On 25th October, 2022, AKAWI had the privilege of presenting its memo at the National Assembly on the invitation of the distinguished Chairman of the Senate Committee on Women Affairs, Senator Betty Apiafi. The Bill under consideration seeks to principally rename the National Women Development Centre in honor of former first lady of Nigeria, late…
Overview #SheHustlesAfrica is a joint initiative of the indigenous NGO, African Kids and Women Rights Empowerment Initiative (AKAWI) and the German business organization, NavigatingTransformation. #SheHustlesAfrica targets female African entrepreneurs and assists eligible participants to set up their businesses, solve business challenges and grow. It is tailor-made to address the particularities of the African business terrain…
The greatest part of any outreach is the impact on the lives of the people in the community especially in rural areas. #Checheyi felt our presence on Sunday the 29th day of October 2018. From the smiling face of the little boy in the picture, to the demeanour of the Sarikin Checheyi (Village head/Chief of…
AKAWI prison health outreach in January 2019 (at Suleja, Niger State, Nigeria) wherein we offered free Hepatitis B Screening and Vaccination as well as free cervical cancer screening. The project was in partnership with Dr Amina Abubakar Bello (First Lady of Niger State) and her NGO Raise Foundation. AKAWI also received technical support from A…
Sexual Health and Career Talks for Secondary School Girls in Abuja.
AKAWI was at Paiko-kure a little village somewhere in Gwagwalada Area Council. As part of our mandate to put street kids back in school, we empowered five children with back-to-school materials including school bags, books, pencils and sharpeners.
The teeming number of indigent women, pregnant mothers, and even children in African prisons has risen to alarming heights. Innocent children are borne into the prison system by mothers who are themselves prisoners are left to languish in the unhealthy environment despite their comparably lower immunity. Most of the inmates have little or no access…
The purpose of this project is to take children off the streets and put them in classrooms. Africa boasts an alarmingly large number of young school drop-outs. Well-adjusted, happy children free of need and full of promise are the best thing that can happy to a country, continent and the world at large. Abuse, neglect…
