Education and Girl Child Literacy

For Young people to be able to champion sustainable development in Africa, education has to be given a priority. Education is what is needed for young people to harness their potentials for Africa’s development. YouthHubAfrica has since inception provided a platform for Africa youths to learn. It has continued to promote literacy at all level for the disadvantaged members of our society, building the capacity of women, girls and young people, in general, using both the conventional and new ways of facilitating knowledge transfer. From the online platform that shares opportunities such as scholarship, internship, and conferences with youths across Africa to the Advocacy programs that aims to push for youth priority areas of government policies, YouthHubAfrica will continue to strive to champion unrivaled development agenda for young Africans in the areas of Education, and Girl Child Literacy.

ONGOING PROJECTS

Girl Forward

YouthHubAfrica participated in the Lagos social Media week in 2019 with focus on Girls education and media. The event “#GirlForward” was a science and Tech event that creates a platform for young girls, key industry actors and stakeholders to discuss critical issues facing...

Child Right Bill Advocacy Project

The YouthhubAfrica Child Right Bill Advocacy Project focuses on improving Basic Education, school enrolment, retention, and completion in Nigeria with a special interest in reducing the number of out of schoolgirls...

Amend UBE Act

The UBE Act 2004 makes provision for basic education comprising of Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE), Primary and Junior Secondary Education. The financing of basic education is the responsibility of States and Local Governments....

Fund National Library

This is a campaign by civil society towards the completion of the National Library. Youthhubafrica led a coalition of Civil Society organisations and demand action on the lack of completion of the National Library of Nigeria building located on plot 35, Cadastral Zone A, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC).

Dora Club

The Dora Club, named after the late Dr Dora Akunyili, was set-up to encourage, engage and empower young girls and boys in senior secondary schools with digital skills and leadership skills. The club engages students in extracurricular activities and serves as a platform to aid their self-development. DC currently have chapters in 10 schools and 1 community

PAST PROJECTS

International Youth Day 2018

The International Youth Day (August 12) is a day set aside by the UN to celebrate the impact and relevance of young people around the world. The theme for 2018 “Promoting Safe Spaces”. In celebration of this day, YouthHubAfrica collaborated with 3 organizations; Education as a Vaccine (EVA), ACE Charity Africa....

Youth Organization Training

In 2018, YouthHubAfrica partnered with the with Act4Accountability, Diaspora Rise Up with support from the MasterCard Foundation to map out Youth-Led Organisations in Lagos, Kaduna, Abuja, and Kano; provided training in fundraising and organisation development while also supporting the local organisations to develop their projects and upload on the DIAfund platform.

CV Review Programs

In its second edition, the Africa CV review programs has reached over 700 young Africans across 39 countries in 5 continents. Its an effort aimed at helping young graduates to put their resume in the right perspective thereby making them employable...

He Named Me Malala Girls Education Campaign

The Stand #withMalala program in Nigeria provided 613 female students and teachers in Lagos, Ibadan, Kano and Calabar with a packaged field trip experience to see the

Stand with Malala Education Campaign

In the second quarter of 2016, youthhubafrica worked directly with 30 local organisations(NGOs), 15 education institutions, 2 State Governments to take the campaign for 12 years free and Safe Education for Girl Child in Nigeria to the communities, Influencers, Government meetings and policy Makers.

Lagos Model United Nations Conference

YouthHubAfrica supported Ford Foundation to host a 3-Day Lagos Model United Nation Conference which held between 13th -15th of July 2017 at the Faculty of Law, University of Lagos,

Girls ICT Training Project

In 2015, in partnership with Junior Achievement of Nigeria, 354 young girls were trained in Basic IT skills using the Intel ‘She will Connect’ curriculum In FCT Abuja in a bid to reach 2500 girls and young women.