ChiYoWo goes to Ogun State!!!

The pupils of Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Bode Ijaye, Abeokuta and their teachers were happy to receive our team from the ‘Read, Learn and Shape your World Project #BookDriveNigeria2019‘. It’s amazing how children respond to ‘hope, innovation and development’. They took part in a spelling bee competition, an SDG awareness programme and discussed current issues they contend within their communities on a daily basis. Winners got certificates and will manage the ChiYoWo Reading Club we set up. Thanks to Adedayo Adenrele our host teacher, and all the other teachers. We truly appreciate your effort. Enjoy reading and encourage the pupils to read the books we donated to your school library.

ChiYoWo visits El Shaddai School in Makoko, Lagos State and introduces its ‘Read, Learn & Shape your World Project’ as part of its #BookDriveNigeria2019 Initiative. Quality education – SDG4 remains a focal part of our work and against all odds. We will keep empowering children in marginalised communities with reading books and equipment. We are proud to have set up a Reading Club in this school. The winners of our activities will run the Reading Club.

Thanks to Nigerian Schools Foundation (UK) NSFUK, our Partner in the United Kingdom. The books donated to us in Nigeria were well received by the headteacher and the students.

Reading is the key that opens up our minds to greater possibilities. Let’s celebrate today and always. Don’t let your power to empower yourself ever cease. Enjoy!

Picture story of our Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)Workshop and Project Design Competition at Igbobi College in Lagos State.

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Picture story of our Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)Workshop and Project Design Competition at CMS Grammar School in Lagos State.

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Picture story of our Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)Workshop and Project Design Competition at Aldamak Nouran School in Lagos State.

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Picture story of our Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)Workshop and project design at Duval Schools in Lagos State.

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Picture story of our Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)Workshop and project design at Regency Schools in Lagos State.

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We are advocates for all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with a particular focus on SDG4 – Education.

We strongly believe that quality education can serve as the bedrock for all the SDGs. Indeed, with good quality and inclusive education in place, the 17 SDGs will be embraced at an alarming rate at all levels in our communities. Right now, there is a dire need to educate children, youth, families, corporate bodies, government institutions, civil societies and more on the impact of adequate knowledge about the SDGs for development. These are enormous with direct results evident in eradication poverty, living a life of prosperity and learning how to love our planet.

ChiYoWo alone cannot impact the communities it works in alone. This is why we seek to develop strong working ties with various third parties to ensure our wider audiences become empowered and continue to advocate for sustainable development. Access to good education,  jobs, health, gender equality, the use of technology, and a clearer understanding of how to manage our planet will most definitely lead to giant steps in eradicating poverty, especially on the African continent.

We teach the World Largest Lesson #Teachsdgs @chiyowoini across schools and meet with third parties to get their buy-in and advocate for more awareness of the SDGs in business sectors.

We are the Children, Youth and Women (ChiYoWo) Empowerment Initiative, repositioning mindsets everywhere we go.

Photo: Amina J. Mohammed – Deputy Secretary-General, UN and Tokunbo Ifaturoti (New York)