About 9.6 million children in Afghanistan have been unable to secure food on a daily basis due to a deepening economic crisis in the country, the impact of the Ukraine war, and continuing drought, Save the Children has said. In a report published on Tuesday, the international NGO called for “immediate food assistance” to save …
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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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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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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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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, …
On her walk home years ago in Fort Portal, Uganda, Anne Kabahuma noticed something familiar about the children playing by the side of the road. “They were the children of my classmates in school,” Anne says. “They were there because their parents didn’t have enough money to put them in school.” Anne remembered, too, that …
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 (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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Of all continents, Africa is least responsible for climate change. It has contributed only a minute part of the greenhouse gas emissions that are responsible for the climate emergency the world faces today. Yet, Africa faces the same arduous battle as the rest of the world to tackle the impacts of climate change, and to …
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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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