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  • 'Miracle meals': How a group tries to restore dignity of older Nigerians

    The Age Nigeria Foundation helps end the loneliness, abuse, and hunger of the elderly in Lagos State. The organization runs socialization centers, takes up legal cases to defend members, and provides them with food.

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  • Yams, cassava: The Nigerian free school run from farm produce

    The Anam New City School, a tuition-free school that serves children in remote villages in southeast Nigeria, helps support its operating costs by cultivating crops and livestock on the school grounds. About half of the agricultural yield is used to provide meals for students, while the remainder is sold to fund administration costs.

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  • Flooding in Nigeria: victims help other victims survive difficult times

    The Crowd Funders initiative gathered funding to help feed and shelter families affected by flooding in Nigeria.

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  • In Sierra Leone, this initiative is last hope for some children with life-threatening conditions

    Volunteers of the Sick Pikin Project raise money for children in need of medical treatment by traveling the streets of Nigeria with postcards about their stories and asking for donations. The program has helped 226 children so far.

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  • #EndSARS: Impact Of Judicial Panels In Facilitating Justice For Victims Of Police Brutalities

    Protests against alleged brutality and extrajudicial killings by Nigeria's Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) led to demands for judicial panels of inquiry to investigate the abuses and provide justice to victims. Of Nigeria's 36 states, 29 set up panels of inquiry, and seven of those submitted reports and recommendations. Some victims have been compensated for illegal arrests and beatings. While critics say these measures don't go far enough, they concede the reports and payments have provided at least some accountability.

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