Blog posts about children

Food shortages and the vulnerable

Submitted by nikki on 29 January 2012 - 11:07pm

These were the sobering words of John Dada and summed up this week’s UK-Nigeria online meeting: “This month we must focus on stocking up grains, be ready to respond to alerts on elderly and children who may be at risk of abuse” The words followed on from last week’s discussion when we learned of Fantsuam Foundation ’s rescue of an elderly mama who had been beaten and accused of witchcraft by her family and of the Rumbu (food bank) programme. John explained that: “The famine is most likely to hit Kafanchan and Kaduna state as a whole since many could...

Handwashing Day!

Submitted by nikki on 2 October 2011 - 6:50pm

Handwashing and libraries were two of the subjects up for discussion during this week’s online UK-Nigeria meeting. John Dada informed us that Global Handwashing Day falls on 15th October. A Fantsuam team member was in Kaduna to discuss Fantsuam Foundation’s participation. John said: “We would like to raise awareness in the local schools on basic handwashing, but the schools have no running water, and some have no toilets. “We are thinking of installing some basic but affordable hand-washing stations in a few of the schools. It’s a small step, but in the right direction.” John explained that a good first...

A community helping itself

Submitted by nikki on 15 August 2011 - 4:12pm

This week’s online meeting between the UK and Nigeria teams marked another step forward because it drew upon additional technology. As well as our usual Skyped/typed conversation we used sms/phone messages to check the situation at FF in the light of John’s uncharacteristic absence. The fact John had not sent us an explanatory email as is his custom had caused us to speculate as to whether there was a problem. However, the team in the UK (based in London and Leeds) were able to contact Comfort at Fantsuam (rural Nigeria) and she reassured us that all was OK, aside from...