The things relating to menstruation happening in our homes, schools, and organizations is not for anyone to address but us. These things cannot be normalized; how can a girl at this day and age be menstruating with a rag? We’re calling our ways advanced on paper and not in deeds. If we claim to be…
We have come a long way to accept that girls have the potential to be whatever we’ve envisioned them not to be. All around the world, there is some amount of women representation agenda going on. It’s not about saying women need empowerment, it’s about seeing them manifest the things we want them to be.…
Every day over 8 million girls menstruate, however, 80% of these girls are unable to meet their full potential because of either lack of menstrual necessities or stigma. This generation of girls are quite fortunate to have menstrual necessities like sanitary pads and tampons available, the issue is that it is not accessible to all.…
Scrolling through my Facebook timeline, looking for news and other information going on across the globe, I chanced on an article on myjoyonline.com with the title that suggests Streetism has now become a lucrative business. To say I was disgusted by what I found out after clicking on the link will be an understatement. I…
On the street, there is only one code name; violence. It’s the key for survival, whiles others work to acquire their wealth, the street waits patiently to acquire it in violence. That is the reason why we’re all careful when walking on the streets, we blame them for taking what does not belong to them…
Children are the most independent beings on earth. At this stage of their life, their only responsibility is to learn what they are taught while adults take up the responsibility of providing for them. In the case of street children, there is a twist, they are rather the providers mostly from poor families tasked to…
Life will give back to us whatever we’ve instilled in our children. We cannot reap what we haven’t sown. We are busy building all our children and ignoring street children, at the end the impact we’ve made in their lives would repay us. Every great personality in our societies was once a child, some without…
