Search results for "community champion"
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Community Champion: How Kenya’s Florence Kamaitha Is Keeping Girls In School One-Pad-At-A-Time
Oct 13, 2014In Kenya, at least 2.5 million adolescent girls miss 3 to 5 days of classes monthly because they do not have access to affordable sanitary pads. While some of them miss classes during their monthly cycle,... -
Community Champion: Christabel Ofori’s IHAV Empowers Young People In Ghana To Envision Change And Act On It
Oct 2, 2014Christabel Ofori is a Ghanaian social entrepreneur who has a knack helping young people achieve their dreams. A graduate of Chemical Engineering from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, 26 years old Christabel is the... -
Community Champion: Cleaning Up Kaduna Amidst Fear Of Boko Haram
Sep 16, 2014Kaduna is one of the well-known states in Northern Nigeria. It is also affected by the Boko Haram insurgency. Many of the citizens in this region live in fear; some uneducated parents have stopped their children... -
Community Champion: One Woman’s Story Of Standing Against Domestic Violence
Sep 15, 2014Mrs. Aisha Sanni works to ensure human dignity is restored and cases of domestic violence are reduced in Suleja, Niger East Senatorial District, Niger State. In this interview, she sheds light on how she has been... -
How a Community Currency is Driving Kenya’s Rural Economy
Nov 18, 2016A growing number of local community residents in rural Kenya can now pay for goods and services, including their children’s school fees and church offerings, with the use of a widely accepted community currency, Sarafu-Credit. The... -
Group Empowers Idiroko Community as Vanguard on Dangers of Irregular Migration
Oct 14, 2015Trafficking is the world’s third most lucrative business in the crime world today, hence the need to advocate and sensitise youths and the general public from falling prey. Given the recent increase in migration struggle, the... -
Community Engagement: An Effective Tool towards Malaria Elimination in Nigeria
Jun 5, 2014Yakubu Garuba is the Roll Back Malaria Focal Person in Bosso LGA, Niger State – a position he has held for two years. He has championed the decrease in the Malaria Burden in Bosso Local Government... -
How a Revolution of Women-led Initiative is Eradicating Energy Poverty in Africa
Jun 27, 2015In 2013, Mama Ada’s husband died leaving her with four children to raise and put through school. She started a plantain selling business and moved into a one room hut with her 4 children to keep... -
Rural Africa: Top Gist Of the Week
Mar 4, 2015Every week, we look at stories making headlines on rural development in Africa. These stories are not necessarily based on rural locations but are sometimes those that can improve the lives of rural dwellers in... -
Year 2014: News That Made Headlines On RuralReporters.com
Dec 30, 2014This year, with the amazing contributions from our team of freelance writers, photographers and reporters, we were able to cover exciting stories from all across Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe. We focused on different issues including...