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Brightens for Chika |
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For
Chika Oguejiofor, prospects in life had not been particularly
promising. With seven other siblings in her family, the 15
year old teenager contends with the drudgery of growing up
in a remote village in Anambra state where basic medical and
educational facilities are either scarce or totally absent.
Chika is also blind.
However, she is more hopeful thanks to the President’s
Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR) through USAID. The
involvement of PEPFAR has enabled Hope Givers Organization,
a local non-government organization to sponsor Chika to attend
Basden Special Education School in Isulo, Anambra state.
Chika is excelling in her new school: she finished first in
her class in the first term examinations, and she can now
read Braille. Things are definitely looking brighter for Chika.
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| Radio
Deejays Tell Listeners, "I've Been Tested! How About You?" |
| RADIO DEEJAYS
IN NIGERIA’S THREE biggest cities are delivering lifesaving
messages to an audience of nearly 40 million people—most of
them youth—after learning how to integrate HIV/AIDS information
into their broadcasts at training courses funded by the President’s
Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief through USAID. |
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Nigerian Church Takes HIV Prevention on Faith |
| THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD is one of the fastest growing Pentecostal churches in Nigeria, with more than two million members and branches in every state. In a country where close to 6 percent of the adult population lives with HIV/AIDS, many of Pastor Laide Adenuga’s congregants have been affected by the epidemic, and they have come to depend on their church for assistance. What may be surprising is how the church has responded: not just with compassion, but also with a comprehensive plan to discuss HIV/AIDS openly and to educate the faithful to prevent infection. |
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Romance Persuades Nigerians to Practice Safe Sex |
| THE USAID-FUNDED FILM AWAKENING, released in 2000, is reaching millions of Nigerians in Kano State with important anti-AIDS messages. Filmmakers have taken careful measure to marry script and scripture in this movie romance that entertains while it persuades against risky sexual behavior. In this highly conservative Muslim region of the country where AIDS is a growing problem, this popular film is proving an effective medium to communicate sensitive sexual information to large numbers of people in the fight against HIV/AIDS. |
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| Improved
cowpea farming breaks debt cycle for women farmers |
| Hajia Hindatu
Musa, a 60 year-old female farmer from a small village in northern
Nigeria, has been in the business of farming for more than 36
years, growing sorghum, millet, groundnut and local cowpea.
In most years, it has been a struggle to meet the basic needs
of her family. In years in which rainfall is limited, some crops
may fail, and the household will not have sufficient food to
last until the next harvest. |
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