Identifying Potentials in Adolescent Girls through Community Support for Expanded Career Options
Promise Macaulay loves to play like any girl of her age. She plays house with her friends but always loved to do something else – make clothes for what will pass for a baby doll. And so Promise, a 15-year-old female student at Government Secondary School, ATU/Calabar, has found the opportunity to realize her dreams and recalls how it all started… (more…)
READ MOREFHI 360’s Mariya Saleh wins family planning leadership award
Mariya Saleh of FHI 360’s Nigeria office is one of the 120 Under 40: The New Generation of Family Planning Leaders. (more…)
READ MOREThe brilliant way these Nigerian schools are helping students overcome illiteracy
In Northern Nigeria, the vast majority of third-grade pupils cannot read a single word in any language. Teaching materials are few and far between, and most teachers receive little training or support. But in Katsina and Zamfara states, communities are excited to see kids starting to learn how to read in Hausa, a language that almost everyone can speak and understand. Learning to read is the first step to learning across all subjects, setting kids up for success in school. (more…)
READ MOREInternational Literacy Day 8 September
International Literacy Day, celebrated annually on 8 September, is an opportunity for Governments, civil society and stakeholders to highlight improvements in world literacy rates, and reflect on the world’s remaining literacy challenges. The issue of literacy is a key component of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. (more…)
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