The Imo Cluster of the Agric Budget Plus Cluster conducted an advocacy visit to the Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prof. Placid Njoku, to discuss the possibility of increasing the agricultural budget allocation in the state to 5%. The visit took place on August 21, 2023, at the Office of…
Empowering Young People Through Gender and Menstrual Hygiene Management: A Successful Session by CYDI in Imo State
On the 26th of May 2023, Community & Youth Development Initiatives (CYDI) organized a one-day activity on Gender and Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHH) for 56 students (26 female and 30 male) from 10 secondary schools in Imo State. The activity was held at Government Technical College Owerri and aimed to…
2022 World Water Day: Groundwater -Making the Invisible Visible
Every 22nd March is World Water Day, this year’s focus is on groundwater. Groundwater is an invisible resource that has a visible impact everywhere. Groundwater is the water beneath the aquifer, a layer of rock, sand and gravel that contains a significant amount of water. Groundwater supplies springs, rivers, lakes…
2021 Second Quarter Imo State HIV/AIDS Stakeholders Forum Meeting
On the 5th August 2021, Imo State Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS (Imo SACA) held the Second Quarter of the Imo State HIV/AIDS Stakeholders Forum Meeting. The meeting was held at Newton Hotel, Owerri with stakeholders from different Civil society organizations implementing HIV/AIDS projects in the State and relevant…
NUISS Visits CYDI Office
Comr. Ahamba Bestman The President, National Union of Imo State Students (NUISS) 8th Republic paid a courtesy visit to Community & Youth Development Initiatives (CYDI) to discuss ways forwards for programmes and activities to improve the reproductive health of Imo state Students across Nigeria. With him was some of his…
Ending Period Poverty by Supporting Adolescent Girls With Free Menstrual Pad
To commemorate the 2021 menstrual hygiene Day, CYDI carried out a sensitization programme on menstrual hygiene management in Three Secondary Schools, in Imo State namely: Imo Girls Secondary School Okigwe Road, Owerri City Secondary School and Girls Secondary School, Ikenegbu. At the event, Students of Peer Educators Health Club whom…
CYDI commemorates 2019 Global Handwashing Day with Schools in Orlu
CYDI commemorates 2019 Global Handwashing Day with Schools in Orlu Globally, 15th October of every year is regarded as Global Hand Washing Day. Community & Youth Development Initiatives (CYDI) a Non-Government Organization based in Owerri Imo state, Nigeria with funds from USAID-E-WASH (Effective Water, Sanitation & Hygiene) commemorated the 2019…