Tag: community

24Oct

Corps Member Provides Zhidu Community Water Facility

Recently, there has been heated debate about the relevance of the compulsory National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) scheme and some agitation for the program to be scrapped or reformed. In the face of this, a few young Nigerians still consider the scheme as an opportunity to travel outside their regions and learn extensively about other regions of the country.

This short video documents how a corp member, Johnson Eseoghene provides clean water for a marginalized community in Abuja, Nigeria. ► Full Documentary here: https://youtu.be/tNTEL6e4wa0

Among the crowd, an uncommon set of corps members appreciate the one-year program as a platform to go beyond the norm by looking out for location-specific challenges and bringing solutions to those they consider important. Mr. Johnson Eseoghene, a 2017 corps member in FCT, Abuja belongs to this uncommon few.

It is puzzling to figure how Mr. Johnson mapped out Zhidu community, a settlement in Lugbe axis of Nigeria’s Federal Capacity Territory, Abuja. Considering the peculiarities of this highly ignored community and how this reflects in the absence of social amenities –Schools, Water, Roads, Health centers, etc., There is so much that could be done in a community like – Zhidu.

For Corps member Johnson Eseoghene, his contribution as a personal Community Development Service (CDS) was to drill a public borehole, funded by Hope Spring Water, to provide the people of Zhidu community clean water. In his words, “The project motivation that has pushed me to carry out is this borehole project for Zhidu Community is the lack of safe water around the world. Many women and children, especially young girls, trek long distances to get water for their family. A lot of children also die daily from water-related diseases. I believe that providing this borehole will go a long way to save many lives and bring more development to Zhidu community.”

Johnson Eseoghene who is also the president of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Community Development Service (CDS) group, was well commended by officials of the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) and the community leaders in Zhidu for his initiative.

18Jul

MFCC, MHCDI EXPLORES PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY

The real heroes are folks who defy all odds to selflessly and consistently work in local communities to birth sustainable development that impacts the lives of disadvantaged people.

At Media for Community Change, we constantly look out for such folks and we are always delighted to beam our spotlight on their interventions in rural communities and amplify their voices across the global scene.

On Monday, July 16th, 2018, MFCC’s Founder, Mr. Jimoh Oluwatobi Segun and our Project Director, Mr. ‘Seyifunmi Adebote met with My Hero Community Development Initiative’s Founder, Ms. Ajayi Rita, to profile some of MHCDI’s past efforts and discuss on how to forge strengths towards achieving greater successes in the coming months.

Leveraging the new media, Media for Community Change is super delighted to explore this partnership opportunity with “My Hero Community Development Initiative” for the social good of the people and towards making our world a better people.

We believe we can change our world, one community at a time and we are ready to make tremendous impacts. Will you join us?

Watch this space!

25Jun

MFCC BECAME AN OFFICIAL PARTNER OF UYOLO

On the 9th of June 2018, Media For Community Change Initiative became an official partner of Uyolo after a series of emails & thorough documentations. We are grateful!

Uyolo is an organization based in Milan, Italy that promotes promote philanthropy and volunteering. With their mobile app which was launched on the 15th June 2018, they aim to connect the dots and establish a trustworthy relationship between NGOs, NPOs, CSOs and donors from different part of the world. The app is available on Google play store for android users and apple stores for iPhone Users.

We are so grateful to the team at Uyolo for counting Media For Community Change Initiative Worthy to be part of the organization they would be working with.

The host of NGOpodcast Show had an exclusive interview with Alessandra Gargiulo one of the Co-founders of the organization during the launching in Milan, Italy and she would be our guest on the next publication of an episode of #NGOpodcast show. Keep on tab!

We look forward to more fruitful and amazing partnership. Together we can make the world a better place.
Cheers to greater height and more impact.
Regards