Bella Foundation for Child and Maternal Care

Nigeria

No

Youth-serving organisation

Education and Skills Development, Health and Wellbeing, Governance and Youth Empowerment

Yes

Improved Health and Development

The mission of the organization is to promote and improve the health and development of children, youth and women.

This is done through organizing seminars, trainings, Peer to Peer Network, organizing sensitization programs on issues affecting children, youth and women in the community, advocating for policy change and formulation of new laws that affect issues of children and young people, working in partnership with both private and public health facilities on issues such as cancer, HIV/AIDS, malaria, TB, children immunization programmes.

In addition, my organization empower young married and singles with girls with skills in various areas such as soap making, Air fresher, antiseptic, tailoring, catering and so on to help them generate income in order to reduce poverty.
We also counselled young people who have dropped out of school on various life choices.

1) Rise Up Together/Cummins Foundation
2) Lift Above Poverty Organization
3) National Agency for the Control of AIDS

50 Babatunde Raji Fashola Road, Imude, OJo Lagos Nigeria.

1) Project on HIV/AIDS titled YOUTH FOR CHANGE targeted at preventing the spread of HIV among in school youths and general population in 4 communities and 2 local government areas of Edo State of Nigeria. For in school youths, the project was implemented in 5 secondary schools in Egor Local Government area of Edo State of Nigeria. During the project implementation, we organized stakeholders meeting, developed and produced HIV/AIDS booklets titled’ WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW’, trained 30 youths as peer educators, and hold monthly meetings with the peer educators to review their activities with their peers: A total number of 4,800 in school youths were reached during the project period that lasted from 2014-2016.
Secondly, for General population, the project was implemented in three communities in Orhionmwon Local Government area of Edo State of Nigeria, where we distributed both male and female condoms, conducted HIV counselling and screening and referred client that were positive. A total number of 60,000 youths from the general population were reached. The total funding was $36,000 United State Dollar.

2) The Enactment and Implementation of a Bye-law to eliminate Girl Child Marriage in Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State of Nigeria, being supported by Cummins/Rise Up Together. The project is an advocacy project. During the project implementation, we organized meeting for 5 partner civil society organizations, trained 5 partner civil society organizations and project team on advocacy against girl child marriage, developed and produced 1,500 information, education and communication materials on the effect of girl child marriage, conducted 8 advocacy visit to market woman leaders, woman activist/politician, traditional ruler, community leader, religious leaders, women groups and policy makers. The outcome is that Ojo local government council has begun the process of enacting a bye-law against child marriage. The total funding is USD$12,000 from June 2019-May2020)
The project have established a sustainability initiative titled TOO YOUNG TO MARRY INITIATIVE club in 2 secondary schools in Imude community in Ojo Local Government area of Lagos state of Nigeria, where I organized sensitization programs on the effect of teenage Pregnancy, child marriage, gender inequality, gender violence as well as HIV/AIDS programs and inaugurated a committee of young people to lead the affairs of the initiative in their various schools.
In October 2019, i organized a seminar to mark the day of the girl child on the 11th of October at Ibadullahi Islamiyya schools in Imude Community in Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State Nigeria.
In November 25th 2019, i organized an interactive forum for the students of Chris mercy school to mark the International day on violence against women and girls with focus on rape.
Every month, I hold review meetings with married adolescent’s girls who have been trained as champions to advocates against girl child marriage in Imude community in Ojo Local Government area of Lagos state Nigeria. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss issues and challenges they face in advocating against child marriage in the community.

A total number of 204 young people were reached

Bella Akhagba

Bella Akhagba

achildhealth12@yahoo.com

None

+2347037314223

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+2348122175367

None

Yes

Bella Akhagba

+2348104152744

01 June 2015 2:00 am

5

1,000-100 000

Corporate Affairs Commission

15

Nigeria

www.cac.gov.org