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Our three months prison training programme is kick starting this April.  The whole idea is to help the inmates live a happy life in the prison and prepare them adequately for a better and more fulfilled life after the prison.  The focus of the training is for re-orientation and re-programming of mind set, to have a positive look at life and to become better citizen upon their release.  We are going to expose them to courses like personal transformation, success habits, understanding purpose, becoming an entrepreneur and others.  They shall be introduced to diffrent vocational skills like...

 All over the world, from all socio-economic backgrounds , all cultures, all religions, across all ages, children suffer all kinds of violence, exploitation and abuse every day. So many of these cases are not reported. Yet children have the rights to be protected from all these.Remember, Children have four baskets of rights: * Survival * Development * Participation * ProtectionAs Child Protection Network Surulere gets ready to launch the inaugural workshop for a sensitization and awareness creation programme with the above title, we invite you all to be part of this event. You need know...

Our Song in Centre for Corrections and Human DevelopmentYou are here on invitation You have heard and come to see The things you are told of About the people perishing There something that you can do To raise the falling ones Reach out your hands And pull the fallen Your little mercy today can countChorus: If you lend a helping hand Lend a helping hand You can join today To turn someone's life around Lend a helping hand.

We all have inadequacies. There are somethings in your life you wish could be taken away, even the person you so much admire is also battling with some issues. If you can pay a little attention to developing your personality, you sure be on your way out.Human Development is the process of enhancing and grooming ones self. It could be physically, mentally, socially, financially or even spiritually, the ultimate goal is to bring a positive change. It includes boosting your confidence, improving communication and language speaking skills, widening your scope of knowledge, it could even be...

The call for the end violence against women with it's16days of activism started since 25th Nov. It has heralded lots of conferences, seminars, walk and different programmes all over the world.  Here in Nigeria we are not left out, I have received three invitations for one programme or the other apart from the one we are partnering together.   Just yesterday, West African Women Association (WAWA) which I also happened to be a member, organized a programme in collaboration with International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) and United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) still on the same...

I was in the 5th International conference on women and children held over one week ago at Nigerian Institute of International Affairs VI, on the theme, Global Approaches to Violence against Women and Children: Identifying the Triggers, Remedies and Policy Frameworks, the programme that was to last for 3 days.After the morning session on the 1st day during the tea break, I became tired, too tired to continue, not because I was sick, but tired of listening to well researched papers, tired of hearing what I have always heard, tired of rhetoric s, too tired that I felt like leaving. I was not...

We are in an era of bizarre happenings, a period when a father finds nothing wrong with sleeping with his own daughter, for him it is alright provided she doesn't get pregnant. When a sister takes over her sister's husband and actually struggle for supremacy with the her. You hear of abuse emanating from unlikely persons and unsuspecting areas.With each passing day you hear of one horror or the other, so what should we do as parents, how can we effectively guard our children particularly our girls. We even see evil coming from with in the homes these days.Mothers please lets wake up...

Child Protection Network, a coalition of groups and NGOs that are interested in protecting the welfare of children, Surulere Chapter, will soon be hosting a workshop on Child Violence. Watch out for more updates.

About 2.5million people are being trafficked annually and a larger number of that are Nigerians. According to the Execuive Secretary of NAPTIP, Mrs Jedy-Agba, at least six out of 10 trafficked persons are identified as Nigerians in most countries in Europe.  Most times victims are either afraid to come out and report or they are shy because of stigmatization.  Look around many cities in Nigeria, it will give you the idea of how bad the problem is. Children that should be in schools are taken away to farms and other places like production sites.  Children are very vulnerable and should be...

We shall be looking at human or personal development today. Centre for Corrections and Human development is basically a centre dedicated to the promotion and enhancement of quality of life. Frankly speaking your life will not have quality if you ignore human development.  Human development is the process of enlarging your freedom and oppoortunities and improving your general well-being. Human development means growth. For any meaningful growth to take place be it physical, financial, spiritual or any type whatsoever, there must be a process of taking in. The first major activity around a...

The workshop on managing the health and welfare of victims of human/organ trafficking, child abuse and drug addiction held on 6th and 7th of May 2015 at Julius Berger Lecture Theatre, Univeristy of Lagos has come and gone.  We shall be updating you with some of the take homes of the conference.  You need to know and inform other so that nobody falls  victim to these ploy. The conference had speakers who have practical experiences on the job.  It was kick started by Barr. Omotola Rotimi the Director, Office of the Public Defender. She handled " Expose' on Rape, Chid Abuse and Incest - The...

It is just one day left to our great workshop.  We shall be looking at the identifying mark of a victim. How do I identify or determine a victim when I see one.  Look at the things you must note:* Are you being cajoled, lured  or coerced for a better life or pay somewhere?* Did someone take away your identity card or passport?* Were you deceived about the nature of job, location or employer?* Are you working excessive days or hours, performing hazardous work?* Are you isolated, confined or under surveillance?* Is someone forcing you to work or engage in criminal activities or have sex...

As we explore this week in our workshop on 6th and 7th May, at Julius Berger Lecture Theatre, University of Lagos, on managing the health and welfare of  a victim's of human/organ trafficking, child abuse and drug addiction, it is important to understand who a victim is?  A victim is a anybody who is lured, coerced, abducted, kidnapped, lied to or misled to engage in or submit to exploitative activities such as prostitution, sexual exploitation and forced labour or other forms of criminal activities e.g. smuggling or for organ harvesting/sale.  A victim is a form of modern day slavery. ...

 One of the sub topics to be loooked at during the workshop is DRUG ADDICTION. Just recently my daughter in a private mission University told me of some students that were expelled from the school on account use of strong drugs. She said that they usually go the ceiling of their hostel to smoke. They have carefully created and arranged a good space up in the roof and constantly viisit there when the urge comes, until it discovered by the school authority and the involving students were all sent home. A lot of...

As transplant surgeries increase around the world, organ trafficking is on the rise. Organ trafficking no doubt is among the most gruesome and morally reprehensible crimes.  Many more traffickers are going into it. The most worrisome thing is that very young boys and girls particularly those in the universities are lured into donation of their eggs and sperms for a trifling sum. Most donors are not aware of the health implications associated with it. There is usually complications after being exposed to high doses hormones needed for harvesting of ovarian egg/Sperm especially for money....