Usually, our annual programs start in February, with humanitarian visits and service to special people living among us. However, this annual report is special and reports the special annual programs held from October 2022 and ended in October 2023. The Program theme was Empowered Girls Grow Up To Be Empowered Women, and the concluding theme was, Our Time is Now! Our Right, Our Future.
THE REPORTS
The Ogun State (South West Nigeria) Programme.
Venue: Federal Science Technical College (FSTC) Ijebu- Imusin.
Date: October 11, 2022.
Time: Noon.
Target Audience: The girls from the host school and selected Teenage girls from F G G C Sagamu and F G C Odogbolu (Federal Government Colleges).
The year began with the International Girl Child Day on October 11, 2022, held at Federal Science Technical College (F S T C) Ijebu-Imusin. A selected number of students from Federal Government Colleges (F G C Odogbolu) and Federal Government Girls College (F G G C Sagamu) in Ogun State, South West Nigeria, were in attendance.
Over a thousand girls attended, and they were impacted by participating in various activities such as listening to the paper presentations, playlets, poems, and dances from the guests and students to celebrate Girl Child Day. The activities demystified the programme theme and helped them learn. The programme's verbal and written feedback forms and post-programme interview testimonials revealed a high programme impact.
Our Collaborating Team were the Host College, FSTC Ijebu-Imusin, National Agency For The Prohibition Of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP) Lagos,CWAY Group, and National Television Authority (NTA) Ijebu-Ode Network. The Media presented a paper on the influence of social media on girl child development, and the NAPTIP Zonal Commander, Mrs Comfort Agboko, presented a paper on issues militating against the girl child and how to overcome them. The Foundation Executive Director taught them leadership skills and introduced activities that built their self-confidence to enable them to achieve their life goals and remain empowered. The attendees got books, writing materials, files, snacks, sweets, and CWAY beverages as gifts. The essence of the programme was to demystify learning and build the girls' confidence, and we believe it happened.
On February 14, 2023, as our usual culture, we visited two Orphanages on a humanitarian ground, and we gave them food items and a cash gift to support the children in the homes. We did not stop at the gifts; we also introduced the annual programme theme to them, and they gave their thoughts. The two homes visited were His Grace Children Home & Hostel Orphanage, at 165A, Silver Crescent Jakande Estate Okeafa and Hope For All Africa Foundation Children Home And Centre For Abandoned & Vulnerable in Lagos State, South West of Nigeria.
Date: March 8, 2023
Venue: South East and South West of Nigeria
Target Audience: Women in the South East and South West of Nigeria,
Topic: How digital technology has empowered women to succeed in their businesses and accomplish life goals
March 8 was International Women's Day, and our Girl Child Ambassadors observed this day by interviewing some women in the South East and South West of Nigeria. Ask them how digital technology has helped them excel in their businesses and achieve their life goals. It was fun to be with women and hear them express themselves.
The Abia State Local Community Programme held for the Nineteen Villages in Arochukwu, Abia State (South Eastern Nigeria) 2023.
Venue: Atani Hall in Arochukwu Local Government Area.
Date: June 09/10, 2023.
Target Audience: Teenage girls and Single teenage Mothers from the nineteen (19) Villages in Arochukwu.
Time: 11.00 A M
Venue: Atani Hall in Arochukwu Local Government Area.
Date: June 09/10, 2023.
Target Audience: Teenage girls and Single teenage Mothers from the nineteen (19) Villages in Arochukwu.
Time: 11.00 A M
In May 2023, we travelled to the East of Nigeria in preparation for the nineteen (19) Arochukwu Local Community programme in Abia State, South East of Nigeria.
We used the same theme but a different approach. It was a two-day programme.
On June 9, the day one programme was held. We looked at the challenges they were facing peculiar to the local environment and searched for ways to help them overcome the issues militating against them. The Girls were in teams, supervised by our collaborating team and the Leadership Foundation For African Girl Child And Women team. It was brainstorming and revealing. The Local Government Health Official, Nurse Precious, was part of the collaborating team. After the discussion, they presented their papers in a simple language that everyone understood. Day one was for the out-of-school teenage girls and teenage single mothers.
Day Two (2), was held on June 10, for all the teenage girls and the Single Teenage Mothers from the nineteen villages. On the second day, we evaluated the challenges and offered possible solutions. The NAPTIP Official from Umuahia, Nkemdilim, did a presentation on the security of the girl child at the local community level. Nurse Precious from the Local Community Health Care Centre made a presentation on Health-related issues, sexually transmitted diseases, and prevention of unwanted pregnancy during the two days. Our foundation team managed the individual and group activities of the day, ensuring that learnings conform with the programme theme and introduced them to activities that built their self-confidence. Scholarships were given to teenage girls and single mothers who were back in school.
The Enugu Programme ( South East of Nigeria)
Venue: Urban Girls Secondary School
Date: June 16, 2023
Target Audience: Teenage Secondary School Girls from three (3) schools within Enugu Metropolis.
Time: 11. 00 AM
Collaborators: NAPTIP, NTA 2 Enugu, and The Post Primary School Management Board (PPSMB) Enugu.
They were teenage girls at the Secondary School level. So, the same programme pattern applied in Enugu. The students participated in presentations and other programme activities. The Schools in attendance were Metropolitan, City, and Urban Girls Secondary Schools. Urban Girls Secondary School was the Host School. Their testimonials and FeedBack revealed the programme's impact.
On August 20, 2023, one of our impacted girls, Miriam, took her learning to her Muslim Community teenage girls and impacted them with the Knowledge acquired from Our recent programmes.
The Lagos Programme (South West, Nigeria.).
Venue: Senior Comprehensive College, Okeafa, Jakande Estate.
Date: October 11, 2023
Target Audience: Teenage Secondary School Girls from two Schools within Okeafa, Jakande Estate.
Collaborators: Media Personnel and Lagos State Education District Vi.
Time: 11. 00 AM.
The programme pattern for Secondary Schools is the same and has a close outcome. Their testimonials and feedback notes on the programme revealed their impact.
The TREM Church Ejigbo, Lagos, Nigeria International Girl Child Celebration 2023.
Venue: TREM Ejigbo Children's Church Hall.
Date: October 15, 2023.
Time: 11. 00 AM.
Target Audience: Teenage Girls in the church.
The Programme pattern was almost the same as the Secondary school teenage girls previously done on the theme. However, to demystify learning in the religious environment. We used some biblical scriptures during the programme.
Indeed, we achieved all these with the Financial Co-Sponsorship from Lady Nikky Emelike, Mrs Stella Okeke, and our other donors. Some joined us from the beginning of the programme, and some along the line to create the success story. Besides, we are glad your resources were properly managed and used for the target group, and there is evidence of impact. The Foundation promised to reach out to Six thousand girls, and we did more than that with the economic challenges faced at that time. The reason is that we do not just tell a story; we tell a success story. The online group is ongoing as we consolidate all impacts made in these new ten years through programme diversification.
Would you join us to tell the next success story?
Through our Foundation, many girls have realised their dreams and remain focused. Some girls have benefited from our scholarship sponsorship at the Primary, Secondary Schools level, and Tertiary Institutions levels. Through the Foundation, three girls graduated from the Polytechnic, School of Health, and University this year, and we registered some external examinations for the less privileged ones.
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Would you join us?
Chat me on +2348033510582 for possible collaboration.
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