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Handwashing Awareness to Prevent the Spread of COVID -19 in 2021

ChiYoWo continues to advocate the need to prevent the spread of the COVID -19 virus.

According to Water Aid, frequent, thorough handwashing with soap and water is one of the best ways to prevent the spread of infectious diseases and is the first line of defence against COVID-19. Like a cold, coronaviruses are spread through droplets from a person coughing or sneezing, and via contaminated surfaces. Good hygiene is key to avoiding spreading it – and catching it.

Let us continue to stay safe!

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Mask Up Schools Project 2021

Mask Up Schools Project 2021 Vision

ChiYoWo’s (MUSP) vision is to help eliminate the spread of COVID -19 in Lagos Secondary Schools in 2021 through awareness workshops and providing masks

Aims

Raise social awareness among the key audiences of the causes of COVID -19 and solutions that will help to eliminate the pandemic

Facilitate the training of teachers and students by our ChiYoWo volunteers

Create awareness and on the need to wash hands regularly and/or use hand sanitizer and provide nose masks

 

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ChiYoWo Proudly Celebrates World NGO Day 2021

ChiYoWo, is proud to have partnered with numerous NGOs and UN bodies over the years to ensure that it continues to remain a voice for the voiceless. To that, we remain entirely grateful.

History of the World NGO Day

According to Days of the Year, World NGO Day aims to inspire people to become more actively involved within NGOs (Charities, NPOs, CSOs) and encourage a greater symbiosis between NGOs and both the public and private sector. The universal concept of World NGO Day is to Celebrate, Commemorate and Collaborate with the various NGOs around the world, and the people behind them on 27th February every year.

World NGO Day is a day for NGOs around the globe to share knowledge and experiences with one another. It aims to educate individuals worldwide on NGOs and their impact. The World NGO Day provides an opportunity to honour and remember NGO founders, employees, volunteers, members, and supporters.

Let us keep working towards a common goal!

 

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ChiYoWo goes to Makoko, donates books to CEE-HOPE and advocates to ‘End Violence’ in Lagos State, Nigeria

ChiYoWo donated educational, reading, and storybooks to the Centre for Children’s Health Education, Orientation and Protection (CEE-HOPE).
 
ChiYoWo’s Initiative representatives, Onyeka Titigbe and Lameed Opeyemi, sensitized the children, both boys, and girls, on the need to adopt a good reading culture as it helps to widen their knowledge base and provides them with a heightened sense of self-awareness about their rights. This also includes the confidence to report and prevent potential child abuse at any given time.
 
Betty Abah, CEE-HOPE’s founder, expressed gratitude for enriching children’s and youths’ lives and described ChiYoWo’s gesture as life-enhancing.
 
The sensitization talks on sexual violence prevention to these teenagers were simply priceless considering the high incidences of sexual violence especially against young persons that we face in the course of the COVID -19 Pandemic.
 
Also, as part of activities marking the recent 16 Days of Activism to End Gender-Based Violence, CEE-HOPE partnered with ChiYoWo and Jabez Place to sensitize children at Makoko in Lagos, Nigeria’s biggest slum settlement where over 60 children drawn from Makoko and other places across Lagos were actively engaged and empowered.
 
Jabez Place led by Adesola Alamutu, a gender rights activist and founder of Children and the Environment (CATE), and Iquo Diana-Abasi, a poet and writer, enlightened the children on how to stay safe and avoid being sexually violated, stressing that the COVID-19 period had led to increased rates of rape and other forms of sexual violence. Also in attendance and giving similar advice was Yemi Oni, Head, Legal Services, Lagos State Ministry of Justice.
 
They encouraged the children to be alert, self-aware, and confident and to report attempted violations to their teachers and other authority figures around them.
 
Special thanks go out to the Nigerian Schools Foundation (UK) for their continued support to ChiYoWo.
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ChiYoWo Celebrates the International Day of the Girl Child 2020 at Dadeyo High School and Tony Bee School, Lagos

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL CHILD 2020

Theme: My Voice, Our Equal Future
The International Day of the Girl Child is an annual event held globally every October 11th to celebrate the life and struggles of the Girl Child and to bring about a positive change in the mindsets of people around the world about the Girl Child.
The Girl Child has for so many decades been overlooked in the spectrum of society. In some homes and cultures, they are not allowed to reach the same educational levels as their male counterparts. A lot of people wrongly believe that girls are probably not as intelligent or mentally/physically strong as their male counterparts, leading to all forms of discrimination against the female gender in the workplace, socio-political space, educational sector, and the general society at large. This line of thought needs to change.
So many successful women today like Folorunso Alakija, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Mo Abudu, Helen Johnson Sirleaf, Hilary Clinton, Yemi Alade, Serena Williams amongst others have shown that if given the chance, the Girl Child can successfully reach the zenith of her career and industry as well as to attain the highest level of education possible, hence the importance of celebrating the International Day of the Girl Child is to raise awareness of the opportunities made available to the Girl Child.
This year 2020, the Children Youth and Women Empowerment Initiative, ChiYoWo joined the rest of the world to mark this important day (themed My Voice Our Equal future) by holding a Girl-Child talk session on the 12th of October 2020 with female students of two schools, Dadeyo High School, Abule Egba and TonyBee Nursery& Primary School, Alagbado, both in Lagos, Nigeria.
The focus of the message passed was to:
* Campaign against gender-based bias and violence
* Encourage parents/guardians to allow the girl child to attain the highest level of education
* Encourage the girl child to acquire skills towards the futures they choose
* Encourage young girls to Lead as a generation of activists accelerating social change
After the talk session, some of the girls gave a one-minute interview and they shared their ambitions, reflected on their lives as girls, and talked about how the Girl Child should be taken care of at all times.
ChiYoWo also held a one-week Instagram campaign #ChiYoWoGirlsRock which started from 12th October to 18th October 2020 to raise awareness about the life and importance of the Girl Child. People were asked to make 20 seconds video of themselves talking positively about the girl child and sending a word of encouragement to every girl in the world. The videos were posted each day from the 15th of October to the 18th of October on the official Instagram handle of the ChiYoWo Empowerment Initiative, @chiyowoini.
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Show Your Skills Competition: Winners and Cash Prizes!

SHOW YOUR SKILLS COMPETITION: Season 1 ends on a high!
As a sequel to a Skills Acquisition Zoom Conference organized by the Children Youth and Women Empowerment Initiative, held in July and August 2020, the Show Your Skill Competition (SYSC) was created to give young Africans between the age of 18 and 35 an opportunity to showcase their various creative skills to the world.
There were over 20 participants in the  SYSC Competition that started on 7th from September to 4th, 2020. The Competition involved people creatively making a one minute video of themselves showcasing their skills and posting it on their Instagram handles. The video posted was reposted by @chiyowoini, the official Instagram handle of ChiYoWo Empowerment Initiative.
The Competition featured footballers, make-up artists, art designers, special effects artists, bead crafters, Ankara crafters, graphic designers, caterers, chefs, singers, rappers, pianists, actors, and many more. It was very engaging as people were eager to view their creative Instagram posts. In total, we had 9,806 views with an average of 322 likes for each repost.
According to the rules of the Competition, the top three contestants with the highest number of likes would emerge as winners of the competition. Therefore, Akindele Boluwatife, a special effects artist came out tops with a total of 1782 likes followed by Nedu Alexander, a footballer with 1349 likes, third place was Udeng Bennet, an art designer with 1000 likes.
The Competition successfully came to a close on Sunday 4th October 2020 with winners rewarded with individual cash prizes of 100USD, 50USD, and 30USD for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place respectively. The Competition generally had great reviews for its maiden edition. We anticipate subsequent editions still to come.
Visit our @chiyowoini Instagram handle to see all the winners and their submissions.
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Book Drive Nigeria 2020: Get 5 Books for Free

The Children, Youth, and Women Empowerment Initiative – ChiYoWo is celebrating the International World Literacy Day together with UNESCO, and The Nigerian Schools Foundation (UK) in Nigeria

Be one of the first 100 entrants to win 5 Books

a) Just click on this link: http://shorturl.at/aowAQ

b) Complete the form and submit

c) Receive an email from us for you to visit our Lagos office to collect 5 Books

  • Available to Nigerian Residents Only
  • 5 Books per Entrant Only

Literacy is a Human Right and the foundation of all learning.

Did You Know…

According to the World Literacy Foundation, during the COVID-19 Pandemic the following happened:

  1. Schools were closed down in more than 190 Countries
  2. The education of 1.27 Billion children and youth was DISRUPTED
  3. 63 Million Primary and Secondary Teachers were affected in over 165 Countries

ChiYoWo is proud to continue to serve children and youth despite the global crisis especially, on the 8th September 2020 – International World Literacy Day.

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Thank you for a successful Skills Acquisition Workshop Series!

Creating strategies that highlight #valuesbasedleadership 24 speakers, 60 hours and 6 weekends, that is what it took to successfully lead 6 powerful Skills Acquisition Workshops, virtually. The speakers and participants had an impactful time.

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Show Your Skills Competition 2020

Show Your Skills Competition 2020

Are you ready Africa? Show your Skills Competition…Let us see you got!

Duration: 7th September 2020 – 4th October 2020

HOW TO PARTICIPATE 
1.      Age 18 -35 years
2.      Be African living in Africa
3.      Create a 1-minute video showing your creative and innovative skills
4.      Post your video on your Instagram page with the hashtags #ChiYoWoShowYourSkills #ChiYoWoini and tag @ChiYoWoini
5.      Describe in your caption how your skills will improve your environment, the lives of people in your community or yourself
WINNING CRITERIA 
6.      ChiYoWoini will repost the videos on our Social Media Handles
7.      The 3 entries with the most ‘likes’ and ‘comments’ on @ChiYoWoini Instagram will win 1st, 2nd, 3rd positions.
8. In the event of a tie, the number of ‘likes’ on participant’s post will be considered
SKILLS TO BE CONSIDERED 
(Science & Arts based inventions including cooking and fashion
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Skills Acquisition for Youth (Episode 6)

Join our Final Episode this season! No time like now!
Come and find ways to Unlock Your Potential with internationally renowned motivational speakers and a barrister based in Nigeria!
Learn how to advance in your career in the workplace. How to become a social entrepreneur, business owner and freelancer. Get tips on how to set up a start-up and leadership ecosystems. Thinking about setting up a business in Nigeria as well? Come and listen in on how to avoid those hidden hurdles and more!
Topic: Skills Acquisitions for Resilient Youth…Unlocking Your Potential
Time: Aug 23, 2020 02:30 PM London
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Meeting ID: 727 543 8594
Passcode: Chi2020
See you!
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Skills Acquisition for Youth (Episode 5)

Seize the Moment and join us for Episode 5 of 6. Reviews and feedback so far have been astounding. Thank you very much!
What to expect from our Panelists: “I went from volunteering to closing deals for a new generation company”. “How I got my job in a global fast-moving consumer goods company and what to look out for!”. “I set up a food company and enjoy every minute”. “How pampering my clients with my own products gives me great joy”.
Come and listen to our panelists and see how you too can have a long-lasting career against all odds.
Topic: Skills Acquisitions…How to have a lasting career
Time: Aug 16, 2020 02:30
 PM London / WAT
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Meeting ID: 727 543 8594
Passcode: Chi2020
See you this Sunday!
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Youth Skills Acquisition (Episode 4)

You can’t afford to miss this 4th Episode!* Have you heard of Online Agriculture Marketing? Do you want to know about *skills needed to increase your streams of income?* Or how to improve your existing skills? Have considered how African Art can be a source of extra income?
Tokunbo Ifaturoti is inviting you to another exciting and impactful empowerment session for UNDERGRADUATES, GRADUATES, YOUTH, and everyone deliberate about SELF – DEVELOPMENT!
*Topic: Skills Acquisition: Increasing Streams of Income*
*Time: Aug 9, 2020, 02:30 PM WAT/London*
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Meeting ID: 727 543 8594
Passcode: Chi2020
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