October 17th, 2023: A New Era for Africa: Gates and Otti Foundations Champion Vaccines and Scholarships
The 5th Estate News || Tuesday 17th October 2023
A youth-led non-governmental organisation, R.E.T.I.N.A Initiative, as part of activities to mark 2023 World Sight Day, hosted a two-day medical outreach for residents of Ogheghe community, Benin City, Edo State.
The Resource Centre for the Blind (RCB), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has called on the government and corporate organisations to provide a conducive environment for the visually impaired and people with special needs.
The United Nations says it needs guarantees and security before it can stockpile significant amounts of aid at the Rafah crossing.
The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths, on Monday said over one million people have fled from the northern Gaza Strip to the south of the coastal enclave ahead of an expected Israeli ground invasion.
Every effort continues to be made by the United Nations and partners to get aid supplies into Gaza following the Israeli order to evacuate the north of the enclave, the UN’s emergency relief chief said on Monday.
Today, USAID announced the launch of the Localize Global Health Security project a critical five-year, up to $37 million contract that will work with local organizations to strengthen their capacities to support their communities to prevent, detect and respond to emerging health threats in 15 countries through Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
USAID, in partnership with Humanity United, awarded a grant of up to $45 million over five years to launch the Powered by the People (PxP) initiative. PxP provides flexible and accessible support that strengthens the agency, resilience, and efficacy of organizers and citizen-led social movements that are advancing human rights, social justice, democracy, and inclusive development around the world.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has mobilised N188 billion in private debt and equity financing to support agribusiness across Nigerian seven states of Benue, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Kaduna, Kebbi and Niger.
As we grapple with a global food crisis spurred in part by a historic water crisis, this year's World Food Day theme of Water Is Life, Water Is Food - Leave No One Behind is particularly salient
A Non-Governmental Organization under the aegis of the Catherine Adeh Foundation (CAF) during the week donated educational materials to LEA Primary School, Jahi 2 community of the Federal Capital Territory as part of its contributions towards ensuring that basic education is accessible to all Nigerian children irrespective of their background.
Aviation Hall of Fame (AHoF), a non-governmental organisation, has unveiled a 16-member Advisory Council, to recognize and reward merit and encourage excellent performance and highest standards in service delivery, as a panacea to enhancing safety and security in the aviation sector.
A Non-Governmental Organisation, THE Adekunle Child Foundation (TACF), has commemorated the International Day of the Girl Child 2023 calling for the domestication of the child
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Touched by the condition under which students in Nsulu public secondary schools, in Isiala Ngwa North Local Government of Area of Abia State study, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Benneth Emeruwa Foundation (BEF) has set out to mitigate the problems of the pupils in these schools.
About 312 students drawn from 21 secondary schools in Lagos were imparted with nuggets that would enable them to live a fulfilled life.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced last week that it will invest $40 million in African drug makers. The money will help produce new messenger RNA vaccines in Africa. The continent’s people were the last to receive vaccinations against COVID-19 during the pandemic.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has issued a call for proposals aimed at advancing innovations in women’s health.
The President/CEO of the United States African Development Foundation (USADF), Travis Adkins, would travel to Nigeria from October 16th to 20th.
The Country’s Executive Director of Ikra Foundation for Women and Youth Development, Amina Garuba Ahmed has called for a special court for cases relating to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) for speedy justice delivery and to boost the confidence of the survivors
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has announced the upward review of the scholarship package for beneficiaries of the Alex Otti Foundation.
Nearly 400 people received free screenings, medication, and blood pressure monitors at the high blood pressure awareness programme organised by the O.B. Lulu-Briggs Foundation (OBLBF) to mark its 22nd anniversary recently.
As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Cornerstone Insurance Plc Foundation (CIPLCF), on Thursday, October 12, 2023, kicked off its free medical outreach across five cities namely: Ibadan, Abuja, Uyo, Port Harcourt, and Lagos.
Prof. Matthew Izibili, the Chairman Board of Trustee (BOT), Josemaria Escriva Foundation has called for the training and retraining of teachers in public and private schools across the country for regular exchange of knowledge and ideas.
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