On the occasion of Afrika Vuka Day 2025, SWAYA proudly joined forces with the vibrant students of Rivers State University and various Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) for a powerful Activism Workshop and Intergenerational Learning Session held in Port Harcourt. The workshop served as a vital space for knowledge exchange, capacity building, and collective reflection—bridging generations […]
Team SWAYA joins partners around the world to tackle plastic pollution by teaching women living with disabilities in Gokana LGA to join the campaign and start collecting plastics for recycling so they do not end up on our water ways, knowing that plastics have polluted almost every aspect of life—seeping into our water, food, and […]
On June 5th, 2025, Team SWAYA had the honor of participating in the official flag-off ceremony of the Optimized Maternal and Child Health Week (OMCHW) and Malaria Intervention Program held at the Modern Primary Health Care (MPHC), Ogale I, Eleme LGA, Rivers State. This important initiative marks a renewed commitment to improving the health and […]
Attended by the Nchia WCA Members, Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project representative, SWAYA representative, RSSTOWA representative, and Staff of the water station brainstorming on ways to sustain the water project for the common good of the people.
Held at the Alesa Water station an intervention by the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project
It’s clear that isolated efforts will not solve these interconnected crises on our hands therefore to make real progress, we advocate for global unity and holistic environmental, social and economic goals
We wind down COP 29 yesterday as SWAYA Representative was part of the Panelists for a discussion held at meeting room 22 zone D, at COP29 Azerbaijan we shared thoughts on local initiatives in shaping the impact of climate change in the Global South stressing the need for a Fast and Fair Transition by demanding […]
Today CSOs stood in solidarity and support with the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project in the sensitisation of Ogoni ex-artisanal refiners in Gio community town hall in Tai local government area of Rivers State. We know that ex-artisanal refiners, have faced immense challenges, from the dangers of informal refining to the difficulties of transitioning to formal, […]
PREAMBLE Stakeholders at a one-day meeting organized by Society for Women and Youths Affairs with the support of Global Green Grant Fund on the 5th September, 2020 at Algate Hotel, Abacha Road, Port Harcourt met to discuss the non-implementation of emergency measures recommended by UNEP in 2009 and formally did a presentation of SWAYA policy […]
The Society for Women and Youths Affairs (SWAYA) is a non-governmental organization whose goals are to alleviate the suffering of women, youths and children who are the poor and vulnerable in the society. This is targeted at improving beneficiaries’ quality of life and to contribute to global efforts of increased access to education, safe environment […]