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…
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…
Women and Disability Inclusion is Key in Urban WASH activities
The Programme Manager for Community and Youth Development Initiative, Felxfame Enisire has stated that, gender inclusion is vital in the success of WASH-related activities. Mr Enisire addressing stakeholders at a 1-day Town Hall Meeting in the USAID funded Effective Water Sanitation and Hygiene (E-WASH) Programme at Orlu stressed the need…