The Neo Child Initiative

What a beautiful way to start the year 🕺🏿💃🏾

Thank you, for this beautiful feature!
To read the full article about how we are tackling child illiteracy in Nigeria, please click the link below 👇🏿

https://borgenproject.org/illiteracy-in-nigeria/

Happy New Year from all of us, 🤗

We are extremely grateful to all our volunteers, partners, and friends of TNCI for making our 2023 so incredible 🥂🤗🙌🏽 We appreciate your support ❤️

Here is to a year 2024 filled with endless possibilities, impactful collaborations, and remarkable achievements 🥳💪🏿💫

We are so excited to step into the new year with you all and see the positive changes we can make for children in our communities.

Let's make 2024 the year of impact, innovation, and growth ✨️ ✨✨

Have a wonderful celebration🎉

#2024

Happy holidays!!!

Wishing all our partners, volunteers, and friends of TNCI
a joyful Christmas filled with love, laughter, and cherished moments 💖

May the holiday season bring warmth to your hearts and create beautiful memories that last a lifetime.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 🎉

The last dissemination meetings of the year held with the Medical Officer for Health (MOH) and the LGA team for Epe and Shomolu were a success.

We discussed the progress we have made with our MIYCN advocacy, community participation, interpersonal communication , food demonstration classes, mass media campaigns, and data reporting.

We are excited to extend our Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) project to other LGAs and can’t wait to start engaging with the key stakeholders!

Watch this space for new updates in the coming year ✨️

🌟 Attention Volunteers of The Neo Child Initiative for Africa! 🌟

Get ready for an extraordinary journey as we welcome you to our passionate community of changemakers! Your commitment to The Neo Child Initiative is about to unfold into a meaningful adventure.

🚀 Join us for the Volunteer Induction, where dreams meet dedication and actions speak louder than words. Together, we will empower the future, one child at a time.

🗓 Date: 16th Dec,2023
🕒 Time: 6:00 pm
📍 Location: Google Meet
( link would be shared via email)

🔍 What to expect:
- Inspiring stories of impact
Insightful training sessions
- Connecting with like-minded individuals
- Unveiling our vision for the future

Your presence is not just a choice; it's a promise to make a difference. Let's embark on this incredible journey together, creating a world where every child's potential is nurtured and celebrated.

See you at the Volunteer Induction – where The Neo Child Initiative spirit comes to life! 🌈✨

Embracing the spirit of selflessness on International Day of Volunteers! 🌟

Volunteering is a powerful tool for change, weaving a tapestry of compassion and unity across borders. Every single act of kindness ripples through the world, creating a brighter tomorrow. ✨

Let's cherish the unsung heroes who tirelessly contribute to the well-being of others, embodying the true essence of humanity. 🤝💙

From local initiatives to global movements, together, we shape a future where generosity knows no bounds.

Today serves as a reminder that our collective efforts, no matter how small, contribute to a world filled with love and solidarity.

Join The Neo Child Initiative for Africa, in expressing gratitude to volunteers everywhere; your dedication truly inspires us all! 🙌✨

If everyone volunteered, the world would be in a much better place! 🫱🏼‍🫲🏼

There is ABILITY in every DISABILITY 🫶💜

No one with disability is limited from enjoying everything life has to offer.

We should only see diversity in everyone, not a difference that diminish their values. Avoid stigmatisation, spread love, and empower the differences.

Happy International Day of persons with disabilities!

*Exciting News from THE NEO CHILD INITIATIVE FOR AFRICA 🌼*

We're overly excited to invite you to our hangout, where sustainability and fun come together.

Join us for an event filled with engaging conversations, delicious food, and a chance to connect with fellow change makers in our community.

🗓 Date: 9th December 2023
🕢 Time: 10:00 am prompt
🏠 Location: Unilag Lagoon Front
💵 Price:
*2000 for Volunteers*
*3000 for Non- Volunteers*

Here's what you can look forward to:
✨ Engaging Discussions
🍔 Delicious Food
🎉 Fun Activities and Games
🤝 Networking with Like-Minded Individuals

This is a great opportunity to strengthen your connection, make new friends, and have a great time in a relaxed and inclusive environment.

Don't miss out on this

Please RSVP
Faiza -08124919718
Al- Amin - 08160141771
to ensure we have enough food and seats for everyone, please register early 🤭 .

https://forms.gle/LDfsfnxCLD7c7JQw6

We can't wait to see you there! Spread the word and bring your friends and family along for an unforgettable day

See you soon.🌟

"There are plenty of fake drugs outside!" "How come NAFDAC even approved them?"
"I went to the chemist to get antibiotics and antimalarial last week but here I am this week still feeling sick😷!" "I don't think all these drugs are even effective". Yen yen yen🌝

Dey Play!!!
You took drugs. Did you run a test?😏
Who diagnosed you? And what were you diagnosed of?😏😏
Who prescribed medications for you?😏😏😏
Just dey play!
You didn't tell me you graduated with MBBS or even B.Pharm🙄
Wait, so you're not a medical doctor, and you're not a pharmacist, yet you know the right treatment for your ailment?😱
I say just dey play.😂

👉 Do you know as common as these practices are, we are all in danger?
👉 Do you know that due to these actions, drugs and other antimicrobial agents become ineffective, and infections become more difficult to treat?
👉 Do you even know that all these put us at risk altogether?
👉 Do you know that antimicrobial resistance is a threat to you and I?

It is World Antimicrobial Awareness Week!🥳
Let's dig deep into the dangers of these common yet mysterious and mischievous practices that many of us engage in!😁

*Join us today, Thursday, 23rd of November, at 6 pm as we go live on I.G. with our seasoned guest speaker Pharm Israel Oni🥳*
Be there!!!🤩🤩

From THE NEO CHILD INITIATIVE FOR AFRICA.

We want to say a big thank you for your overwhelming responses!!!
We have now closed our volunteer applications portal .

Your support is inspiring ✨️ 🙌🏾 ❤️

We will be reviewing applications and will be in touch soon.

For updates, visit our website https://www.theneochildinitiative.org/.

Thank you 💪🏽💪🏽

And Read A Book TNCI is coming to Abuja 💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾

We are set to extend our project to Abuja in partnership with Project Karanta to support 10 schools with hanging libraries, educational materials, books, and book reading clubs in hard to reach communities in Abuja.

We need you to please support us with books 📚, stationaries, and funds for Hanging Libraries 🙏🏾

Let's improve the literacy of our children 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿

joins the world in celebrating World Diabetes Day!

This year's theme is Access to Diabetes Care, which highlights the importance of ensuring everyone with diabetes has access to the care they need to live a healthy life.

Every year, World Diabetes Day is celebrated on November 14th in honour of co-discover of insulin ; Frederick Banting 🙌🏾

Thanks to him, John James Rickard Macleod and Charles Best , children with Type 1 diabetes can now regulate their blood sugar levels, which allows them to survive.

Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Plus Nutrition Week concluded today 🙌🏽

We are so thrilled to have been part of it 💪🏿 Countless numbers of families, women, and children benefitted from this program, laying the foundation for a healthier future 🌟

Thank you to our partners, Alive and Thrive, for making this possible 🙌🏾

Exciting news🥳

Are you prepared to make a difference in the lives of children? The Neo Child Initiative is seeking individuals like yourself to join our cause of empowering, educating, and supporting the children across Nigeria.

*Why Choose to Volunteer with Us?*

At The Neo Child Initiative for Africa, we are deeply committed to building a future for the children of Africa. By becoming a volunteer with us, you will have the opportunity to create a lasting impact in the lives of the children, contribute towards education, healthcare, and empowerment endeavours, and become part of a compassionate community.

Ready to take the first step?

Fill out our volunteer application form, which can be found on our website 👇🏿

https://www.theneochildinitiative.org/ and help us build a brighter future for Nigerian children.

Exciting news🥳

Are you prepared to make a difference in the lives of children?

is seeking individuals like yourself to join our cause of empowering, educating, and supporting the children across Nigeria.

Why Choose to Volunteer with Us?

At The Neo Child Initiative for Africa (TNCI), we are deeply committed to building a future for the children of Africa. By becoming a volunteer with us, you will have the opportunity to create a lasting impact in the lives of the children, contribute towards education, healthcare, and empowerment endeavours, and become part of a compassionate community.

Ready to take the first step?

Fill out our volunteer application form, which can be found on our website 👇🏿

https://www.theneochildinitiative.org/
and help us build a brighter future for Nigerian children 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿

Yesterday, we were privileged to join a discussion themed "From Awareness to Action" with other SDG stakeholders to ponder on the actionable steps we can all take in empowering women and girls towards building sustainable and resilient communities.

A big thank you to our hosts, and , for the invitation and opportunity to contribute to such an important discussion at the American corner . It was lovely to connect with global change makers such as and .

The invited students were not left out and were given the opportunity to discuss relatable problems in their school and community whilst proposing actionable solutions to them.

We are so excited to see the next generation take the lead! Teens are driving change for Sustainable Development Goals 1️⃣ (No Poverty), 5️⃣ (Gender Equality), and 8️⃣ (Decent Work & Economic Growth).

💪 Let's support their passion for a brighter, fairer future. 🌍💫

This week , we facilitated a series of community dialogues with the traditional birth attendants on how we can collaborate to promote optimal maternal, infant, and young child nutrition practices at Epe and Shomolu LGAs and inculcate social and behaviour change messaging in the community.

Watch this space for more updates on our community engagements on accelerating the scale of maternal, infant, and young child nutrition practices in partnership with Alive&Thrive ✨️

Did you know that Polio is a life-threatening disease caused by the poliovirus!???.

I bet you also didn’t know that 2 and 10 out of 100 people who have paralysis from poliovirus infection die, because the virus affects the muscles that help them breathe.

Global efforts around the world is centered on eradicating polio and we are side by side with everyone on the 24th of October every year to raise awareness of the importance of polio vaccination to protect every child from this devastating disease.

To ensure a polio-free future for everyone, efforts must continue to maintain high immunization coverage, implement high-quality surveillance to detect any presence of the virus, and prepare to respond in the event of an outbreak.

We had so much fun at the recently concluded Future Of Health Conference organised by 🙌🏾

We joined other key stakeholders from the health sector to discuss the pivotal role of the private sector plays in advancing health care in Nigeria.

Our key takeaway is that collaboration and partnerships are pivotal to building a resilient health system, and we can’t wait to do our own part in ensuring that children and women have better health outcomes.

World Mental Health Day 🥳🥳🥳🥳

"October 10th, 2023: Let's unite for World Mental Health Day under the theme 'Mental Health is a Universal Human Right.' 🌍💚

Together, we raise awareness, deepen understanding, and stand up for the right to mental health for all.

Over the past couple of weeks, in partnership with Alive and Thrive,
we have been very busy attending and facilitating workshops on supportive supervision and program monitoring aimed to strengthen the capacity of health care workers to deliver effective MIYCN services in all service delivery points.

Here is a snippet of some of the highlights of the week 😁

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Happy teachers day to all TNCI volunteers, Friends, and partners around the world.

Theme: The teachers we need for the education we want: The global imperative to reverse the teacher shortage".

We thank you all for your dedication and service in giving kids the foundation they need to succeed and building a better future for everyone.

We see you and we celebrate you. Keep upholding excellence in future generations.

We are so happy to begin the new month of October with exciting news 😀

Our research work titled " Nigerian Parents and caregivers's knowledge, attitude and willingness to vaccinate their children against COVID-19 " was just published on Frontiers Public Health Journal 👏🏿

Congratulations to the entire research team of TNCI and kudos to all the co-authors 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

To read the entire article, please visit the link below 👇🏿

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1047285/full?&utm_source=Email_to_authors_&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=T1_11.5e1_author&utm_campaign=Email_publication&field=&journalName=Frontiers_in_Public_Health&id=1047285

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Happy Independence Day to our great country NIGERIA!

Happy 63rd independence celebration to all Nigerians at home and in the diaspora.
Nigeria is home to manifold tribes, cultures, and languages. Despite our glaring differences, we consider ourselves as one and strive daily to make living together work.

A country though beaten and battered can never be shattered.
A nation with promise, faith, and a strong vision.

Join us as we celebrate our fatherland.
Our home! Our only home.

@63

World Heart Day ♥️

The heart does more than we know and so we must care for it always. This is a reminder to take care of your heart.

Understanding key aspects such as blood pressure, heart rate, blood tests, and cholesterol levels can help assess and maintain heart health.

So Use Heart, Know Heart.

It's that time of the year again when we reveal our latest TNCI Scholars of the year ✨️🥳🎊✨️ Join us in congratulating our TNCI Nutrition Officer and amazing volunteer on winning the prestigious Commonwealth Scholarship Award to pursue a master’s degree in Public Health Nutrition at the University of Chester, United Kingdom 🇬🇧

We are so proud and excited for her ❤️ Stay tuned to hear more from her success story and that of other scholars soon 😊

Happy Eid el Maulud 🌙

On such a special day, here is to wishing all TNCI Muslim volunteers, friends and partner a happy celebration.

Happy Eid.

We are so excited to have hosted media representatives from major media companies in Nigeria such as Inspiration FM, Premium Times, Nation Newspaper, Guardian, This Day and Lagos Television (LTV) and share our current work with Alive & Thrive on accelerating the scale of Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) practices in Nigeria 🇳🇬 💪🏿

Here is a snippet of our first interview with National News Nigeria for your perusal 👇🏿

https://nannews.ng/2023/09/12/community-based-organisations-commend-alivethrive-myicn-project/

It’s World Literacy Day
Join us this year as we promote literacy for a world in transition.

We will be donating 10 hanging libraries and educational materials to 10 low-cost public and private schools in Lagos state.

You can be a part of this by donating books and money to enable us to reach 15,000 children who are in need of quality education materials.