Have you checked Google today?They’re celebrating Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh’s birthday with an illustration on the Google homepage! Today she would have been 62 years old. Thanks to the Google Doodle team for this honor. Visit www.google.com to check it out (for those outside Nigeria, you have to change your location settings to “Nigeria” in Google) and click here to learn more about her life and the work we’re doing to continue her legacy.
Meet Abiola Ayoola. One of DRASA’s Youth Trainers. It all started with a visit to my father’s boss. I had used the toilet and couldn’t find a bucket to flush. As I stood there confused, his youngest daughter walked in on me and simply used the toilet handle to flush. I started dreaming in that room that night. The fact that life could be so easy and beautiful and there was no need to wait in long queues to get water was surreal to me. After finishing university, I had to wait 9 months to get an internship and another 8 months to begin my national youth service. But these delays were simply a reality check for me. The images from my early childhood would flash through my eyes everytime I got weak and wanted to quit, but I couldn’t, so I kept at it. I knew I couldn’t just sit at home and do nothing, so I began to speak to people about volunteering and offering my time. I figured this would help boost my Curriculum Vitae (CV), while also helping others. One of my friends showed me the Whatsapp status of another friend about a Public Health Trust that was seeking extra hands for its secondary school program. I didn’t know when the project was going to kick start, or if I stood a chance to be selected, but I sent in my CV notwithstanding. And guess who got called? Me! So far, it’s been a great experience with the students, especially because sometimes I see myself in them. I want to encourage them by sharing my story and telling them to dream with their eyes wide open. I hope that I can spark something in them that would keep them lit up for a long time. But to […]
Today Union Bank and DRASA worked together to reach more than 3,200 students in 30 states across the country! Our collaboration was in celebration of World Savings Day – a global event promoting the value of saving – and the theme of our campaign was Save Your Money, Save Your Life. Throughout the day in schools across all our target locations, we taught students the importance of saving money (financial literacy) and staying healthy (personal hygiene) because as we all know, “health is wealth!” How did we do this in so many places at the same time? We trained Union Bank staff who then delivered the sessions to students around the country. We also donated soap, sanitizer, and Veronica buckets (plastic buckets with taps and lids used for handwashing) to students in each school. Check out more pictures from the campaign below.