EDUCATION
The “Read-2-Lead” Programme is designed for secondary school students in Nigeria. Under this programme, SWAYA donates at least 100 leadership and self-development books with a Bookshelf to selected secondary schools to enable the students read books and materials outside their regular curriculum and build their capacities as future leaders… Read More
The Back-to-School programme of Society for Women and Youths Affairs (SWAYA) stated in 2008 in communities in Rivers State as an annual event. The objective of the programme is to motivate indigent children at the primary school level of the Nigerian educational system who are willing to get educated but lack the necessary support to be in school… Read More
HEALTH
Health programmes through campaigns against Human Immune Virus (HIV), Human Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and Malaria are one of the pioneering activities of SWAYA even before its official incorporation in 2009…Read More
Under the malaria campaign programme, SWAYA carries out campaigns in communities the Niger Delta region of Nigeria in support of the fight against malaria. Malaria is one of the most serious public health diseases in Nigeria. With an estimated 90% of all malaria deaths occurring on the African continent, 71% prevalence and 35% annual death in Nigeria as at 2015, SWAYA joined the campaign against malaria far back in 2010…Read More
ENVIRONMENT
Over the years, SWAYA has been involved in environmental protection and conservation campaigns to call attention to the need to preserve the earth for posterity. SWAYA also campaigns against illegal oil theft, pollution and its implication on the health of youths, women and the environment. SWAYA is also at the forefront of campaigns for the implementation of the United Nations Development Programme (UNEP) Report on Ogoniland and demanding for women and youths inclusion in the implementation processes.