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Shaping the Future of Lagos Island’s Children and Youth
For everyone, everywhere, literacy is, along with education in general, a basic human right. Literacy is, finally, the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full potential. Koffi Annan Modern society is changing rapidly, so young people need new ski...
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U-Report on Arewa24 GenZ Show
About U-Report on Arewa24 GenZ Show, A young boy and two ladies sitting before camera. A live session of Arewa Gen-Z TV Show. UNICEF Nigeria and AREWA24 have partnered to integrate U-Report into AREWA GenZ, a vibrant youth-focused TV show engaging millions of young people across Northern Nigeria. This collaboratio...
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Youth voices - Listen to the future
Hi, I’m Somto, and I’m all about fighting for children’s rights because I believe they are key to making a better future for everyone. Children are our future, but they need our help right now to grow up strong, happy, and treated with respect. Children are the future, no doubt. Children’s rights are not just rule...
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UNICEF Generation Unlimited Nigeria Empowers nearly 9 million Youth through Innovative Partnerships
LAGOS, 12 November 2024 – , The UNICEF Generation Unlimited Nigeria (GenU 9JA) Public-Private-Youth-Partnership (PPYP) Platform yesterday convened its annual Steering Committee at the Airtel Headquarters in Lagos to celebrate three years of groundbreaking achievements and set ambitious targets for the future. This...
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Child Poverty in Nigeria: A focus on SDG 1 and UNICEF's Impact
Have you heard about the SDGs? If you don’t know what they are, get ready because in this article I’m going to be explaining the SDGs and how each of them relates to children living in Nigeria. SDG means Sustainable Development Goals and we have 17 of them which were adopted by all United Nation Member States in 2...
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UNICEF and Youth Volunteers Plant Trees and Recycle Plastic Waste across Nigeria to Save the Environment
LAGOS, 26 September 2024 – , The acceleration of the Green Rising Initiative in Nigeria – a UNICEF initiative aimed to engage 10 million children and young people globally by 2025 and empower them to protect and adapt to the impact of climate change commenced with the 2024 World Clean Up Day. Thousands of young pe...
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A Simple Shot, A Lifetime of Difference
My father became disabled at the age of five. He started his life like every other child, once in his life, there was a time when he could run around with his friends, carefree and full of energy. Seeing the world and enjoying the beauty of it. But that all changed one year when a simple yet deadly illness affecte...
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Nigeria Marks Significant Progress in Youth Empowerment through the GenU 9JA Initiative
Lagos, Nigeria – November 29, 2023, – A high level meeting was convened between private sector, including notable companies like IHS Towers, Microsoft, Airtel, Unilever, ATC, Jobberman, Cisco and MTN along with government, youth, development partners and UNICEF officials to assess the progress made in 2023 by the ...
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From passion to action: Meet Abdulkadir
I am Abdulkadir Ahmed, a 23-year-old social worker, U-reporter, and a proud member of UNICEF’s Generation Unlimited Young People’s Action group in Nigeria. A young man In the middle of my final year at university, a cloud of doubt came over me. The horrifying truth about the Nigerian youths who make up a stagger...
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Gbemisola's life after school
Do you remember those moments when you realized you were good at something special? Well, that happened to me while I was growing up. I found out that I was really good at planning, thinking critically, and being flexible. Little did I know that these skills would become super important for my work life after univ...
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Transforming communities for every child to thrive
“I have always wanted to do things better and differently in my community,” Shuaibu Musa said. As a UNICEF community volunteer for the Child Friend Cities Initiative (CFCI), Shuaibu alongside five other youths, is leading the advocacy for attitudinal change in his community, Kwagga, a rural settlement in Bauchi st...