What would happen if yellow fever started spreading in Lagos today? From the 12th to 15th of March, various partners and stakeholders came together to find out during a simulation exercise. What is simulation? Simulation is an imitated or pretend situation. For this exercise, actors were used as patients who showed up at various health facilities […]
Some rapped, some sang, some recited poetry.What are we talking about? Today we hosted our first ever DRASA’s Got Talent Competition for students from 4 secondary schools in Lagos. The students – who are members of the DRASA Health and Hygiene Clubs in their schools – presented a song, rap, poem, or combination of the three, which […]
We’ve got some great news: the first batch of trainees from the Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Curriculum Development Project are officially certified! The partners and subject matter experts that made this possible The pilot training course was held from 23rd February to 10th March in Lagos and the 25 trainees included people from various cadres within Nigeria’s […]
On the 27th of February, we co-hosted a Social Media Week Lagos panel titled What’s Your Story? The Power of Storytelling to Drive Social Change. Panelists for the discussion included DRASA’s Managing Director Niniola Soleye; Toyin Adesola, Founder and Executive Director of Sickle Cell Advocacy and Management Initiative (SAMI); Joel Benson, documentary/film maker; Wana Udobang, freelance […]
The actions of an innocent 2-year-old boy in a Guinean village led to the deaths of more than 11,300 people. And the actions of one brave female doctor in Lagos, Nigeria stopped an Ebola outbreak in its tracks and saved countless lives. Click below to listen to our Managing Director Niniola Soleye tell their stories and demonstrate […]
Today we participated in the Heart2Feed food and medical drive for more than 800 children in the Ajegunle slum. In the spirit of Christmas we collaborated with Otres Restaurant, Dreams from the Slum, and Citadel Opticals to bring some cheer to the community. Children all dressed up in their Christmas clothing Our partners provided food and drinks […]