When I entered the class, they were sure I was alive. When I was absent they were worried. When the class was over, they prayed for me. The prison became a safer place for me. I felt more secured and protected. In times of…
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…
Within the #EmpowerMeDontBlameMe framework we have our annual campaign which is out to empower young girls with knowledge about their sexuality, sexual rights and responsibilities as well as skills which can fetch them…
After launching the first part of my Digital Action Campaign on May 4th 2017 a lot of people started contacting me for collaboration and partnership on projects aimed at empowering women and girls. With regular updates about…
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…
In March I organised a workshop to train 20 girls with hearing impairment on using digital tools such as Facebook, WhatsApp status and labels to sell products as a way of enhancing their economic empowerment. 20 girls were…
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…
As part of the #EmpowerMeDontBlameMe campaign action plan, we are reinforcing our message through sexual and reproductive rights education and entrepreneurial skill training for adolescent girls within our rural community.…
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…
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…
As part of our digital campaign to create visibility and reach a wider audience with the use of digital tools. Our team has worked round the clock and the good news is we have a website!! Check us out at www.weteckenya.org…
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…
InspireIT is currently running its STEM Club workshops across the 6 geo-political zones in Nigeria. We are working hard to not only ensure that our girls are digitally skilled but also that our children (male and female) are…
I am so delighted to share our Project Kuongoza mentoring program for the year which we kick-started yesterday, the 6th of August 2020. The project Kuongoza initative was born out of the need to address the under-…
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…
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…
On July 10th I posted a need onour resource page, asking for financial support to enable us organise a skill acquisition program for our adolescent mothers at Ijegun,Ikotun, Lagos. The date scheduled for the training was…
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…
During my just ended June 2018 colour awareness campaign on “Break the Silence… Be A Sickle Cell Voice”, one young warrior lady asked me a very interesting question. That question sent my mind spiralling and it is today, the…
Striving for collaboration requires a mature, open-minded perspective that believes in the "greater good", in the abundance mentality - that there is enough for everyone, and that more can be gained from cooperation than…
