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  • One Protest at a Time, Iyana Ipaja's Market Women Push Back Against Extortion, Injustice

    September 28, 2025 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    Market women in Iyana Ipaja organized street protests after failed letter-writing campaigns, which led to the traditional ruler (Baale) brokering a peace agreement that stopped the extortion by thugs claiming to act on behalf of a local strongman, though the traders acknowledge this relief may be temporary.

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  • The 'Beautiful Gate' Where Polio Survivors in Nigeria Find Hope

    June 12, 2024 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Plateau

    The Beautiful Gates Handicapped People Center builds mobility aids like wheelchairs and crutches and distributes them to people with disabilities, particularly those paralyzed by polio. Since forming in 1998, Beautiful Gate has distributed 32,000 wheelchairs and mobility tools.

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  • Mental Health: How Nigerian Students are Getting the Support They Need

    January 27, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ilorin, Kwara

    The Renovaré Mental Health Initiative fills the mental health care gap with peer counseling and trains students on how to provide basic counseling and mental health aid, which increases access to important mental health care services. Since its inception, the initiative has trained over 100 peer counselors. It has also organized various seminars to educate people on the consequences of not treating mental illnesses.

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