The 27th
day of June 2014 wasn’t just an ordinary day for pupils and members of the Otto/Ilogbo extension
slum community in Lagos Mainland Local Government Area in Lagos State. On that
day, Spaces for Change staff and volunteers , led by its executive director, Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri, donated learning resources and
materials to the pupils of Young Leaders Academy (YLA), a ramshackle and hastily
knocked-up shed that serves as the only nursery and primary school within the
slum village. The school - a one-roomed
hall, barely the size of a standard bedroom, with gaping slits and cracks in
its wooden walls - is the equivalent of
the luxurious Grange School for the slum children. Founded in July 2012 by Musibau
De great Agbodemu, a slum dweller himself, YLA was borne out of his quest to
ensure that the poorest slum dwellers had access to basic education. Tuesday, 1 July 2014
Spaces for Change Donates Learning Resources to Lagos Slum School
The 27th
day of June 2014 wasn’t just an ordinary day for pupils and members of the Otto/Ilogbo extension
slum community in Lagos Mainland Local Government Area in Lagos State. On that
day, Spaces for Change staff and volunteers , led by its executive director, Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri, donated learning resources and
materials to the pupils of Young Leaders Academy (YLA), a ramshackle and hastily
knocked-up shed that serves as the only nursery and primary school within the
slum village. The school - a one-roomed
hall, barely the size of a standard bedroom, with gaping slits and cracks in
its wooden walls - is the equivalent of
the luxurious Grange School for the slum children. Founded in July 2012 by Musibau
De great Agbodemu, a slum dweller himself, YLA was borne out of his quest to
ensure that the poorest slum dwellers had access to basic education. 
TACKING SEXUAL HARRASMENT IN THE WORKPLACE
An anonymous caller to
the popular WOMAN radio programme hosted by Zoe Chinaka on Nigeria Info FM 99.3 complained about her boss who was sexually harassing her at her workplace. She wanted to know what to do and was afraid of losing her job if she did not give in to his demands. This
prompted the discussion around the special radio discussion on the 19th of June, 2014, featuring Spaces for Change's OluwaFunmilayo Fakeye.
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