Pastor Tony informed me we were to visit a Nigerian missionary in town; Pastor Mike, from Ogbomosho, Oyo State. I was happy to travel around the city. I expected to see lots of kids begging on the streets but was surprised to see only a few boys, leading their parents on the streets. Definitely not …
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We entered Niamey, Niger Republic well after 10:00 pm and was welcomed by the heat. Immediately, I realised I was no longer in Nigeria. I was taken to the mission quarters and shown my room. I woke up late the following morning and found Pastor Tony already in the kitchen making breakfast. I told him …
‘Finally! I will go see Niger Republic,’ I said to myself. We were comfortably seated and with a smile on my face, when a young man boarded the bus only to challenge Pastor Tony of being in his seat!…
How He Crossed The Border To Get Me 5:00 am the following day, I bade my friends goodbye and headed straight to Ojoo where I boarded a vehicle going to Sokoto. I was quite nervous as it was my first time taking such a journey. While I waited for the Sienna car to be filled, …
I was so glad about my trip to Niger that I decided to pay a visit to the slum to inform them about my trip to their country maybe that will make them happy. I got to the slum around 7:30pm without me having an idea of what to expect. Getting to the settlement, I …
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It is our utmost pleasure to announce that NaiHealth has been officially selected as one of the grant recipients of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) in Nigeria. Established in 2010, the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) is Africa’s private-sector-led philanthropy championing Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurs across the African continent. The Foundation’s long-term investment in empowering African entrepreneurs is …
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On 12th December 2018, HSKi organized an advocacy event in celebration of UHC Day 2018, themed “Health for shikini money” The event aimed to promote awareness on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Koro Afoju, a target slum community in Ilorin, Nigeria and register the people to the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The event started …
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At Home and Street Kids Welfare Initiative (HSKI) we are organizing an advocacy event in celebration of UHC Day 2018 on 11th and 12th December 2018 at Koro Afoju, Ilorin, Kwara State. This event is targeted towards disadvantaged and marginalized communities in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. The aim of the event is to promote awareness …
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Eventually I was allowed to go in to see Mr.Badru, the officer in charge of the Juvenile Remand Home, Ibadan. Sitting across his table he asked “so, who are you?” I said “I am Funmi Omisope”. He was still looking at me as if I had not said anything significant then I added “I am …
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‘The moment an eagle sight another eagle soaring, no matter how long it has been dining and wining with chickens, her desire will be shifted from scratching the ground looking for daily bread to seeing the world view right under her, soaring!’-Ma Funmi Starting from the beginning, on 9th of September,2005 when I witnessed Bukola …
