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Tackling a Growing Plastic Waste Crisis

Find out how Mariam Lawani, an AWE ExchangeAlumni, is promoting sustainable living in Nigeria.

Structured malaria elimination network

Expiration: May 31, 2023

Malaria is a life-threatening tropical disease affecting millions of Nigerians. A structured malaria elimination network (s-MEN) is desired to achieve mosquito (parasite host) control by destroying breeding sites around communities in Southeast Nigeria. Local participants will be mobilized to engage in malaria disease prevention activities.

IMPROVING NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP

Expiration: August 17, 2022

Although health care delivery is a team work where each personnel is equally important in his own field , yet , nurses and midwives are considered the backbone of each health institution because they render direct services to patients and clients . Nurses spend more time with patients than any other health care personnel , as such , a very good relationship has to be developed between the nurses and patients/clients in order to ensure effective delivery of care .

General Hospital Daura is a government owned secondary health institution located in Daura local government area of Katsina State , Nigeria . It consists of more than 100 nurses and midwives who run different shifts in different departments and units .

I am professionally a registered nurse ; therefore , I understand all that's happening between nurses and their clients/patients . The relationship we have in General Hospital Daura with patients is quite encouraging , but because of work overload and misunderstanding , cases arise where the relationship deteriorates , thus , affecting the quality of care .

This program is aimed at improving the relationship between nurses and their clients/patients , so that , the quality of care is enhanced . The program will be held within 2 weeks , within which all the nurses and midwives in the hospital will be given lectures by Psychologists . The lectures will centralize mainly on the attitudes of people in different circumstances giving emphasis on the sick and ill because human beings portray completely different attitude when they are sick . Although , all nurses and midwives undergo training in Psychology and Behavioral Science in schools , this program will further develop them as it is going to be led by group of experts . The nurses and midwives will be divided by the number of days (14 days ) , depending on roster flexibility .

The funding for the program will be used for sponsoring the presenters for 2 weeks . Five presenters will be invited , viz :
1. 2 Psychologists
2. Director Nursing Services I/C of the hospital
3. 2 Scholars ( Muslim/Christian ) , whose contribution will be mainly on educating and enlightening the nurses and midwives on the significance of creating good relationship with their clients and patients , and the benefits hereafter of caring and serving humanity .

The funding will also be used in feeding the participants during each session for the whole 2 weeks . Part of the funding will be used in providing shirts and P-Caps with the name of the program sponsors on them , and for provision of certificates of participation to the participants .

Lastly , the program is decided to be held in 2 weeks because nurses and midwives can't be available at once as they run shifts , therefore , a date and time will be given to each depending on their duty rosters .

BREEDING THE YOUNGER GENERATION

Expiration: October 12, 2022

This project aims to provide high school and undergraduate students with access to computer literacy. With the current trend in technological advancement, students need to be equipped with technical expertise.

Monday, January 25, 2021 - Thursday, February 10, 2022

The Homeland Goals

The goal of GTF Homeland Goals is to foster child development and early youth education, through the infusion of modern techniques into cultural themes, goals and objectives. To collaborate with local cultures which are usually resistant to formal education, by accepting to develop their cultural skills, this way, we can enhance a gradual strategic acceptance of formal education for children and youths.

Medical Director

Founder, Gift Clinics, Hospitals and Medical Services.
Dr Victoria Adepoju oversees medical, administrative and social events at the facilities to the greater well-being of the patients and their relatives.

Thursday, November 19, 2020 - Friday, November 20, 2020

Creating Awareness on Responsible use of antimicrobials

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) is celebrated every second week of November. This year the week is being celebrated from 18 - 24th November 2020. The aim of the week is to increase awareness of global antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and encourage best practices amongst the general public, health workers, veterinarians, farmers and policy makers to avoid further emergence and spread of drug-resistant infections.

TO Find your Technical cofounder, Tech Partner or CTO

Expiration: December 18, 2020

If you are interested to join our Grow your Startup Program then please click here.

FasterCapital is open to receive applications from entrepreneurs regarding its Tech Cofounder program where it becomes their technical cofounder (or tech partner). In the Tech Cofounder program we invest 50% of the money needed which can range from $20k to $2m (depending on the stage of startup: seed funding, Series A, ..etc).

Smart RR Scale-Up

Expiration: February 28, 2021

To deploy the Smart RR mobile technology in various regions across Nigeria, thereby improving access to quality service provision and reportage of sex-based violence cases.

About Smart RR
Smart Reporting and Referral (SMART RR) is a technology-based mobile application that allows survivors, social workers, and service providers to report and refer cases/incidents of GBV from their smart and basic phones. The tool was developed by the Big Family 360 Foundation, a national non-governmental organization in Nigeria. Smart RR application is a technology-based mobile application that enables survivors, social workers and service providers to report and refer GBV incidents to relevant service providers and authorities, conducts service mapping, automatically updates referral directory, collects and analyses referral data.

This idea was built on the existing referral mechanism of the GBV Sub Sector which is done manually. The application was therefore designed to mitigate existing challenges such as under-reporting and associated difficulties with accessing services.

The pilot rollout and deployment of Smart RR in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States are with the technical guidance of UNFPA and the GBV Sub Sector with support from the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund (NHF). A test run has been conducted within a group of GBV specialists in Borno and Adamawa States under the guidance of the GBV Strategic Advisory Group to ensure the application does not compromise survivor-centered approaches to GBV service provision.

Friday, August 28, 2020

LAGOS 2020 INTERNATIONAL STAKEHOLDERS CONFERENCE IN COMBATING DRUG ADDICTION AND THE OPIOID CRISIS IN NIGERIA

. Understanding that the youth are the trustees of our nation Nigeria, it is therefore in our collective efforts to help shape the mind of these Young to realize their role in Nation building and that giving in to social vices such as drug abuse will be a deviation from norm. The Drug Abuse Epidemic in Nigeria: it is worrisome that drug abuse in Nigeria has taken a different tone and dimensions where not just hard drugs are abused but prescription drugs are being abused that is the ones certified safe for human consumption are also being abuse daily by the kids of the generation which make the present situation extremely worrisome and very dangerous, hence if this trend is not addressed, the explosion of the nation is only a matter of time. Presently, over 14million youths are addicted to drugs and Nigeria is ranked as the third highest marijuana smoking country in the world with 14.3% which has led to the high rate of crime, insecurity as well as unemployment, a tale of deep rot. Based on research, about 6 out of 10 youths within the age bracket of 8 – 30 years are addicted to drugs. Further findings have also shown that 80% of the insane individuals in the society are between age 18-38years this makes the situation of drugs intake alarming. More to this, in secondary schools In Nigeria, results have shown that 1 in 5 students smoke marijuana. Now the question before us is how long are we going to fold our arms and watch the lives of young people destroyed because of ignorance and poor dissemination of information? This is the reason Silec Initiatives is organizing the Lagos 2020 International Stakeholders Conference In tackling drug addiction and the opioid crisis in Nigeria as a tool to nip in the bud.

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