Promoting Safe Spaces Through Sports
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 and Youth Initiative for […]
DIAFUND – 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.The training focus was to […]
Freedom of Information (FOI)
In 2017Number of FOI Sent -26Number of FOI honored and responded to -18Number of FOI ignored/rejected -8 The outcome of the received FOI: UBEC is supporting our UBE amendment campaign on the education funding increase Ministry of Education, FCDA: information obtained formed the core point of the #FundNationalLibrary Campaign. This campaign is still ongoing Information […]
Capacity Strengthening for Youth Organisations
The year 2020 brought with it so many uncertainties in the world. It brought with it what is now referred to as the “New Normals” and diverse changes in many facets of lives across the globe. And in the last 2 years, the world has had to adapt and for Africa, young people have been […]
You Matter in this Matter
The #EndSARS movement forced national attention on unending issues of police brutality and poor governance, and the response across levels of government provided a sudden opportunity to ensure aggrieved persons, especially youth and the vulnerable voices were heard. There was hope that through the judicial panels, justice may be served and social oppressions prevented. The […]
Governance Agenda for an Inclusive Nigeria (GAIN)
GAIN partners want a progressive nation where their rights and freedoms are fully realized. Women, youth and persons with disabilities constitute an overwhelming majority of registered voters in Nigeria. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), these groups constitute 70 percent of people registered during the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) period from June 2021 […]
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. However, the Federal Government has decided to intervene in the provision of basic education with 2% of its Consolidated Revenue […]
MAKING THE UNIVERSAL BASIC ACT WORK FOR ALL CHILDREN IN NIGERIA
The right to education is a fundamental human right – recognized first in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and today in modern international human rights instruments such as the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which was ratified by Nigeria in 1991… Read more below or download here
Youthhub Radio Show
In scaling up interventions for development and to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals, entertainment education or edutainment remains a formidable tool to reach a wide range of audience. The 2015 and 2016 World Development Reports respectively highlighted the untapped potential of entertainment education and mass media in development practice. For our massive youth population, […]
Basic Education Media Fellowship
The Basic Education Media Fellowship aims to mobilize media interest in pushing for the 12 years of safe, free and quality basic education in Nigeria. It will also push for increased funding for education through the review of existing laws and legal frameworks. The fellowship will: Recognise and celebrate 15 existing media personnel across print, […]