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The Carrington Youth Fellowship Initiative 2018 Education Team have fulfilled their mandate of upskilling teachers for educational transformation. The team sponsored by the U.S consulate Lagos is made up of 5 innovative Nigerians from different works of life.

The workshop which held from 6th - 8th of March 2019, was coordinated and managed by the team members, Hannah Afia; a Demand Analyst Nestlé Central and West Africa Region, Accra, Ghana,
Abraham Femi Abraham; Programmes Officer, LEAP Africa, Toluwanimi Afolayan; Research Officer at the Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi, Lagos State, Nigeria, Eleso Moyosoreoluwa; a Broadcast Journalist and event host, Hammed Kayode Alabi; Founder/Executive Director Kayode Alabi Leadership and Career Initiative (KLCI) with support from organisations such as LEAP Africa, Agegepulse, Nestle Company, Empatico, Steering for Greatness Foundation, Aggital works, OneAfricanChild Foundation, and Volunteer Hub Nigeria.

At the workshop, after careful selection of participants and facilitators from the education sector, 40 teachers across 10 schools in Agege community were trained on 21st century skills including emotional intelligence, future of works, class room psychology, gender inclusion, facilitation skills, design thinking and so on.

The event opened with a message from Patrick Wilcox, Vice Consul with the U.S Consulate General in Lagos and also the team mentor. Patrick on behalf of the Consul general Lagos, F John Bray welcomed the participants to the workshop charging them to be the change the education sector needs.

Speaking with some of the participants at the end of the event, Adigun Ibironke Oke, a teacher at Lagooz schools Agege could not hide her excitement as she appreciated the team for the innovation adding that it was a privilege to have been selected for the workshop. She also affirmed her commitment to cascading the knowledge to her colleagues as she concluded the workshop not just as a participant but also as one of the 10 Teachers' Champions showcased.

Hannah Afia a member of the team thanked the U.S consulate for the support and called on stakeholders in the education sector to also join in supporting programs targeted at educational development.

At the closing ceremony, the Tutor General Education District 1, Dr Yinka Ayandele charged the teachers to continue in the transformative stead and be good examples to colleagues. Speaking through her representative Mrs Ishola M.O, a Director of Education, she charged the organizers of the event to do more not leaving out the public sector.

The team also revealed that they will be providing support to the teachers to ensure they train other trainers in their schools and also launch an open-source online learning repository for teachers as a means to sustain and scale the impact of the project.

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The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Lagos state chapter, have thrown their weight behind the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, ahead of Saturday's March 9 governorship election in Lagos state.

The NANS Chairman, Lagos State chapter, AbdulQowiyy Busari, in his statement, he said, Lagos state students have delivered on its promise to place trust for the second time on President re-elect, President Muhammad Buhari and as such it was now compulsory to repeat the same task come Saturday.

According to him, "It was said by the National leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu that a vote for Buhari is employment opportunities, infrastructural development, human capital enhancement and good transportation system.

"The trust we the Nigerian students have now placed on the President for the second will undoubtedly be a source of great inspiration for him to continue the work started in building up the well-being and unity of our country and its people, and maintaining the security of our nation.

"As such, it is now of necessity and compulsory for us all Nigerian students, to repeat the same task on Saturday by showing the zeal and not rest on our oars; appealing to them to vote massively for Babajide Sanwo-Olu, as our preferred next governor of the state," he urged.

Busari added that the Lagos state government have tried in infrastructural development in various state institutions but must now deliver in its quest to introduce free WiFi, affordable school fee, amongst other sundry things.

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The MultiWoman Network, pioneered by Mary Ogundimu and her team will on the 23rd of March, 2019, host about 1000 ladies for her annual conference, this being the second in a row, tagged WOMEN BREAKING BOUNDARIES.

This conference has been consistent since its inception in reaching out to women to ensure they have a balanced and holistic life now and in the near future. According to the convener, Mary Ogundimu, the theme for this year’s conference, "WOMEN BREAKING BOUNDARIES" came out of the burden to see every woman excel beyond certain limitations and that the conference is set to bring life examples of women who the participants can interact with and thereby gain knowledge that there’s no limitation to anyone’s greatness and success. She also stressed that women should do away with self imposed limitations on their way to the top.

As an organisation with a vision to be a catalyst for women development, we are taking up the task to mitigate this problem by equipping women with the right and appropriate information at the same time, pursue excellence and serve as a platform to mould their lives for a holistic living

The conference will take place on Saturday, March 23, 2019 at 9:00 A.M. at the Alumni Building, Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, Lagos. Participants can log on to EventBrite to register or click on: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdcIOeCPr6Pwzu0h3paUpXl9g0xfcreHmb2Gss7ezv98RJW9Q/viewform

The event will be graced by Abosede George-Ogan who is the keynote speaker for this year’s edition. Other speakers that will be speaking at the conference include:, Adepeju Jaiyeoba , Yomi Hassan, Funmilayo Oni, Victoria Ibiwoye, Adefunmike Adewunmi, Hannah Agunkejoye and others.

The MultiWoman Network is a community of women who are godly, enterprising, and hardworking and dedicated to self development and advancement. The core of the Network is to instill in women the mentality of having it all, while showing them examples of women who have achieved success. The network is all about proving to women that success is achievable irrespective of their gender.

If you should have further questions regarding this, please feel free to contact Faith Ezenwere or do send a mail to themultiwoman99@gmail.com

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The MultiWoman Network, pioneered by Mary Ogundimu and her team will on the 23rd of March, 2019, host about 1000 ladies for her annual conference, this being the second in a row, tagged WOMEN BREAKING BOUNDARIES.

This conference has been consistent since its inception in reaching out to women to ensure they have a balanced and holistic life now and in the near future. According to the convener, Mary Ogundimu, the theme for this year’s conference, "WOMEN BREAKING BOUNDARIES" came out of the burden to see every woman excel beyond certain limitations and that the conference is set to bring life examples of women who the participants can interact with and thereby gain knowledge that there’s no limitation to anyone’s greatness and success. She also stressed that women should do away with self imposed limitations on their way to the top.

As an organisation with a vision to be a catalyst for women development, we are taking up the task to mitigate this problem by equipping women with the right and appropriate information at the same time, pursue excellence and serve as a platform to mould their lives for a holistic living

The conference will take place on Saturday, March 23, 2019 at 9:00 A.M. at the Alumni Building, Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, Lagos. Participants can log on to EventBrite to register or click on: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdcIOeCPr6Pwzu0h3paUpXl9g0xfcreHmb2Gss7ezv98RJW9Q/viewform

The event will be graced by Abosede George-Ogan who is the keynote speaker for this year’s edition. Other speakers that will be speaking at the conference include:, Adepeju Jaiyeoba , Yomi Hassan, Funmilayo Oni, Victoria Ibiwoye, Adefunmike Adewunmi, Hannah Agunkejoye and others.

The MultiWoman Network is a community of women who are godly, enterprising, and hardworking and dedicated to self development and advancement. The core of the Network is to instill in women the mentality of having it all, while showing them examples of women who have achieved success. The network is all about proving to women that success is achievable irrespective of their gender.

If you should have further questions regarding this, please feel free to contact Faith Ezenwere or do send a mail to themultiwoman99@gmail.com

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The relationship between Arts and Medicine dates back to the ancient Greeks, who believe that doctors and artists can both be healers and restorers of beauty and harmony of health.

The Greeks believe that healing potential is enhanced when doctors and artists share a common goal that is focused on nourishing the body and the spirit.
The Arts in Medicine (AIM) project was founded by the CEO/Creative Director Tender Arts Nigeria, Mr. Kunle Adewale (2015 Mandela Washington Fellow), is a multidisciplinary field which seeks to transform the healthcare experience through the arts.

The fellowship comprises of doctors, nurses, dentists, occupational therapists, clinical psychologists, dancers, musicians, story tellers, writers, poets and painters and other clinicians, from Lagos, Abeokuta and Ibadan.

The inaugural ceremony, held Sunday 13th January, 2019 at the Sickle Cell Foundation, Lagos. In attendance were the likes of Achenyo Idachaba-Obaro; Founder Mitimeth, Dr. Moshudat Bello-Majeed; Director Child and Adolescent Mental Health service center, Oyindamola Fakeye; Founder Sound Mind Africa and Dotun Popoola; Renowned Sculptor and painter.
The focus of Arts in Medicine Fellowship for the 2019 cohort is arts on prescriptions, clinicians in arts, drawing, painting, movement, music, mindfulness, new media, mental health, hospital beautifications, bed-side arts, bed-side music.

Others are creative writing, grant writing, story-telling, visits to nature, art galleries, art studios, professionalism and ethics of arts in medicine, hospital tour and installations, leadership, mentoring and management of arts in medicine programs.
Arts in medicine aims to transform the healthcare experience through the arts, by integrating various art forms such as: storytelling, creative writing, music, dance and visual arts, into hospitals and healthcare communities in Nigeria, for therapeutic and educational purposes.

Arts in Medicine Fellowship is bridging the gap between the healthcare community and art industry in Nigeria thereby creating opportunities for research, education and best practices in Arts and Medicine locally and internationally.

Faweya Benny Oluwaseun is a fourth year Medical Student of the College of Medicine, Lagos State University. He is passionate about changing the narratives of the Nigerian Healthcare system through the lens of Art.

Mediocrity has finally been institutionalized in the annals of the Nigerian state. We have become so used to all forms of ineptitude that I sometimes wonder if Nigerians will ever get pushed to the wall.

Read more: https://yossyinfo..com/2019/02/a-leaking-umbrella-and-tattered-broom.html?m=1

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A group of volunteers in Nigeria has launched an Inmate Educational Foundation (IEF) to liberate prisoners from illiteracy.

The foundation was founded in 2018 by Alabidun Mahfuz, a 300 level student studying Educational Management in Lagos State University. The volunteers of IEF teaches prisoners adult education, prepares them for GCE, JAMB and also supporting the National Open University students among them with tutorials across Lagos State Prisons.

According to Mahfuz, Inmates Educational Foundation came up as a result of a research that relates that 76% of convicted inmates are illiterates and drop outs, so the foundation deem it feet to support by volunteering to teach prisoners through Adult Education.

When asked about the inspiration behind the foundation, Alabidun Mahfuz said "it is the willingness to give back to the society, particularly the forgotten ones, who perhaps if given quality education would have been better of in the society and also the willingness to transform mind and soul through education and making sure they continue even when they gain their freedom".

He noted that the foundation has been registered with Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) but it as been faced with challenges like transporting volunteer teams to prisons for teaching, lack of stationery to be used by inmates, lack of motivational encouragement for the students in class and lack of finance to run the foundation effectively.

The foundation has attracted a good number of volunteers among students, professors and lecturers in Lagos State University, they include Dr Ishaq Yusuf, Dr (Mrs)Sulaimon A, Mr Solahudeen Mustopha and Barrister Alliyu Abdurasheed. The foundation presently has about 40 volunteers in thier database.

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Hey There! Let me start with the best wishes for you this new month. Just few weeks ago, everyone was buzzing about the new year. Now, we are counting days into the second month of the year. While it is right to say “time flies”, I personally believe that time is neither fast nor slow. Time is what you make out of it.

At Volunteer hub, we are committed to helping you utilise time- the right way. So you do not only count days but you also need to reflect on the productivity and knowledge that comes with each passing day. In line with this commitment, we have chosen to kick off February by sharing some amazing tips that will help you leverage more opportunities in 2019.

Be Definite
There are many opportunities out there but you have to be sure of what you want. This way, you will be able to pursue the best opportunities for you. Take out some time to reflect on your personality, your vision and your ambitions. Find out which of the many opportunities key into your big picture. Then, focus on how to access these opportunities.

When I wanted to start volunteering, I had no clear idea of what I wanted. So, I basically chased after everything. Of course, I was able to get some opportunities but I was never fully satisfied with them because they didn’t key into my big picture. So, I had to step back and find out what exactly I wanted for myself. After this time, I could channel my energy into what was right for me.

Be Realistic
Your choices should go with the realities of your situation. Different opportunities demand varying degrees of commitment from you. For example, an opportunity may require you to carry out physical outreaches every day. As a student, this may not be the right opportunity for you. Subscribing to such cannot turn out well because you are very likely to be unproductive.

Before grabbing an opportunity, be sure that it will turn out productive for all parties.

Build your Network
Opportunities may be everywhere but they still stay hidden. With the right network, however, you will easily connect with the best ones for you. Once you identify the opportunities that realistically work with your vision, you will need to build a circle that can help you access them.

Be sure to attend events and register on platforms that allow you connect with right-minded persons. Build relationships with such persons and be sure that you put yourself out there.

Best Wishes!

By Uzegbu Faith

Source: https://volunteerhubng.com/kick-off-your-february-with-opportunities-by-uzuegbu-faith-chidinma/

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Meet Ambrose Albashino, an Urobo man from Delta State. He is a DJ and an Acrobat, who lifts heavy things like ladder, block etc with his mouth or teeth, dancing at the same time to entertain people.

Yossy met him at Freedom Park, Lagos Island, Nigeria.

He said, people think it's magic but it is all about concentration. He explained that, anything he can lift up above his shoulder, it is very easy for him to hold and balance it with his mouth without holding it with his hands.

When Ambrose was 8-year-old, he was defeated by some Acrobats at a dance competition in Ghana, he had to go for the training to prepare for another competition.

You can always meet Ambrose every weekend at Freedom Park, Lagos Island.

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“We condemn in very strong terms the deceitful manner the government has been conducting negotiations with the striking lecturers. We equally reiterate our support for the demands of the ASUU for revitalization of public universities across the country,” the organisation said.

The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) has urged the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) not to succumb to the propaganda of government aimed at getting the union to call off the strike with nothing concrete achieved.

Read more: yossyinfo..com/2019/01/erc-says-nigerian-government-deceitful.html

Two students of Lagos State University, College of Medicine (LASUCOM) has been selected for the 2019 Arts in Medicine Fellowship on Sunday, January 13, 2019 at the Inaugural ceremony held at Sickle cell Foundation, Lagos.

The students are Faweya Benny Oluwaseun; a 400 level Medical student, and Odu Abiodun; a 500 level Dental student of LASUCOM

The Arts in Medicine Fellowship, which is a multidisciplinary field which seeks to transform the health care through arts was founded by Mr Kunle Adewale, the CEO/Creative Director Tender Arts Nigeria.

Members of the fellowship are doctors, nurses, dentists, occupational therapists, clinical pychologists, dancers, musicians, story tellers, writers, poets and painters and other clinicians, from Lagos, Abeokuta and Ibadan.

In attendance at the Inaugural ceremony, themed: The Future of Health through the Lens of Arts, are Achenyo Idachaba-Obaro; Founder Mitimeth, Dr. Moshudat Bello-Majeed; Director Child and Adolescent Mental Health service center, Oyindamola Fakeye; Founder Sound Mind Africa and Dotun Popoola; Renowned Sculptor and painter.

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The maiden edition of "The LASU Governance Discourse" has been suspended for security reasons.

In a virtual chat, Mr. Ademola Adekoya, LASU Coordinator, Centre for Information, Press and Public Relations said; "the governance discourse has been suspended for security reasons."

The suspended discourse promised to "provide an avenue for the candidates to share with students of all tertiary institutions in Lagos State, their visions and plans for moving the State forward if elected," according to the press released by the university.

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Children chat with Yossy

What gift providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?

The future destiny of a child is always the work of the mother but that is not the case with Fatima whose parents got divorced when she was a baby and was left to live with father's family with no remembrance of her birth date or the face of her mother
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I met her yesterday, Jan 24, sitting beside a basket filled with cherry at Eko Idumota bridge. She looks matured but I must tell you, Fatima doesn't know her date of birth, neither does she know who her mother is.

Her parents got separated when she was a baby. She was abandoned by them and she started living with her father's family in Kwara State.

According to her, she stopped going to school in Primary 3 and was moved to Mubata, Lagos Island last year. The people, who she is currently staying with doesn't have any plans of enrolling her in school, all she does is to hawk for them everyday.

Keep in touch as we bring you more stories from young children like Fatima.

It takes more than your zeal, brilliance and talents to graduate in almost government owned universities in Nigeria, and still be within the recommended or largely, trending age bracket of employability, (26) at maximum, judging by this depressing times. This simply means, once you are still in school, and your age is between 25-26, there is but little hope towards what the labour market is holding for you, a labour market that wouldn't recognize what ever you have been through while in school, especially, Nigeria universities, by the states and at Federal level.

Read more: https://yossyinfo..com/2019/01/revisiting-age-barrier-against.html?m=1

Youth are the future and we hold the key to the stability of the country. A young man or woman in the period of vigour, curiosity and action, we can use our energy positively in the forthcoming election.

For a credible 2019 election, youths should do the following:

1. Participation: As youth, we have an indispensable role to play in the next election. An injury to one is an injury to all, we need to put in our efforts for the betterment of all country

2. Educating others: in Nigeria today, we have millions of educated, better travelled and responsible youths who are exposed and experienced to educate others on how to know their right and fight for it. if you are one, reach out to people with little knowledge.

3. Awareness: we can use our knowledge along with modern communication tools to create awareness on how it is done and the use of our voices to people in the rural area who doesn't have access to modern technology.

4. Say No to Political Thuggery: Sadly, youth level of political participation has been low and we are largely noticed in election malpractices which is an injury to our future. Say no to being a dog they order around to dirty job.

5. Know your candidates: it is sadly that majority of us don't bother to conduct research on the aspirants before establishing a blindly love for them which is actually costing us because we made a wrong choice. We should try to know the capability of each candidates and go for the best.

6. Election is not a war: it is said that election come and go but trust me, it leaves several marks on some because of the violence. We can form unity and have a peaceful election


7. Don't sell your vote: This is very important. Don't sell your vote, Don't sell your Conscience, Don't rape your live and future of the unborn. This is your right

8. Collectivity: Pick up a tied broom and try to break it, am sure you can't and that is the power of collectivity. Together we can do it

Protostar Initiative , a youth led organization is currently recruiting volunteers for her workforce. The organization's mission is Mental Health Advocacy by education of people as well as advocacy against stigmatization of people living with mental health illnesses. We provide information about mental health online and also going to schools as well as encourage people to seek professional help online service by linking to psychiatrist and psychologists.

Read more and volunteer:
yossyinfo..com/2019/01/call-for-volunteers.html

Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) is now accepting applications from citizens and legal residents of all African countries for its 2019 $100 Million Entrepreneurship Programme: Do you have a business in any of the African countries? Now is your time to receive the mentoring, training and funding you need to make your business soar. The deadline for submission of applications is 1st March, 2019.

APPLY NOW:
https://yossyinfo..com/2019/01/tony-elumelu-foundation-tef-100-million.html?m=1

The moment where I killed my husband…

Dare and I had been married for 10 years two months. I still remember how we met. How he walked up to me with that one-sided dimple. The mere thought of his dimple brought a nostalgic smile to my face.

Dare was such a lovely person. He was the best boyfriend any girl could ask for. He was handsome, intelligent, funny and very caring. He could never hurt a fly.

I remember our wedding day, the single tear he shed when he raised my veil and kissed me for the first time as husband and wife, our first dance, our first night together. I had married the man of my dreams.

Or so I thought

Three months into our marriage,,

Read more:
https://yossyinfo..com/2019/01/dont-be-like-me-kazeem-oladimeji.html?m=1

Children chat with YOSSY

On my way to Obalende, yesterday, January 21, I met Rofiat Adebile at Eko Idumota, Nigeria. The first thing that attracted me to her was the boiled sweet potatoes she was carrying on her head and then her tired look.

It was fun chatting with the 15-year-old girl, who is the 3rd child in the family of four children. Her father is a bricklayer and her mother boils sweet potato for sale.
I felt pity for her, when she told me, she must sell all the potatoes before returning back to the house.

Fortunately, Rofiat is still a lucky girl, aside leaving with her parent at Adeniji Olushi, she attends A.G.S, a government school in Amadia, Olushi.

Keep in touch as we bring you more stories from young children

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It is easy to wish to go into business as a student but how easy is it to manage such business along with academics?
There are student that combines business with academics such student are known as S tudent Entrepreneurs .

Business is the organized effort of individual to produce and sell for profit making. An entrepreneur is describe as a person with business idea that can be developed with little amount and expand to become large business with calculated risk involved.

Read more:
https://yossyinfo..com/2019/01/conjoining-business-with-academics.html?m=1

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Children tells YOSSYINFO their story

Every child is important, not necessarily male or female. He or she doesn't have to be yours to be loved. A little smile, a little patience, a little tolerance, a little respect for them because they are human like you but only very young and they would make us proud in the nearest future.

Meet Nofisat Salaudeen, a 16-year-old girl. She is an orphan, who hawks fruits everyday to support her Aunts family at Maidan, Matogbun Ogun State.

Her parents death led to the circumstance of staying with her Aunt, whose children her done with school.
While her mate are in school, Nofisat stays in the house executing her chores which includes cleaning
the house and washing of the clothes and dishes.

Everyday, after school hours, she prepares to set out of the house to start her hawking business, until later in the nights when she has to return back to her Aunts house.


That was, Nofisat's chat with YOSSYINFO
Keep in touch as we bring you more true life stories


Source: https://yossyinfo..com/2019/01/meet-nofisat-salaudeen-16-year-old.html?m=1

The classroom/lecture hall consist of different types of students , each person belongs to a distinct social group with its own behaviors and super legitimate, scientific-sounding name.

Read more: yossyinfo..com/2019/01/7-types-of-students-in-class_18.html