On the 22nd December, 2018, Society for Women and Youths Affairs (SWAYA) organized a graduation ceremony for pioneer graduate of SWAYA SKILLS’ HUB. The occasion was also used to present them with their certificate of participation which was witnessed by graduates family and friends, representatives of the Civil Society Organizations and Faith based organizations respectively.
Society for women and youths affairs with its strong commitment to alleviate the suffering of women and youths who are the poor and vulnerable in the Niger Delta took her one month Agro-preneurship livelihood project to both selected crude oil impacted communities in khana and gokana local government area of rivers state, Nigeria one month […]
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. We started campaigns against HIV/AIDS in 2004 through visitation to secondary schools in Rivers State to sensitise students about the scourge. The campaigns continued […]
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 […]
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. Research has shown a dearth of […]
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 […]
In Nigeria, private organizations, including the media, are heeding the call to take ownership of the HIV and AIDS response. Rivers state radio station Cool/Wazobia FM/Nigeria Info has shown commitment to the cause, signing a deal in July 2016 to provide HIV-related programming over the next two years. The memorandum of understanding—worth over 19 million […]
As part of events marking the 2014 World AIDS Day (WAD) celebrations today (Monday, December 1, 2014), the Rivers State Agency for the Control of AIDS (RIVSACA), has called on stakeholders across the state to focus on two key areas in the fight against the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The Executive Director of RIVSACA, Dr. Chimezie Okeh, […]