WORLD SICKLE CELL AWARENESS DAY 2020

World Sickle Cell Day.

sickle cell anemia is not a death sentence if properly managed. Sickle cell anemia is an inherited form of anemia — a condition in which there aren't enough healthy red blood cells to carry adequate oxygen throughout the body...Normally, the red blood cells are flexible and round, moving easily through the blood vessels. In sickle cell anemia, the red blood cells become rigid and sticky and are shaped like sickles or crescent moons. These irregularly shaped cells can get stuck in small blood vessels, which can slow or block blood flow and oxygen to parts of the body.

It is estimated that a total number of 3.7million persons have died from sickle cell, and a total number of 1.8millons are currently living and battling with this disease, hence the need to sensitize the populace to forestall further occurrences, because when people know better, the act better.. #foosteeerinitiative

#HealthAwareness

Effect of COVID-19 pandemic School Closure in Nigeria

One major effect of #covid19  pandemic in Nigeria, is stalled education, which has began to impact negatively on the education of children at the grass-root level. Watch this short video documentary on the effect of COVID-19 pandemic School Closure in parents and children.

#COVID-19 pandemic has increased the number of Out-of-school children in the world. School closure as a measure to contain the spread of the virus, has led to stalled education in most part of the world.

#ThewatchersNG an initiative of Foosteer, is supported by AccountabilityLab @accountlab and MarAthur foundation
Seeks to promote access to equitable low-cost quality education for vulnerable children, living in marginalized communinties in Nigeria, through the use of open education resource (OER) technology.

Considering the rot& devastating condition of the Nigerian educational system, there is a need for paradigm shift from the normal to the new normal.


Nigeria prior to COVID-19 had the highest number of Out-of-school children in the world, according to UNICEF, about 10.5million children ages 5-14 years are not in school.

With the School Closure, an estimated 1.725billion learners have been affected globally says UNESCO, representing 99.9% world students population as at 13th April 2020.

Foosteer Initiative Energy Access Program

Sustainable Energy Access Development Program SEADEP is a project implemented in partnership with Young Women in Farming-YOWIF, under its sustainable energy access program. The project is aimed at providing access to clean, safe, bright and reliable solar energy for off-grid ikere rural women farmers of Ajaoukta LGA, of Kogi State Nigeria, for lighting their homes and small businesses.

Cross session of some beneficiaries of the YOWIF solar lanterns

Problem
Many people living in rural areas around the country do not have access to electricity, as such many households and businesses rely majorly on burning of fossil fuels, like kerosene, petrol and diesel kerosene in generating electricity, which are very expensive and harmful to the health and well-being of the people.

Demonstration of how to operate the solar lanterns

Solution
In an attempt to address this challenge, our organization Foosteer Initiative in partnership with Young Women in Farming-YOWIF multi-purpose cooperative, under its Sustainable Energy Access Development Program, designed a solution called YOWIF Solar Lantern Rental System, aimed at providing off-grid rural women farmers access to safe, clean, bright, reliable and affordable renewable solar lanterns for lighting their homes&businesses. 

50 families are currently benefiting from the program. A charged lantern goes for as low as N50.

Documentation of cooperative members

Brief overview