Last weekend, the ONE Campaign took over Big Brother Naija to ask the housemates: How can we ensure all Nigerians have access to the healthcare they deserve? The housemates each presented their pitches to convince an expert panel and viewers on the importance of successfully implementing HUWE, a primary healthcare system, in every state in Nigeria.
Seyi Awolowo, grandson of one of Nigeria’s founding fathers Chief Obafemi Awolowo, won the advocacy challenge. He will travel to New York with ONE...
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Africa Day is an annual celebration of African unity and marks the foundation of the Organization of African Unity (now the African Union) in 1963. For many people across Africa and around the world, it is a time to remember the struggles against colonialism and apartheid and look to the future.
To mark the day, we spoke with some of our amazing 2019 ONE Champions in Nigeria and Senegal. Here they're sharing what Africa Day means to them.
Chidinma Ibemere, Nigeria
“The...
Tens of thousands of young Nigerians joined ONE’s #VoteYourFuture campaign in the run-up to elections, and it's just the beginning...
To celebrate International Day for Rural Women, women across Senegal gathered at a three-day event to share their success stories and challenges and learn from each other.
ONE joined the celebrations organised by Group of Initiatives for Social Progress/West Africa Region (GIPS/WAR), alongside Oxfam, village leaders, religious leaders and local authorities.
Water -- the stuff of life
The festivities kicked off with a visit to Thiar village, about 70km east of the capital Dakar. We saw the ground-breaking work of a group of...
Three thousand young people from across Nigeria gathered in the capital Abuja in October to launch #VoteYourFuture and tell Nigerian leaders “we count”. And they’re going to prove it during presidential elections in February 2019 when they cast their votes.
#VoteYourFuture is about young people creating the future they want to see. It’s about making every vote count by understanding the issues that affect Nigeria. And, it’s about voting for a President based on their policies, not who they are.
There...
Women and girls in remote rural areas in South Africa seem to have been left behind
This story was originally reported by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani and edited by Claire Cozens for the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Whenever the all-female Nigerian biker group D'Angels hit the streets, people would stare in amazement at the sight of women on motorbikes. So they made up their minds to use the attention for a good cause.
Enter the Female Bikers Initiative (FBI), which has already provided free breast and cervical cancer screening to 500 women in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos.
This August, D'Angels...
With just one day left before the closing of our Girls Count competition, we want to hear from more young people on what would work best for girls’ education. As you think about your big idea, here are ten amazing quotes which tell us the importance of educating girls.
This is what happened when we decided to tract the impact of health funding on local communities across Nigeria.
A woman’s chance of dying from pregnancy and childbirth is 1 in 13 in Nigeria, so Adepeju Jaiyeoba decided to do something about it.