everyone thought so as he showed favoritism when it came to her, always buying her gifts and giving her high test scores he always made her stay behind after school to help him score assessment tests, or run one errand or another this was just an excuse he used […]
Public schools may be poor but communities can do more…
Many public schools may be in a bad state. However, School Based Management Committees (SBMC) have been told to quit complaining, roll up their sleeves and find solutions. When asked to list the issues bedeviling schools in their communities, members of School Based Management Committees (SBMC) that attended a training by the Human Development Initiatives […]