I was in Primary 1, in a school downtown Port Harcourt, Nigeria, when I had this classmate named Chukwuebuka, which we preferred to call Ebuka. He was skinny, lethargic and certainly due to his condition lagged behind…
Learn how to identify and help with anxiety in young people Anxiety is a common condition experienced by young people that can escalate to a point where it impacts on their general wellbeing and activities of daily living;…
I am from a family of seven and the first girl. It all started with my third follower getting married at the age of eighteen. When his wife gave birth to her third child, she was constantly sick and having problems with the…
SafepadTM– winner of The Danish Design Award 2018 In the category “Daily Life”. SafepadTMis an intelligent sanitary pad designed to make a difference for girls globally #danishdesignaward Denmark, May 28th2018 – Real…
When I was much younger, my family use to tell me I was a miracle child, because I stayed 11 months in my mother’s womb and the doctors said I was dead but I somehow was born successfully. So I guess I was a miracle child…
#MY_FIRST_MENSES (MENARCHE) As a teenager, I menstruated for almost a year without my mum's knowledge. Like seriously? Yeahhhh , that's exactly what I did. I know you will be wondering how I hid that from my mum. It was one…
Today I opened the window of my room, took deep breaths, and relaxed myself as a year has passed. I know nothing happened during this one year but when I think about May 17, 2017, the day when I was in deep shock, the day…
Two thousand eighteen is a challenging year for me. There were a lot of "first," and it has been testing my resilience. I am praying that this is all preparation for a reward in the future. The biggest set back for me was…
I always thought I needed to be popular before I can impact peoples life. There was a point of my life where I started saying I wish to be a professor so my voice will be heard, but realized and spoke to young girls, boys…
Suki, Retu, Chemma, were teachers in a professional tutorial they used to conduct experiments on various assignments such as-Solar energy what it is in which parts of India it is used?what is environmental degradation? How…
TreeSisters is a global women's reforestation movement offering incredible feminine nature based meditations and inspirational ways to support an accelerated reforesting of the tropics. We regularly offer free online…
I grew up surrounded by forest in the south east of England. At that age I took having hundreds of acres of mature pine right outside my window for granted, not really realising how precious and rare it was. I went into the…
I wondered when watching the news and a child was found murdered or kidnapped. I often thought to myself ‘ How do the parents survive that, having raising, feeding, clothing, teaching and loving a child so much for someone…
I believe I have a message to empower Congolese women. I grew up in Congo, I have seen how women have been victimised and then silenced after suffering from wartime rape in the DRC. The stigma of rape is affecting innocent…
One of the major challenges of the Nigerian girl-child is Mensuration and it's hygiene, growing I had difficult with taking care of myself because of the economic situation of things my parents weren't buoyant enough to…
Le transport devient aussi comme une insécurité par rapport au salaire, taux de change, prix du carburant vis à vis du course à effectuer et voir même nos routes en souffrances et de part et d’autre le rapport avec l'…
Thanks ladies for your encouragement on the premier & official lunch of the Still Counting Project. I didn't know it will turn out this way. I was scared, worried and almost gave up and cancel the event. Thank God I didn…
I had my first menstral experience when I was in junior 2 then 15 years of age. Even thou I had a friend ( 1 year junior) who was giving me some tips on menstruation but I still never got the chance of experiencing it to…
Dear Sisters everywhere Shaming girls and women about their periods is a thing invented by patriarchs and is not natural. Your periods are totally natural. Learn to say "this is Mother Nature! don't defy her!" if you can.…
The awakening A few weeks ago, Women’s Hour, a BBC Radio four programme dedicated a week to discussing the menopause. I remember waking up each morning, anxious for when the programme will come on air as women from all works…
Ahead of International Women's Day 2018, my team and I ( Smile-Africa Foundation) are collecting quotes from women and men alike on how they are working to break societal stereotypes and constructs of what women should be…
We Just Don’t Know We Just Don’t Know If you feed the world genetically modified foods The kids may grow up to have genetically modified broods They’ll be running around all over the street Scratchin’ up the ground with…
When I was much younger, my uncle raped me. This sent me into spiral depression and into the arms of Ivan, my ex-fiance. He was sweet at first until all the sweet became sour. He would tear me down so I didn't feel like I…
Gender based violence has really become rampant towards our vulnerable children in this technological changing word we are really fighting for it to capsize because our kids are the most affected. Health About health we have…
Am from Uganda I work with unpreventable women to empower them with skills that can lead them to success. And am seeking for volunteers who can comeand domore training with these women and also any support that can be…
