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The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation and the Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices (IAC) launched this event which is marked every 6th February. Theme: "No Time for Global Inaction, Unite, Fund, and Act to End Female Genital Mutilation." Did You Know? ✍️UNFPA estimates there may be as many as 2 million cases of female genital mutilation by 2030 that would have otherwise been averted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ✍️In 2021 alone, there are 4.16 million girls around the world, who are at risk of undergoing female genital mutilation. ✍️According to a UNFPA (pre-COVID-19) study, the cost of preventing female genital mutilation is $95 per girl today. ✍️30 countries where female genital mutilation is prevalent are experiencing high population growth, with at least 30 per cent of girls undergoing female population under the age of 15. ✍️Around 1 in 4 girls and women, or 52 million wo...

#IAmAndIWill #NeighbourhoodTransformation #SHADE_IN About World Cancer Day World Cancer Day every 4th February is the global uniting initiative led by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), raising worldwide awareness improving education and catalysing personal, collective and government action. Saving Hand Development Initiative (SHADE-IN), under her neighborhood transformation initiative wishes to join UICC in educating the public about cancer and its prevention. Key Cancer Facts📊✅ ☑️10 million people die from cancer every year. ☑️At least one third of common cancers are preventable. ☑️Cancer is the second-leading cause of death worldwide. ☑️70% of cancer deaths occur in low-to-middle income countries. ☑️Up to 3.7 million lives could be saved each year by implementing resource appropriate strategies for prevention, early detection and treatment. ☑️The total annual economic cost of cancer is estimated at US$1.16 trillion. What is Cancer? Cancer is a disease which occurs w...

Words like "I just want to thank you for supporting me thus far. May God Almighty bless you... My generation would forever be grateful to you," is part of the reasons we keep at what we do in ensuring that we contribute our little quota towards educational development particularly in Nigeria. That statement is from one of our beneficiaries. About 11 years ago, among other children, he was in JSS 2 in a rural settlement in Ekiti State where we started our outreach on education.  Today, he is a 400 level civil engineering student in University of Benin (UNIBEN), sponsored by SHADE-IN. The truth is, when you educate a person, you educate a generation. When you deprive a person of education, you deprive a generation. Through our previous researches, we have identified key issues in the Nigerian educational system, using some schools in Edo State as a case study. While solving these issues has been an uphill task for the Nigerian Government, COVID-19 has posed its own challeng...

First set of SHADE-IN Volunteers - 2010 Dear Esteemed SHADE-IN Volunteer, Words fail us to express how much you mean to us. You have done what Napoleon could not do. We want to let you know that your name is written with indelible impression on the sand of time. You are much esteemed for your love, care, passion, compassion, empathy, humility, perseverance, patience, sacrifice to humanity and your faith in SHADE-IN. Yes, you heard about the vision, believed in it and ran with it absolutely selflessly not because you were promised or given any incentives. You are indispensable. Our prayer for you is that you reap in hundred folds, the reward of your labour. Before you ask you will receive. When you call for one, millions will answer your call. You will be above only. We have got good plans for you but God has the best plans for you. Your season of rewards is here. 2021 will produce amazing surprises for you. It shall be your best year until now. God bless you, real good. Do ...

Globally, 243 million women and girls were abused by an intimate partner in the past year. Meanwhile, less than 40 per cent of women who experience violence report it or seek help. As countries implemented lockdown measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus, violence against women, especially domestic violence, intensified – in some countries, calls to helplines have increased five-fold. In others, formal reports of domestic violence have decreased as survivors find it harder to seek help and access support through the regular channels. School closures and economic strains left women and girls poorer, out of school and out of jobs, and more vulnerable to exploitation, abuse, forced marriage, and harassment. In April 2020, as the pandemic spread across the world, the UN Secretary-General called for “peace at home”, and 146 Member States responded with their strong statement of commitment. In recent months 135 countries have strengthened actions and resources to address violence agai...

The funeral service and internment of Late Vera Uwaila Omozuwa has held on Friday, 13th November, 2020.  The service which held at The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Edo Province 10 headquarters, had points of reflection. During the service, the Pastor Incharge of Region 13, Pastor Dele Balogun, announced that the RCCG is making plans to immortalise Uwaila. It is no more news that Uwaila was a girl with enviable virtues while she was alive. Her virtues have earned her honour even in her death despite the fact that she was raped and murdered, which is enough dishonour and injustice meted by the perpetrators.  As the Redeemed Christian Church plans to immortalise Uwaila, we hope that the government, Security agencies and all concerned will ensure that justice is served and not swept under the carpet, as there are concerns of negligence, as expressed by a family member. Recall that the 22 year old Microbiology 100 level student of University of Benin (UNIBEN) was raped ...

  Following a statement made by SHADE-IN on 11th October, 2020, demanding for justice for silenced girls, in commemoration of the International Day of the Girl, Alltime Post, an online newspaper published in the United States of America by Alltime Communications, Inc., featuresd a story from the statement, which was released on SHADE-IN's blog on the said day. The newspaper publication was released on 13th October, 2020. Find the story here: https://www.alltimepost.com/2020/10/international-day-of-the-girl-child-nigerian-ngo-advocates-justice-for-silenced-girls/ SHADE-IN blog post being referred to can be found here: https://shade-in.blogspot.com/2020/10/in-world-where-many-cultures-and.html?m=1 #InternationalDayoftheGirl Photo credit: Shot by Beulah Roland-Ojeruse