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  • NGO begins free training

    NGO begins free training

    A Non-Governmental Organisation, Hauk Foundation has organised one-week training for 100 women on eradication of violence.

    The event, held at Lagos State Digital Village, Alausa, Ikeja, was part of activities to celebrate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence.

    The women were trained in different areas ranging from baking, sewing, make up, small chops and pastries, child minding, personal development and leadership skills.

    Hauk Foundation President Mrs Hauwa Rebecca urged women to empower themselves to support their husbands.

    She advised the single women to strive for new knowledge until they reach a point where they are certain of what they want to make out of life.

    Juissy Chris, a musical artist challenged the women to go extra mile to see that their children get all the extras life has to offer.

     

  • 100 needed for free training, says Rotary Club

    As part of activities to mark the Golden Jubilee Celebration of Rotary International, Rotary Club of Lagos Island is calling for 100 persons to register for free vocational courses in MS Excel and Soft Skills.

    The trainings will hold in May and June.

    According to Chairman Service Project of Rotary, Sanjay Srivastava, interested participants are requested to send their CVs to rclivocational@gmail.com

    Srivastava spoke during a blood donation camp his club held in conjunction with IHS Towers on Victoria Island, Lagos, as part of its response to the need for increased blood reserves in Nigeria.

    At the event, a large number of employees turned out in support of the initiative. Also on ground were representatives of the Red Cross Society and Lagos State Blood Transfusion Agency.

    Having joined hands with other organisations to give a free distribution of artificial limbs before the end of the year, the club is concluding plans to adopt one or two small primary schools in Lagos State to be developed into a model school.

    General Manager and Company Secretary of IHS Towers, Mr. Jimoh Umoru educated donors on the need for adequate and reliable supply of safe blood through voluntary donations.

    The Vice-President of Rotary Club of Lagos, Kumar Gulati, said the gesture would  save children with severe anaemia, a woman with haemorrhage during or after childbirth, road accident victims, insurgency victims and others.

    Head, Donor Unit of Lagos State Blood Transfusion Service, Dr Oluyinka Sijuade, noted that the Nigerian population is still yet to meet the one per cent minimum blood recommendation stipulated by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

     

  • 100 needed for free training, says Rotary Club

    As part of activities to mark the Golden Jubilee Celebration of Rotary International, Rotary Club of Lagos Island is calling for 100 persons to register for free vocational courses in MS Excel and Soft Skills.

    The trainings will hold in May and June.

    According to Chairman Service Project of Rotary, Sanjay Srivastava, interested participants are requested to send their CVs to rclivocational@gmail.com

    Srivastava spoke during a blood donation camp his club held in conjunction with IHS Towers on Victoria Island, Lagos, as part of its response to the need for increased blood reserves in Nigeria.

    At the event, a large number of employees turned out in support of the initiative. Also on ground were representatives of the Red Cross Society and Lagos State Blood Transfusion Agency.

    Having joined hands with other organisations to give a free distribution of artificial limbs before the end of the year, the club is concluding plans to adopt one or two small primary schools in Lagos State to be developed into a model school.

    General Manager and Company Secretary of IHS Towers, Mr. Jimoh Umoru educated donors on the need for adequate and reliable supply of safe blood through voluntary donations.

    The Vice-President of Rotary Club of Lagos, Kumar Gulati, said the gesture would  save children with severe anaemia, a woman with haemorrhage during or after childbirth, road accident victims, insurgency victims and others.

     

     

    Head, Donor Unit of Lagos State Blood Transfusion Service, Dr Oluyinka Sijuade, noted that the Nigerian population is still yet to meet the one per cent minimum blood recommendation stipulated by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

     

  • Palm wine tapper offers free training

    Palm wine tapper offers free training

    A palm wine tapper, Mr Okilo Ozoemenam, has offered to train youths in his trade for free. Why? He said he wanted them to earn a decent living, thereby shunning violent crime and idleness or wasting their time in betting houses.

    Ozoemenam said he was pained each time he saw youths idling away at newsstands or engaging in kidnapping, robbery or any other violent crime.

    Speaking with reporters at his Umuokehi farm residence, the tapper said he has about 100 raffia trees from which he taps wine and that the youths should come for tapping lessons.

    Ozoemenam called on the youths of the state to swallow their pride and learn the trade rather than “going everyday to bet to make quick money, engaging in kidnappings and armed robbery”.

    He said that it pained him to see the state’s youths on a daily basis arguing at newspaper stands and “wasting the time they would have used to learn one trade or another only to turn around later in life to blame the government for not providing jobs for them”.

    The palm wine tapper said that his wine business has helped him to improve himself financially, pointing out that he started life with a bicycle and now owns a tricycle and a piggery which brings in good money for him.

    Ozoemenam said, “I want the youths to engage in meaningful ventures and I am willing to teach them how to tap palm wine free of charge for their financial benefits and help them in sustaining their families. Our youths should feel free to engage themselves in agricultural; production either through conventional farming or through poultry or piggery farms or anything other type of farming that would not only keep them busy but also help in the financial output for them and the state.”

     

  • Free training for 600 teachers

    Teachers who participated in a week-long seminar by educationists from the United Kingdom (UK) were exposed to new pedagogy, class management, mass literacy, and how to manage gifted children.

    The free training, which was a partnership between ALTS Consulting and The Taylor Partnership UK, took place in Lagos and Abuja with over 600 public and private school teachers benefiting.

    The Taylor Partnership is an initiative of seven leading schools in the UK which also draws its pool of students from Nigeria.

    Managing Partner of ALTS, Mrs Anthonia Sawyer, said the programme, which was concluded at Hallifield Schools Maryland, was organised to exchange ideas, and give back to teachers in Nigeria.

    “This initiative is about skill sharing between UK and Nigerian teachers. An eight-member delegation from UK trained 600 teachers in schools in Abuja and Lagos. The schools accommodated teachers from other schools and also provided food.

    James Davis, who represented The Taylor Partnership, described their experience with Nigerian teachers as awesome. He observed that the average Nigerian teacher is willing to unleash his talents, if given the opportunity.

    “I think the average Nigerian teacher wants to do better. They want to improve themselves (through training) but it can be difficult because there is a lot of work to do. There is so much pressure on them to get to the work in the classroom. We sensed that the level and access of teacher training for some teachers can quite be difficult. This free training we have for them has been engaging and we hope it will have an impact on the children when they eventually return to the classrooms,” he said.

    Davies admonished government and private school operators to allow teachers express themselves more, noting that many of them have great ideas but lack the opportunity to share them.

    Director Hallifield Schools, Mrs Halima Oke, is optimistic that participants at the training would excel.

    She said: “The topics they (facilitators) have taught are simply wonderful because they touched on different areas that concern teaching; and when a teacher masters these areas, he or she would be on top of their game.”