EARxtra Voices

Project Overview EARxtra Voices was funded through Nigeria’s Guaranty Trust Bank Plc #SimpleChangeBigImpact project. It was aimed at enhancing the quality of life and access to Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) of in-school Deaf and Hard of Hearing young persons (ages 6-21). The project was targeted at in-school adolescents in 4 special schools in Ibadan, Oyo…

Project Safire

Project Overview Safire aims to improve adolescents’ (14–19 years of age) sexual and reproductive health in the context of reducing unwanted pregnancy and associated death or injury, with the aim of saving lives. Project Objectives Increase access to safe, affordable, and high-quality reproductive health services that are designed with adolescent youth/girls; Strengthen referral networks, working…

School Connect Project

Project Overview As part of our drive to connect with Adolescents and Young Persons (AYPs), the School Connect Project was designed to provide comprehensive sexuality education, and life skills support at no cost to the students and schools. This project is carried out in secondary schools, tertiary institutions, tutorial centers and other gatherings of Adolescents…

Nigeria Media Campaign Against FGM

Project Overview Follow up activities to previous activities already engaged in led to this project. The focus was on leveraging various media strategies and platforms to contribute to the abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation in Nigeria across several states with high prevalence in Nigeria. Direct Action Grant to support this, Head to Head talk on…

Ending FGM through Last Mile Reach

Project Overview The UNICEF/UNFPA Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey breaks down the prevalence of FGM in Oyo State on the basis on local government areas. The Ending FGM though last Mile reach was designed based on this information. Informal findings in Ogbomosho and in Awee, Oyo also validated the project design. A radio programme where Onelife…

EndFGM Poster Art Competition

Project Overview Following the high profile launch of the End Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) campaign in February 2016 at the state house in Nigeria- there is a unique opportunity to build on the goodwill generated at the highest political level in Nigeria to work towards the ending. The Anti-FGM School Poster Competition in Nigeria was conceived…