YcDEI’s School Outreach October 24, 2023 Living Stone College Akobo, Ibadan As the clock struck at 8:00 am, the campus of Living Stone College Akobo, Ibadan buzzed with anticipation. Youthcare Development and Empowerment Initiative (YcDEI) was on a mission – to ignite the minds of young students. Ms. Oluwabunmi
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“A staff (Bunmi Olaniyan) and a volunteer (Ayo Layeni) of YCDEI, joined the Executive Director of our sister organization MAYEIN, (Mentoring Assistance for Youths and Entrepreneurs Initiative) Mrs. Edem Ossai, at her event to commemorate the International Day of the Girl Child (IDGC) held at the University of
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Fulfilling Dreams….. The Youthcare Empowerment and Development Initiative (YcDEI) has once again in its characteristic manner partnered with a determined young lady to fulfill a dream. Born into a world where financial hardships loomed large, education was a distant dream for this young lady. Attending a public school was
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LEAP Africa unveiled its Nigeria Youth Future Fund grant on the 30th of November, 2022, in Abuja, Nigeria where it provided grants to 130 organizations including YcDEI under the Action Grant category. YcDEI as one of the recipients of the grant was represented by the Executive Director Dr. Adefunke
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The case management team of Child Protection Network (CPN) Oyo state chapter organized a two day training to equip CSO’s and advocates working on gender based violence in the state. The training exposed participants to technical issues such as difference between the Child Right Act and the Child Right
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Youthcare Development and Empowerment Initiative (YCDEI) went on a return NGO visit to One Life Initiative for Human Development (OLIHD). This is in participation in the Peer Review Exercise organized by Nigeria Network of NGOs supported by google.org as part of the project to help build capacity for Nigerian
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The Lend a voice project stems from an initial baseline survey carried out byYouthcare Development and Empowerment Initiative (YCDEI) as anintervention to prevent and curb the menace of School Related GenderBased Violence (SRGBV) in 6 selected primary schools in Ibadan. The baseline survey was a cross country comparative study
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In the bid to give back to the society, Ycdei launches her community library on the 12th of April 2021. The library is to serve as a means to improve the reading culture and enriching the minds of young people in and around the community. The library was commissioned
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In a country experiencing vast unemployment and poverty, vocational and entrepreneurial skills can easily be noted as one of the best solutions to drastically reduce the large number of youths that may one day join this ever-widening circle. Not only do crafts and other skills engage said youths and
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by Adefunke Ekine According to UNESCO, school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) involves acts or threats of sexual, physical, or psychological violence occurring within and around the school, perpetrated because of gender norms and stereotypes, andfacilitated by unenforced and unequal power dynamics. These acts or threats not only have detrimental effects
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