In a groundbreaking initiative aimed at creating awareness for the well-being of Girls and Women, Community & Youth Development Initiatives (CYDI) with support from Youth Network for Community & Sustainable Development (YNCSCD) under the Youth Anti-FGM Network Programme Phase 2 recently organized a 1-Day End FGM Youth Summit in Isiala…
Precious Ohanwe Emergeis winner of the 2023 Youth Anti-FGM Network 16 Days of Activism to End GBV Quiz Competition
In commemoration of the 2023 16 Days of Activity to end Gender-Based Violence, Community & Youth Development Initiatives (CYDI), with support from the Youth Network for Community & Sustainable Development, has successfully organized an impactful 1-Day End of Term End SGBV Quiz competition. The event, conducted under the Youth Anti-FGM…
Advocacy Visit to Deputy Governor of Imo State for Increased Agricultural Budget Allocation
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…
Imo State Water and Sewerage Corporation is active in responding to broken Pipes
Non-Revenue Water (NRW) can occur through physical losses from leaking and broken pipes, which are caused by poor operations and maintenance, the lack of active leakage control, and poor quality of underground assets. NRW can also come from commercial losses caused by the under-registration of customer meters, data handling errors,…
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…
CYDI to Teach Young Girls Graphics using Mobile Phone to commemorate the 2021 International Day of the Girl Child
Ahead of the 2021 International Day of the Girl Child slated for 11th October 2021 on the theme: “Digital generation. Our generation.” Yesterday 29th September 2021, CYDI engaged the Young Peer Education in Imo State in a planning meeting to discuss activities to commemorate the day. During the meeting, the…
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…