Africa

MENTORSHIP

PREAMBLE Good morning the Vice Chancellor, Principal officers here present, Academic and non-academic members of staff and students of our great institution, Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu. I am Lady Jane Ndukwe, Director, Student Mentorship and Parent Relations. Happy Mentorship Day! What is Mentorship? According to World Education Services: A mentorship is a relationship between two…

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Africa

IS FAMILY STILL IMPORTANT IN TODAY’S WORLD?

TOUCHING LIVES My daughter had a discussion with someone who believed that the family does not play a role in child development. She tried in several ways to highlight the importance of the family, which to her greatest dismay, he found difficult to comprehend. When she shared this with me I wanted to wave it…

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Africa

SURVIVING EMOTIONAL SCARS

TOUCHING LIVES Katie Kacvinsky  said, ‘But pain is like water. It finds a way to push through any seal. There’s no way to stop it. Sometimes you have to let yourself sink inside of it before you can learn how to swim to the surface.’ The topic on surviving emotional scars can never be complete…

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Africa

TALK TO ME

TOUCHING LIVES This is a story of a student teacher’s experience with a pupil during her four weeks teaching practice in a primary school, where she was assigned to grade one. I walked into the classroom, greeted the teacher, Ms. Thornton and the pupils. I proceeded to reading the children a story. As we all…

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Africa

GENUINE WOMANHOOD INITIATIVE’S FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICE

Dear Partners, Life has taught me that anything can happen at any time. That you have money today does not guarantee that you would have it tomorrow.  A person considered poor today may become an employer of labour tomorrow. In every community you’ll always find those who have and those who don’t. Even in our…

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Africa

WE SAY NO TO VIOLENCE!

There’s so much talk and advocacy on stopping violence against women. This is commendable because it will bring enlightenment and change. Just as soldiers go to war to save people, we have nurses who tend to the wounded. We at, GENUINE WOMANHOOD INITIATIVE PATHWAY TO NATION BUILDING (GWI) are the nurses who tend to the…

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Nation

RESPECT AND CONSIDERATION IN NATION BUILDING

Nation Building generally refers to the construction or structuring of a national identity, which aims at unifying a people so that it remains politically stable and economically viable. The question now arises, how can we create a unified nation that accommodates diversity? How can we foster social homogeneity and still encourage individuality? One common denominator…

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Africa

AUTHENTICALLY ME: THE HIGH VALUE WOMAN

AUTHENTICALLY ME is a life transforming talk that deals with Self Awareness, Self Love, Making Smart Choices and Setting Goals to become High Value.  It also highlights woman’s role in Nation Building which starts from her home and gives valuable good grooming tips. All these make the Authentic Woman well sought after in society. To…

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