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CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS: 2017 NIGERIA YOUTH SDGs SUMMIT
Deadline: February 21, 2017 ABOUT NEXTGEN AFRICA INITIATIVE NextGen Africa Initiative is an educational organization that focuses on building the soft skills of young people in the areas of emotional intelligence, confidence building and leadership including ICT skills to help them fulfill their potential. Since its…
Read More »Kano: PSN-PACFaH advocates prioritizing pneumonia, diarrhea
Nigerian civic organisations under the aegis of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), a member of the Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health (PACFaH) coalition, has called on the government of Kano state to accord priority attention to the management of Pneumonia and Diarrhoea, by allocating more funds to…
Read More »APPLY! USAID Nigeria Strengthening Advocacy and Civic Engagement (SACE) Jobs
Nigeria Strengthening Advocacy and Civic Engagement (SACE) is a five year, $19.2 million program funded the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) implemented by Chemonics International. Its objective is to strengthen civil society’s ability to influence the development and implementation of key democratic reforms at the national, state, and local levels.…
Read More »APPLY! Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is Recruiting
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is an international NGO that defends and promotes media freedom and has consultative status with the United Nations, UNESCO, the Council of Europe and the International Organization of the Francophonie. With a headquarters in Paris, bureaux in 12 cities worldwide (including Washington, Brussels, Tunis and Rio…
Read More »APPLY! Palladium’s Engaged Citizens Pillar-Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn (ECP-PERL) Jobs
ABOUT PALLADIUM Palladium is a global leader in the design, development and delivery of Positive Impact – the intentional creation of enduring social and economic value. We work with foundations, investors, governments, corporations, communities and civil society to formulate strategies and implement solutions that generate lasting social, environmental and…
Read More »CALL FOR APPLICATION: PACFaH 2017 Health Budget Monitor Media Challenge
Are you passionate about Nigeria Health Sector? Are you an adept follower of Nigerian media? We the Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health (PACFaH) Project Nigeria would like to invite you to become a champion and an advocate for child and family health in Nigeria. We draw your…
Read More »EDITORIAL: Nigeria’s 2017 Health Budget a Poor Improvement
By increasing its budgetary allocation to public health, Nigeria could be solving some of its most daunting public health challenges including high maternal and child mortality rates which is at the heart of Goal 3 of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Nigeria pride itself as the…
Read More »Youth Action Guide on the SDGs
Ravi Karkara and Rohit Pothukuchiwe reflect on the recently launched Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their relevance to youth SDG 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere Young people can create awareness on goal 1 through traditional and progressive media, including social media. Young people can also write blogs,…
Read More »Bringing hope to Tuberculosis patients in rural Nigeria
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria’s Active Tuberculosis Case Finding (ACF) approach is helping Nigeria, the country with highest TB burden in Africa, discover and treat more and more cases of active TB By Adam Alqali When forty-five-year old Yunusa Saidu, a farmer, started coughing and began having…
Read More »Day People with Disabilities (PwDs) decried discrimination, exclusion
Ending stigma and discrimination against PwDs as well as achieving social inclusion are crucial for the successful realization of “Leaving no one behind,” one of the key themes of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) People with Disabilities (PwDs) in Sumaila Local Government Area of Kano state, northwestern Nigeria,…
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