Empowerment and Opportunities

UN Special Human Right Youth Challenge (Fully Funded Trip to Geneva) The Human Rights Youth Challenge: S how your understanding of the human rights to water and sanitation. For this year’s International Youth Day on 12 August 201 8, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, Mr. Léo Heller, is organizing an online challenge to raise awareness among the youth about the human rights to water and sanitation. 1. What is The Human Rights Youth Challenge? The Challenge: Show your knowledge, understanding and passion about the human rights to water and sanitation by creating an original submission about the human rights to water and sanitation and upload it to a social media network (Instagram, YouTube, Facebook or Twitter). 2. Who is eligible to participate? All persons between the ages of 15 and 24 years, as of 12 August 2018. Click below  For More Information ....

Are you looking for a good school to engage your children this summer holidays? Search no more because your answer is here. If you live around  Lekki and its environs, this is your chance to  give your children a befitting summer experience.  Send them to Marble Hill School and you will be glad you did.

In my quest to uncover how the internet has become a source of financial empowerment for some people, I have learnt a few things. I have come to understand that money is what you get in exchange for the value added to someone's life. I have also learnt that our world is now unlimited (Thanks to the Internet). People don't need physical offices to create content and make money. All you need in order to make money, is A SMART PHONE. YES! You heard me well. A SMART PHONE. Secondly, what service are you willing to provide? On YOUTUBE, People are teaching others how to cook, how to drive, some are selling ideas, fashion, make up and all manner of skills. This is called, CREATING A CONTENT. Research has it that CONTENTS that are focused on HEALTH, WEALTH, RELATIONSHIP AND ENTERTAINMENT sell like wildfire. This does not mean that other things outside these areas cannot sell. Hey! I want you to know that ALL CONTENTS CAN BE MONETIZED, If properly packaged. Think about a...

The search is on for the 2018  Thomson Foundation Young  Journalist Young reporters from across the world are  invited to submit their work to the Thomson Foundation to enter the competition for the sixth ‘Young Journalist’ Award.    Part of the UK Foreign Press Association Awards (FPA), the award enables journalists aged 30 and under, from countries with a Gross National Income (GNI)  per capita of less than $20,000, to send in their best stories. Click here to access the official website

Nominations are now open! The AIDF Global Summit is currently accepting nominations for the Innovator of the Year Award. This competition celebrates individuals as well as teams who have introduced game-changing initiatives, created research or inventions that have made an impact on the humanitarian aid and development sectors globally over the past year. The aim is to recognise individuals for their inspiring leadership, forward-thinking, creative problem-solving and implementation of innovative programmes that have helped drive the global progress towards Sustainable Development Goals. click below For more information......

To say that life wasn’t fair would make it sound like he was the only captive incarcerated under the ogling eyes of poverty. He needed not to say much about himself as his poverty status gave a voice to his personality. A voice that could be heard by the deaf, smelt through blocked nostrils, felt by the dead, seen by the blind but hated to be tasted by all.   There was nothing desirable about it, as it was deficient in all comeliness. His shirt had holes littered over it, his trousers smeared with grease, his body oozed, emitting a smell that could make one puke his intestines and his hair was a safe habitat for bugs. This was the normal life he ever knew.             Coming Soon................

Apply to be a TED Fellow Every year, the TED Fellows program selects a new class of extraordinary thinkers and doers by open application. We look for innovators on the rise in their respective fields with bold, original work. All applicants must be 18 years or older. TED2019 application cycle Opening date: June 26, 2018 Closing date: August 26, 2018 (11:59pm UTC) If you will like us to keep you posted regarding more information, please drop a comment. For more information:  https://www.ted.com/participate/ted-fellows-program/apply-to-be-a-ted-fellow

The Global Teacher Prize is a US $1million dollar award, presented annually to an exceptional teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession.  The Varkey Foundation established the prize in 2014, to recognise and celebrate the impact that teachers have around the world – not only on their students, but on the communities around them. For More information,follow the link.        www.globalteacherprize.org

Some years ago, I came in contact with a boy who was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. It affected his ability to walk properly, hold objects and chew food substances. To my surprise, he also exhibited some traces of Autism like repetitive behaviour pattern, poor social skills and lack of speech and language. Due to his condition, he had no potty skills and he could not feed himself at the age of 6. Everything about his situation brought pain to the heart of his parents. I saw hope escape from the heart of his parents like a vapour. Their tears became their companions at all times. They were troubled about his future and wondered if he was ever going to be independent in life. Uncertainty stared at them in the eyes. Everything looked dark.  Today, the boy's story hasn't changed but he was empowered with coping strategies. He was taught to read without speech, write without holding a pencil or pen. This was long before modern technological tools came into existence. GET READY T...