Month: May 2022

American healthcare provides clean water for 1,500 people in Benue

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American healthcare, a non-profit, United Vessels of Love Foundation (U-VOL), has built a solar-powered borehole in Ojegbe community of Obi Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State for 1,500 people. In a statement, signed by the Foundation’s Public Relations Unit and sent to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja, Ms Faith Adole, Founder of U-VOL, said that the clean water project …

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Mali: UN expert calls for independent probe into Moura massacre

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human rights expert on Wednesday called for a full and independent investigation into alleged mass crimes committed in central Mali’s Mopti region late last month, and pleaded with all parties to ensure the “absolute protection” of civilians and an end to the current vicious cycle of violence.   Alioune Tine, the Independent Expert on the …

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NGO trains 200 orphans, 300 widows, others in skill acquisition

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A Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Almajiri Support Initiative, operating in Kebbi State under the chairmanship of Alhaji Shehu Umar has said that it has trained no fewer than 200 orphans and 300 needy widows and divorcees in its routine free training in Birnin Kebbi. According to him, the deaf and dumbs are among those who received …

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Investing in the future generation through access to education; how the IAPF scholarship program is helping kids stay in school

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Education is the most powerful tool to help eradicate global poverty, but every day, young people are deprived of the right to learn when the cost of school fees stands between them and a brighter future. In 2021, IAPF launched a school scholarship program in partnership with Binga RDC that offers merit and need-based scholarships, …

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Soul City Institute – A passionate commitment to social justice

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On 11 August 2016, the Soul City Institute (SCI) was relaunched as a feminist and social justice organisation that focusses on young women and girls and the communities they live in. Although South Africa enjoys one of the world’s most visionary constitutions and comprehensive bill of rights, the country remains a deeply patriarchal society, where women are …

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ActionAid South Africa – Fighting poverty, inequality and injustice

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ActionAid South Africa (AASA), part of an international non-governmental organisation operating in 45 countries, has worked in collaboration with local organizations in five provinces since 2006 to advance a society free from poverty, inequality, and injustice. AASA believes in creating a world that works for us all. This means ensuring rights become a reality for …

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10 Great Films to Check Out at the 2022 New York African Film Festival

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While this isn’t an exhaustive list of the screening of the film, here’s a lineup of interesting African titles showing at this year’s New York African Film Festival. Returning to in-person gatherings, the New York African Film Festival will run through May 12 to May 17. Now in its 29th edition, this year’s festival is taking place …

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NAWOJ, NGO distribute food, clothes to children, widows in Cross River

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CROSS RIVER State wing of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) and the Queen Priest Foundation have distributed food items, clothes and toiletries to less- privileged children and widows in the state. They made the donation on Valentine’s Day to some Internally Displaced Persons of Bakassi still living at Ikot Eyo in Akpabuyo Council …

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