A DAY AT INCRESE: 2018 ALUMNI FORUM
On average INCRESE graduates 100 young people from a one year course on leadership, sexuality, gender and HIV. Over the years INCRESE has recognized that these young people require some mentoring and has put a support system in place where young graduates can be mentored by older graduates. This system brings the alumni annually to […]
Increse at a Glance: There was a Woman [Chapter II]
George Aken’Ova and Cesnabmihilo Dorothy Nuhu at Caen, France, in 1984. By Amatesiro Dore The harsh winter of Caen, north-western France, drove Dorothy [Miss Cesnabmihilo Nuhu] back home. In her own words: it wasn’t conducive or palatable at all. Used to the scorching sun of Sokoto and Maiduguri, the refrigerating French cold compelled her return […]
The Case for Adolescent Healthcare Plans, Programmes and Policies
By Amatesiro Dore Not much, if any, is provided for adolescents in this part of the world. Naturally, society will say but we pay school fees, buy clothes and even sell our conscience for the safety and enjoyment of our wards and children. We did everything for you, Parents tell their oblivious successors and ill-prepared […]
Increse Parents Teachers Forum: They Came, They Discussed and They Agreed
By Amatesiro Dore The parents made time to attend. Men like Elijah B. Unukhaso (father of a budding participant and an outstanding peer educator), Alhaji Othman Abdul (his ward would graduate by December), Usman M. Goro (our most faithful focal person at Government Day Science College, Tunga), Mr Lawrence Okoro (who successfully ushered in several […]
Early Detection Saves Lives
By Amatesiro Dore Mrs E was the Lagos head of a global courier company. Her twenties were devoted to work, church and the pursuit of happiness which finally came in her thirties after she met a man, who loved her, accepted her spiritual beliefs, supported her dreams of professional excellence and made her a proud […]
The Hajara Usman Girls Leadership Programme: A Legacy Continued
By Amatesiro Dore Hajara Usman lived in a world without Facebook, Twitter and other platforms for social media activism. At the time of her untimely death, in 1998, she was a celebrated doyen of women rights in northern Nigeria and the global Islamic world. Nowadays, her namesake is a popular Hausa movie industry, Kannywood, actress […]