The Elejigbo of Langbasa, Lagos State, Oba Hafeez Olalekan Badiru takes a stand against the maltreatment of children by organising a seminar to sensitise parents, tutors and guardians of the Langbasa community as a step towards ending the cases of child abuse on the future leaders of tomorrow; the children. This is in consonance with…
ACT FOUNDATION & HACEY HEALTH TEAM UP TO BEGIN CLEAN WATER INITIATIVE In order to curb the incidence of frequent water borne diseases in some selected communities in south west, Act Foundation with Hacey Health Initiative came together to increase access to potable water in rural and underserved communities. The initiative aims to increase access…
Hacey Health has taken the bulls by the horns as it champions the fight against Gender-Based Violence which threatens the health, productivity and right of women and girls in Nigeria. In order to achieve this, Hacey Health, implemented strategic activities during the global 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. During the campaign, which kicked…
A well-recognized Non-government organization, HACEY health initiative has charged Nigerians, Private and public sectors as well as parents to capitalize on technology in a bid to developing young people’s sexual and reproductive orientation using two platforms they recently put together; the SALVUS and TOMBEY. According to the Director of Gender and Development Programs of HACEY…
In a bid to bridge the gender divide in the tech ecosystem in Nigeria and to empower women to be self-dependent and become leaders in tech, Tech4dev, with Microsoft’s backing, has successfully trained over 400 women coders from the Nigerian Women Techsters’ first cohort of training. Tech4dev is a non-profit social enterprise that seeks to…
The GBCHealth’s Corporate Alliance on Malaria in Africa (CAMA) alongside the Private Sector Malaria Prevention Project (PSMP) at John Hopkins Center for Communication, UK Aid and the National Malaria Control Programme of the Ghana Health Services, have conferred the ‘Innovation Award’ on Access bank and other significant awards to four other organisations for their roles…
Over 500,000 young individuals’ resident in Nigeria are to benefit from the Basic Digital Education Initiative (BDEI), an Initiative of Tech4Dev and supported by Microsoft. This announcement was made at the official launch event held at the Civic Towers, Victoria Island, Lagos and had in attendance the former executive Governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun…
The 2018 World malaria day in Nigeria has made both the public and private sector key players brainstorm on the best strategies to implore in ending the sickness that reportedly claims over 300,000 lives annually, particularly, children under the age of 5. The Minister of state for health, Dr Osagie Ehanire reiterated that the Federal…
Responsive procurement system has been identified as a proactive step to be adopted in combating building collapse in Lagos State. This was revealed by the Financial Secretary, Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB), Lagos State Chapter, Mubarak Gbajabiamila at a workshop organised recently by Ikoyi-Obalande, Building Collapse Prevention Guild [BCPG] Cell in Lagos State while…
US-based NGO, Dream Project for Africa is set to enroll five more Nigerian children ages 5 to 12, from poor families across Nigeria into its academic scholarship program – #NoChildLeftBehind. #NoChildLeftBehind provides academic scholarship up to the university level. The founder of the organization, Mr. Oluwabukola Michael Nelson, shared the news in a press release…