Youth Engagement
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 […]
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 […]
Building Climate-Resilient Communities Through Health Innovation: DRASA Health Trust at the 2024 Future of Health Youth Pre-Conference
On October 23, 2024, we hosted a side event at Nigeria Health Watch’s Future of Health Youth Pre-Conference in Abuja. With the pre-conference theme "Building Climate-Resilient Health Systems Through Youth Innovation," the conference brought together youth leaders, climate experts, and health advocates to discuss the increasingly critical link between climate resilience and public health. At […]
These Songs from Our Ambassadors Will Make You Want To Dance: DRASA’s Got Talent 2018
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, […]