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Group Embarks On CSR Initiative

January 20, 2020 10:16 am

Over 1,000 food hampers will be delivered to families at internally displaced persons’ (IDP) camp in Nasarawa State, North Central Nigeria this week, by crowdfunding platform – Giving.ng. 

The platform which uses crowdfunding to address pressing social problems in sustainable ways working with various partners is powered by Sterling One Foundation.

On the 28th of December 2019, the Foundation launched a fund raising campaign for its inaugural feeding programme in Lagos during the Eat Drink Festival.

The campaign objective was to put a smile on the faces of 1000 less privileged families struggling below the breadline.

Statistics show that …

Child

Eight Years Of Safe Motherhood Initiative

December 5, 2019 7:16 am

Uchechukwu Nnaike highlights the efforts of an indigenous oil and gas firm to reduce the maternal and child mortality rate in the country and the progress made so far

If the reports of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG3) and World Health Organisation (WHO) on the good health and child and maternal mortality rates are to be taken seriously, initiatives that support women of childbearing age to safely deliver their babies must be emulated not only by the government, but also by corporate institutions in Nigeria.

According to a 2010 report by the WHO, the infant mortality rate in …

13 States Benefited From Global Fund Malaria Initiative

13 States Benefited From Global Fund Malaria Initiative

October 17, 2019 6:47 am

Thirteen states of the federation, including Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Jigawa, Kwara, Niger, Taraba, Gombe, Yobe, Adamawa, Ogun, Osun and Delta states are currently benefiting from the health and peace initiative supported by the Global Fund (GF).

The Civil Society is driving the health initiative in Malaria Control, Immunisation and Nutrition (ACOMIN).

ACOMIN said it has so far commenced work on the prevention, treatment and mitigation of the impact of malaria as well as the promotion of immunisation and better nutrition in the 13 states in Nigeria.

The states are also benefiting from peacebuilding initiative of ACOMIN among the warring communities.…

'Aku Luo Uno Initiative': The Dr Godwin Maduka Example

‘Aku Luo Uno Initiative’: The Dr Godwin Maduka Example

October 9, 2019 11:44 pm

By: Ejimkonye Caesar Munachiso

Dr Godwin Maduka is a US-based Medical practitioner from Umuchukwu in Orumba South L.G.A of Anambra State. Born into a very poor family, Dr. Maduka was faced with the challenges of poverty as a child and this propelled him to start struggling early in life to fend for himself and his family. After his secondary education, and by dint of hard work and providence, he left for the United States of America in the 1980s to further his education.

He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry from Rust College, Mississippi in 1984. In 1988, he …

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