ONGOING PROJECT
COVID-19 PANDEMIC ASSESSMENT WITH ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE (AYP)IN NIGERIA Project Titled: Young People and COVID-19 in Nigeria: Lockdown Experience and Impact on Education, Access to Health Services and Safety.
The objective among others includes:
1. To debunk myths and misperceptions about the coronavirus and COVID-19 disease
2. To disaggregate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on male and female AYP’s
continuing education and access to SRHR information and services
3. To gather insights on the lockdown experiences of AYP living in Nigeria through an online
survey and video interviews
4. To provide actionable recommendations to influence policy and programmatic actions to
stakeholders
The project is being implemented in collaboration with Strong Enough Girls’ Empowerment Initiative (SEGEI) as the Project Lead with support from UNESCO.
ONGOING PROJECT
Project Title: COUNT DISABILITY COALITION
The objective among others includes:
1. To strengthen the capacity of persons with
disabilities and duty bearers to understand, collect, analyze and report disability data using the Washington Group Questions.
2. To advocate and engage with policy makers
to commit to the collection, availability and use of disability data for decision making.
This project will also seek to conduct Progress Assessment of Nigeria’s Progress towards fulfilling her GDS Commitment on Data and develop white paper on disability data
The project is being implemented in collaboration with Disability Right Advocacy Centre, Mimi-Jean Foundation and JONAPWD Anambra state with support from Disability Right Fund (DRF).
ONGOING PROJECT
Project Title: DINABI iCON OF THE MONTH SERIES
The objective among others includes:
1. Identifying and recognizing some individuals who have had positive impacts on the life of persons with disability.
2. Encouraging such individuals to do more for the disability community.
3. Encouraging other people in the society to emulate such icons.
4. Rewarding and celebrating
hard work and selflessness.
5. Promoting inclusion and disability issues.
6. Raising awareness
on disability rights.
Several great men and women both with disabilities and without disabilities have had great impacts on persons with disabilities over the years. Some are great Academicians, politicians, Journalists, Medical Personnel, Legal Experts, Social Workers, Rights Activists, Public and Civil Servants etc There is therefore the need to identify, recognize and appreciate such individuals in our society in order to encourage them to do more.