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Surulere Senior Secondary School: #ItStartsWithMe School Visit
Today we visited Surulere Senior Secondary School for our #ItStartsWithMe campaign. We spoke with the students about the importance of personal hygiene, why handwashing with soap is important, the critical times to wash hands, and length of time to wash hands. We also got them to participate in some team building activities to show how […]
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, […]
Exploring Emerging Infectious Diseases & Biosecurity with GET Africa
From the 16th – 18th of August we attended the 3rd African Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity in Accra, Ghana. The conference was hosted by the Global Emerging Pathogens Treatment (GET) Consortium. Attendees included representatives from the biotechnology, biosecurity, and biobanking industries; health economists; bioethicists; engineers; government representatives from various African and European […]
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