There’s something that usually always comes to mind when people hear sickle cell anemia. There are still a lot of people who believe those of us who live with sickle cell cannot live without blood transfusions and as such,…
African ChangeMakers Fellowship (ACFellowship) Cohort 2, 2018 Selected Applicants List. Congratulations to all selected applicants, more details will follow via email soon. View List at: http://africanchangemakers.org/…
During September, which is considered Sickle Cell Awareness Month in most parts of the World, yours truly was busy behind the scenes doing all she could to raise awareness about sickle cell in line with the #BreakTheSilence…
I am on a mission to educate and empower girls in rural communities. This, I do through offering scholarships to underprivileged girls and most importantly, creating what we call Girls' Lead Clubs in rural secondary school…
I am passion driven on my mission to break stereotypes about STEM education for girls. Last year in June during my digital action campaign entitled “Bring a Girl to STEM”, I launched a STEM Mentoring program for girls at…
It feels good when you transform somebody's life positively and even best when you transfer life skills to undeserved humans. This has been my wonderful experience for the past months. We are now in the second phase of the…
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Mead African ChangeMakers Mentorship (ACMentorship2018) was a great success…
During the past 3 months, some female leaders and parents in my community have taken time off their busy schedules to visit CYEED digital empowerment center for girls. http://www.cyeed.net/ “Bring a girl to STEM” is…
Life is great when we add a little sunshine and laughter to it. This is especially true for people living with sickle cell, especially the young ones who know more about pains, medications and hospital stays than more…
When I first chose and decided to help end child early and forced marriages in Tanzania especially among girls in Longido District, in Northern Tanzania; it was rather difficult to make the changes immediately but as a…
Our latest meeting with the Adolescent mothers at Ijegun held few days ago. Our primary purpose was to follow up on the last skill acquisition training where we taught them how to make bar soap and encouraged them to start…
After running my Digital Action Campaign, my visibility and credibility increased tremendously. “Bring a Girl to STEM” campaign prompted me to produce incredible impact in my community. In addition, my World Pulse story…
At the age of 14, I excitingly resume my senior secondary school but notice a school mate is not back in school. And a few weeks later, I learn that she got married to her father’s friend as his third wife and I never…
1. Help raise funds for establishment of a Digital Centre; 30 Computers & accessories 30 Tables 30 Chairs 5 UPS' 1Printer with a Scanner 1Projector 1Generator Internet 2. Capacity strengthening for the after-school…
I am expanding myDigital Action Campaign, sharing the work I am doing on social media and sharing the video I produced, as a result I have received a lot of invites to train girls in other towns in Cameroon. Given my…
African Changemakers Fellowship ( #ACFellowship ) Program selects impressive African visionaries between ages 25-40 to train and empower them to change their communities positively across Africa and beyond. These committed…
World Pulse Names Olutope (Topsie) Olatilewa E. of Nigeria a Featured Changemaker During Economic Power Campaign. World Pulse features 15 women leaders’ high-impact community-based campaigns from 8 countries on its global…
Rural Girls are more likely to be victims of early marriages and female genital mutilation than their urban counterparts. A lot of young girls in rural areas are prone to sexual abuse and domestic violence. Lack of education…
Our first Young Mothers Summit held on Friday, June 9th 2017. Two weeks before then, precisely on May 27th, the Ask the Paediatrician Foundation had partnered with us hold a medical outreach Ijegun community in commemoration…
This year we have decided to break the cycle of spousal abuse in the communities through educating youth groups and awareness creation. We have been to two communities already and the responds was massive. Through our weekly…
My project entitled "Bring a Girl to STEM" expands to the Bamenda Central Prison. CYEED is collaborating with an NGO called Local Youth Corner (LoYoCo) to train 15 young inmates on ICT and entrepreneurship skills Our young…
Our campaign took advantage of this celebration by bringing parents and their children together to assess how healthy their communication is. Among many other things they agreed Trust, Commitment, Respect and right Timing…
On the 23rd Nov 2017 the Bamenda Congress Hall was full of students who came to participate in the first ever Career Fair organized in the North West Region. On this day secondary school students were invited to come and…