It's another action day

  

Today Abdulraheem Adam and Atanda Tesleem gives talk to 105 schoolchildren on Child Abuse and Environmental Hygiene in Afon, ASA LGA Kwara State.

The discourse was centered on Child Abuse and environmental hygiene and how the children can protect themselves and their community.

This event was the third of its kind in the community as two schools has earlier benefited from this programme.

Free pencils were distributed to the pupils after the event, and the medium was also used to tell the children about the important of education.

     

Children answer the question to poor environmental sanitation

If you are not part of the solution you are part of the problem, To be part of the solution to the current issue of Child Abuse and Environmental Hygiene in Nigeria Abdulraheem Adam and two other ICS return volunteer Abdullateef Islamiyat   and Atanda Tesleem gives talk to school children about the issue and how they can protect themselves and their community.

The students of Crownford International School answer the question to poor environmental hygiene in their community by participating in community environmental.

The children start from picking the surroundings of their school before they proceed to the community, gloves and pollution mask were provided for the children to protect themselves.

The practice was considered the first of its kind in the community and the community leaders sees it as a welcome development to their community.

The children were also huge to tell their parent about what they have learnt from the lecture and the exercise.

World Aids Day in Afon

Every December 1st is observed globally as World AIDS Day, an opportunity to raise awareness and unite efforts in fight to end AIDS. To marked the day free HIV test and condom is provided to the people of Afon Asa LGA Kwara State, Nigeria.

    

ICS RV carries out Action at Home: Give talk about Child Abuse to more than 120 Children

Olatunji Atanda (Ola) and school pupils after the talk.

After the VSO-ICS programme all volunteers are expected to carry out a home project called action at home to impact what they have learn during their ICS experience in their community.

Recently, one of the ICS return volunteer Olatunji Atanda has just complete his action at home by talking to more than 120 school children in ASA LGA Primary School Afon, Kwara State.

Olatunji Atanda presenting stationeries to the pupils

He was supported by Abdulraheem Adam another RV in his community to give the talk and presents stationeries to the children.

Adam, Ola and the pupils after the Child Abuse talk

The topic was chosen following the research conducted by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) indicating that approximately one in six boys and one in four girls are sexually abused before the age of 18.

Adam,Ola and the staff

The talk gives insight on what child abuse is and how dangerous child abuse is to the present and future life of the children and how to prevent themselves from been abused by bad people out there.

Also, the medium was used to encourage children to go to school at all times.

One of the children at the school, 7 years old Ajadi Adejoke primary five schoolgirl said she learn so much from the talk and she will like to share it with her friends at home. “I like this lesson and I will tell my friend at home about it”

Ajadi Adejoke and others