The Gabify Initiative, a sports Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has tasked the Federal Government to put in place policies that will fast track the development of para-sports in Nigeria. Ifeanyi Amaobi, Founder of the NGO, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that para-sports was a veritable platform to engage people with disability and win laurels […]
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An NGO, Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC), on Monday organised a training for women traditional leaders and market leaders on how to end violence against women and girls. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Capacity Building Workshop on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls with Association and Council of Iyalodes
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Let’s recognize humanitarians who work tirelessly, day and night, to save lives at risk When the merchant vessel Razoni sailed from Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa earlier this month with more than 26,000 tons of corn for global markets, she was rightly the subject of intense attention. Her passage was the result of months
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The Ministry of Health and Sanitation, with support from Concern Worldwide, European Union and International Rescue Committee, has engaged stakeholders and civil society organisations on the vaccination of healthcare workers and vulnerable people at risk of exclusion against Covid-19 in 16 districts across the country. Since the commencement of the Covid-19 vaccination in Sierra Leone
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On World Humanitarian Day, marked annually on 19 August, aid workers Ahmad Alragheb, based in Syria, and Veronica Houser, stationed in Afghanistan, talk about the crucial humanitarian effort in these countries, and the challenges they and their colleagues face. Syria, where the displaced are helping the displaced “Humanitarians put themselves in very unsafe situations to save
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Uganda is facing limited supply of HIV/Aids life-saving medication, particularly for third-line patients. The stock-outs and shortages of HIV drugs have increased the risk of antiretroviral resistance, treatment failure, sickness and death of people living with HIV/ Aids in the country. According to UNAIDS, there are 1.5 million people living with HIV/Aids in Uganda. At
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Athens — ‘They don’t want people from Asia and Africa to actually enter the country.’ Refugees from Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, and Syria have long faced dismal living conditions while struggling to access asylum procedures and essential services in Greece. According to NGOs and human rights groups, Greece’s reception of Ukrainians escaping Russia’s
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A Field Officer at Hen Mpoano, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Augustine Adamtey, has called on the Roads Ministry to, as a matter of urgency, do repair works on the Ankobra Bridge in the Ellembelle District in the Western region. According to him, the pillars holding the bridge for the past five years appear to be
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Global Circle for Reparations and Healing, a cohort of organisations working to tackle legacies of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, has set a new standard for reparation advocacy. The new standard aimed to bridge the gap on global reparation and address the root causes of the legacies of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, colonialism, neo-colonialism and racism,
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The Art of Living, an international non-religious, non-profit organisation will host an event, to assist individuals in strengthening mental health and reducing stress, in Accra, today. The event, titled “Happiness 3.0” is aimed at equipping Ghanaians with evidence based tools and techniques to shift challenging emotions and mind states of stress and anxiety to ease,
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