Community Outreach

Iponri Estate Senior High School: #ItStartsWithMe School Visit
Our #ItStartsWithMe campaign continued today with a visit to Iponri Estate Senior High School in Surulere, Lagos. We gathered the students on the assembly grounds and spoke to them about the importance of good hygiene and handwashing to stay clean and healthy. The students were very eager to volunteer and in fact, after learning from […]
Stadium Senior High School: #ItStartsWithMe School Visit
Despite today’s rainy weather, we made it to Stadium Senior High School in Surulere, Lagos for another #ItStartsWithMe campaign school visit. Instead of meeting with the entire school in an assembly, we held a small session with class prefects and senior students to review our health and hygiene content. As we usually do, we taught them about […]
Ayetoro Senior Grammar School: #ItStartsWithMe School Visit
Another week, another #ItStartsWithMe school visit! Today we went to Ayetoro Senior Grammar School in Ebute-Metta, Lagos. At this rate, we’re going to have students all across Lagos washing their hands and practicing good hygiene. And here are the students singing another one of our favourite handwashing songs! The lyrics are written below the video so you […]
Providing More Than 800 Children with Food & Medical Services for Christmas: Heart2Feed
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 […]
Engaging Female Community Leaders in Obalende
Today we visited Obalende, Lagos and engaged female leaders in the community. DRASA in Obalende Why women? Women manage the home, prepare food for their families, and are usually the ones that take care of sick children and husbands. So changing and improving hygiene and sanitation habits in homes and communities starts with them. Also, […]
”See Something, Say Something”: Our Health Champions Are Improving Community Health and Surveillance
“One day, while dropping my child off at school, I observed two school children lapping [one carrying the other on the lap] each other in the bus, and I observed that one of them was coughing continuously so much that he started coughing blood. Instead of turning a blind eye, I made sure to follow […]