Last month, I wrote about five months in the life of The Fund Raising School. When you look at the various events and news from the past six months, you begin to see elements of the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy’s involvement in so many diverse activities and movements. One that has really stood is… Read more »
By Abby Rolland With contributions from Leslie Wells and Sara Johnson Ngozi Iwere has been a leader in grassroots, community movements and efforts in Nigeria for more than 25 years. She founded Community Life Project (CLP) in 1992 to focus on the HIV/AIDS epidemic afflicting Nigeria. What started as a response to a major problem… Read more »
As a student activist, Zimbabwean Jimmy Wilford discovered that students were faced with various health challenges. “There was a lack of information about sexual and reproductive health issues like HIV, unplanned and unwanted pregnancy, and other health-related issues,” he said. “Zimbabwe has a conservative society, where people don’t talk about their sexual lives or sexuality…. Read more »
Growing up in a close-knit family with five sisters in Nigeria, Josephine Effah-Chukwuma was not exposed to gender issues. Over time, she became more socially aware and questioned gender roles. It was not until she reached university though, that she realized the serious issue of gender violence. “I had a roommate who had a boyfriend… Read more »
By Mina Margaret Ogbanga, Ford Foundation/ARNOVA Fellow The last thing you want to do after four days of an 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. series of lectures is to have ANOTHER lecture! So, in no small part, I simply was just ready to get home and have a free evening. Then came the reminder. The… Read more »