Empowering Minds

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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MAYEIN, (Mentoring Assistance for Youths and Entrepreneurs Initiative) commemorate the International Day of the Girl Child (IDGC) with YcDEI.

“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…..

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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YcDEI receives LEAP Africa-NYFF GRANT

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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NGO VISIT

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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LEND A VOICE PROJECT(COMMUNITY DIALOGUE)

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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YCDEI LAUNCHES COMMUNITY LIBRARY

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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YcDEI Mentorship Program

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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Gender-based Violence in primary schools: Nigeria

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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