Marvella Odili Wins "1000 Entrepreneurs Challenge "

We are proud to announce our Founder/CEO, Marvella Odili, as one of the winners of the "1000 Entrepreneurs Challenge" for her project, "Connecting Marginalized Women To Technology and Development."

Marvella Odili 

Over the years, Marvella has economically empowered thousands of marginalized women and youths through skills-building; launched projects for the education of thousands of vulnerable children particularly girls; and advanced the rights of women and girls, through her non-profit organization,  Save Our Needy Organisation. 

As a part of the winning package, all winners were invited to the Africa-France Summit 2020 which was due to start on June 4, 2020 in Bordeaux, France. However, due to the present circumstances related to the COVID-19 pandemic, all scheduled travels have been cancelled. 

All the winners who were selected from 53 countries in Africa, will have the opportunity to gain extensive knowledge from experts, network, gain visibility for their work and public and private funding from French and African partners of Digital Africa. 

See list of full winners here:

https://digital-africa.co/en/winners-1000/😀🥳

African Children Are The Future of Africa

As we celebrate the International Day of the African Child today, we reflect on the many issues affecting the African child including violence, poverty, illiteracy, neglect, and abuse. No child can thrive in an environment where there is a lack of love, peace and happiness. It is our collective responsibility to provide an enabling environment that is peaceful, vibrant, and healthy for ALL children irrespective of social background, ethnicity, physical ability, and religion to reach their full potential.
 

The African child is the future of Africa. We have to protect their rights. 

Happy International Day of the African Child!

END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS IN NIGERIA

In the last few years, there has been an unprecedented increase in the rate of violence against women and girls in Nigeria. The inaction of the government in prosecuting offenders has been alarming to say the least. 

Save Our Needy joined other non-profit and civil rights organizations to demand that the government takes action to prevent violence against women and girls, and to ensure that victims get justice. Respecting the WHO recommendations on the prevention of COVID-19 by wearing masks and practising social distancing, we took to the streets of Lagos and Abuja to demand a State of Emergency on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Nigeria. In Lagos, we marched peacefully to the Lagos House of Assembly to protest against sexual violence. 

We urge parents to raise boys who will genuinely love and respect girls because boys grow up to become men. 

Uwaila Omozuwa, Tina Ezekwe, Azeezat Shomuyiwa, Jennifer and Favor (an orphan raped and beaten to paralysis in Ogun State) are some of the celebrated cases of rape and violence against women and girls that we have witnessed in 2020. 

CNN carried a report on the story:
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/09/africa/nigeria-women-rape-protests/index.html

#endviolence #saynotorape #enddomesticviolence #stoprapingwomen #stoprapinggirls

#stateofemergencyGBV #silenceisnotconsent #nomeansno #ItsTimeForAction