Let’s talk about the future with young people. Their time is now.
Education Can Win in Nigeria
Education can win in Nigeria a couple of ways; more quality schools with libraries, books and classroom facilities and trains more teachers. But getting more children into classrooms and in front of books isn’t the only answer.
Chicken Heroes: Celia Payne
Cecilia Payne was the first person to earn a PhD in astronomy. A Russian-American astronomer, Otto Strauve said hers was “the most brilliant PhD thesis ever written in astronomy.” Her mother refused to pay for her higher education, so she worked hard and won a scholarship to Cambridge University in England. But when she finished… Continue reading Chicken Heroes: Celia Payne
Talk About Your Feelings
Good mental health means children can develop the inner strength to cope with whatever life throws at them and grow into well-rounded, healthy adults. Even though most children and young people grow up mentally healthy, more of them have problems with their mental health today than they did 30 years ago. Children can have mental… Continue reading Talk About Your Feelings
Gorilla In Trouble
More than half of the world’s endagered mountain gorillas live in the Virunga Mountains on the border of Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda. The rest live in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. There were only 880 left in 2018. Thankfully with a lot of work, this is changing slowly. According to the World Wildlife… Continue reading Gorilla In Trouble