How Community Partnership Can Drive Sustainable Development

Photo by Random Institute on Unsplash

By Ojo Timothy

Sustainable development does not happen from the top down. It grows from the ground up, through the people who experience the effects of development every day. Development plans created outside a community may have good intentions and enough funding, but they can struggle to continue when the funding ends and the outside organisations leave. Community partnership can help change this. It makes development a shared responsibility and gives people a role in shaping solutions that affect their lives.

Empowering Women at the Wassa IDP Conference

Stand With A Girl (SWAG) Initiative Hosting A Conference for Women in the Wassa
Internally Displaced Persons' Camp in Abuja, Nigeria

By Cynthia Umeh

Stand With A Girl (SWAG) Initiative hosted an event at the Wassa Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp in Abuja, Nigeria, to commemorate the 2024 International Women's Day. The conference gave internally displaced women a forum to share their experiences, honor their strengths, and pave the road for a better future. 

The Vital Role of Storytelling in Advancing the SDGs

Our Film, Report It, which addresses gender-based violence and sexual abuse, was screened at the 2023 Abuja Literary and Arts Festival (ALITFEST).

By Cynthia Umeh

Stories, from ancient myths, passed down through generations to modern-day social justice initiatives, have an unrivaled potential to inspire, educate, and organize people toward common goals. In light of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), storytelling emerges as an important instrument for encouraging understanding, empathy, and action toward a more sustainable and equitable future.

Goodbye Yola! Thanks for the Hard Knocks!

Farewell from Yola
Image by Awatiibadan

The first time I visited Yola, Adamawa state, was when I went for my National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in October 2012. It was the first time in my life that I went far from home…and for me, it was my final escape from all I knew.