Itohan Iyawe is from south-west Nigeria. Her childhood experience with water scarcity negatively impacted her education and health. However, while working with an NGO she got an opportunity to learn more about the struggles of rural communities and farmers who are affected by lack of access to water. This became a major concern for her […]
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Restoration from isolation – Born with albinism, Ifeoluwa faced rejection and isolation. Her mother’s unwavering love protected her from societal prejudices. However, after her passing, living with relatives worsened the isolation and discrimination. Meeting and interacting with parents of children with Albinism, made her understand that she was not alone in facing all these challenges.This
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kanthari auction: a bid for change supporting kanthari’s Vision In Trivandrum, South India, a unique initiative known as kanthari is shaping the future of social change. A few months ago, a symbol of dignity has made its way into the hands of those willing to contribute to this transformative cause – a statue of a
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Empowering Single Mothers – the Story of a single mother. Bosede Nwachi faced rejection and negligence from her father all through her childhood. Right after giving birth to twins, her husband left her and her three children. She had no choice but to struggle running multiple small businesses to provide food for them. Despite discrimination
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Dear Friends, Greetings from kanthari. How are you? We hope this message finds you well. The picture above shows some of the participants of the kanthari course 2023 in a team building session. They are given a raw egg, for which they need to create a cover, that will protect the egg from breaking when
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Empowering Rural Lives- The remote location of the Oda village poses challenges in accessing healthcare and quality education in Kalikot, Nepal. The death of Karan Singh’s father due to lack of access to medical care forced Karan to quit school as a young child and work as a dish washer in India to support his
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Embracing albinism-A painful discovery: Sherleen’s 25-year journey of Denial to Embracing Embracing albinism-It took Sherleen Tunai 25 years to accept that she has albinism. Sherleen grew up in Kakamega, Kenya. She yearned to belong, and she hated how she looked. As a child, she started designing clothes for herself because she wanted to look as
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The Spirit of Peace There has been ongoing armed conflict in Cameroon since 2016. Politicians and warlords are inciting and instrumentalizing youth into acts of violence. Therefore, Emmanuel Lumumba is engaging idle youth in peace building activities his organisation Ndabuchiseh (Training Center for Peace builders). by Emmanuel Lumumba Mindset and a Path to Peace If
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food literacy: Nelson Kamoyo’s journey from hunger to empowerment Growing up in rural Malawi, going to school hungry and having one meal per day was the norm. As the last-born in a large family, Nelson Kamoyo often skipped school to work in support of his family. Witnessing his siblings thrive after completing their education inspired
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Empowerment-Life as an Experiment I arrived for the first time at the taxi stop to pick up passengers in my car. Passengers would stop at my Toyota Corolla, which was admittedly a little fancier than the rest of the taxis parked there, look into the tinted windows, see me, a person with albinism, and quickly
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