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  • Justice for Free: How Nigerian Lawyers Are Using Tech to Address Societal Injustice

    Nurudeen Lawal Rahaman Abiola

    February 01, 2023 |

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    Headfort, a nonprofit in Nigeria, is helping residents serving jail time while awaiting trial who cannot afford lawyers by representing them in court for free. The organization tries to be as accessible as possible by searching for people in need, being active on social media, and communicating through a smartphone app for legal advice.

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  • Dare to dream: NGO empowers Ajegunle kids with library to address education gap

    Nurudeen Lawal Rahaman Abiola

    December 09, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    To help bridge gaps in quality education for children in the Ajegunle neighborhood, the Transforming Lives and Communities Initiative established a community library and discovery. The library offers reading clinics, discovery programs focused on STEM skills, and game days that emphasize teamwork, collaboration, and decision-making.

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  • "I would've been a mum of 3": NGO is empowering girl child from Lagos slums

    Nurudeen Lawal Rahaman Abiola

    December 09, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Makoko, Lagos

    The Center for Children's Health Education, Orientation and Protection, or CEE-HOPE, works to address the challenges young girls growing up in poorer neighborhoods face, including lack of education and skills development and high child marriage rates. The organization helps these young girls access education and shelters for those experiencing abuse, helping to better themselves and turn them into advocates for other young girls.

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  • Corps member's advocacy on dumpsites clearing helped fight malaria in Kwara

    Nurudeen Lawal Rahaman Abiola

    July 26, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ayegbami, Kwara

    A public health campaign effectively reduced the incidence of malaria by sensitizing the community to the health risks of dumping waste indiscriminately, providing medical outreach and treatment for malaria, and cleaned up existing waste, which was moved to designated dumpsites.

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  • Corps member's media advocacy helped construct Ayegbami's road taking lives

    Nurudeen Lawal Rahaman Abiola

    July 26, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ayegbami

    After an impassable road cut the community of Ayegbami off from business and cultural opportunities, a corps member with the National Youth Service Scheme chose to tackle the issue as his Community Development Service project. Through media advocacy and direct outreach to relevant officials, the community was able to get the government's attention and the road was reconstructed with a new bridge to control erosion, allowing the local economy to rebound.

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