Grace Found, Helping without creating dependency

Grace Foundation provides growth and development opportunities to poor, disenfranchised and low income people. We also help foster the development of healthy and vibrant communities. Our goal is to assist people without creating dependency. Up-coming events: 2014 Virtual Conference on Youth Employment.

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We're Closing Down Our Tumblr Account

Dear followers,

Thank you for your support over the past few months. We have decided to migrate from Tumblr to a Wordpress blogging platform. Please follow us there and on our other social media pages:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Grace-Foundation-Nigeria/343217355621?fref=ts

Twitter: https://twitter.com/@Grace_Nigeria

Google+: https://plus.google.com/+FoundGraceOrg-Nigeria/posts

Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/company/grace-foundation---benin-nigeria-?trk=prof-following-company-logo

Website: www.gracefoundation.global

We hope to see you on our other social media websites as we continue to help empower youths!!

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS! Empowerment Package for Nigerian Youth. Deadline is June 16. Apply now! http://foundgrace.org/appForms/appPacket.html

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More than 175,000 people in Nigeria took part in the United Nations' MY World survey. They voted for better health, a good education, and better job opportunities. See how we're empowering communities in Nigeria @ http://www.foundgrace.org

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Shell LiveWIRE is a social investment programme that aims to help young Nigerians explore the option of starting their own business as a real and viable career option.

It provides support, access to training, guidance, and business mentorship to young entrepreneurs and potential entrepreneurs between the ages of 18 and 35.

The programme operates mainly in the Niger Delta region and aims to inspire, encourage and support young people aged 18-35 to start up their own businesses through the provision of finance and training for young entrepreneurs.

The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), operator of the NNPC/Shell/Total/Agip Joint Venture announces the commencement of the 2014 Shell LiveWIRE Nigeria Programme.

Shell LiveWIRE Nigeria Programme is a youth enterprise development programme supported by The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC).

Click here to Apply NOW!

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awid.org offers the latest news, in-depth analysis, practical tools, announcements and jobs on women's rights and gender and development from around the world.

If you havn't seen it, check out our statement on the kidnapping of over 234 Nigerian schoolgirls... to this date they are still in captivity!

#BRINGBACKOURGIRLS

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Africa leaders declare ‘war’ on Nigeria Boko Haram

African leaders meeting in Paris have agreed to wage "war" on Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamic militants.

Read more here.

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Grace Foundation- Nigeria wishes all the mothers not only in Nigeria but throughout the world a Happy Mother's Day...Continue being a supportive role model for your children.

We wish the mothers of the missing schoolgirls a special greeting. Be strong in this time, the world is campaigning and praying for the safe return of your daughters!!

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Official Statement from Grace Foundation- Nigeria on the 234 and counting missing school girls

In Chibok, we are all victims

16 year old Aminatu was burning the midnight candle, literally, on that dark fateful night when Boko Haram terrorists stormed her dormitory and carted her and her class mates away. She was preparing for the O’ level physics exam which was scheduled to hold in the morning of April 15. Like the school boys who were massacred in their beds 2 months ago in Yobe, Aminatu did not understand what was happening to her. She could not understand why she was being driven away from school into the deep Sambisa forests by masked gun men who were firing shots into the air and chanting Allahu Akbar.  Last week, Aminatu's captors called her a slave and threatened to sell her or marry her off to strange men. They said Aminatu and her friends committed a sin by going to school. Her captors are being condemned around the world, but the evil lot, driven by misguided dreams of jihadist martyrdom are still holding her against her will. If there is a specific criterion for an act to be called a crime against humanity, this has to be it. Slavery and sexual slavery under international law are savage crimes against humanity. The consequences of forced marriage can be absolutely devastating for a young girl like Aminatu. She has been denied the freedom of will and expression. She has been taken far away from school, beaten and terrorized. She and her friends had a willingness to learn but now their dreams have been truncated. The attack on Chibok girls is an attack on all girls in the world and on all people of good will.  In this terrible moment, in Chibok, we are all victims. What is done to one is done to all. The children we groomed and sent to school have been taken away from us. Aminatu and her classmates have been put in chains and passed around like objects among strange men. The shame and trauma belongs to all humanity.  Grace Foundation-Nigeria strongly condemns this act of terror and those who perpetuate it. We grieve with the families of the affected girls and boys who had been killed or kidnapped for going to school. We call on people of good will around the world to stand up together and put an end to this unconscionable act that has been committed against the human race. For Aminatu and the missing 234 girls and countng, freedom and daybreak should come now.

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The abduction of 8 more girls in Nigeria is an outrage. We call for the immediate release of these girls and for the abductors to be brought to justice. Our hearts go out to the families of these girls. We stand with the people of Nigeria. http://uni.cf/1iohTOM #BringBackOurGirls

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South Africa's economic challenges

South Africans go to the polls this week to vote for a new government at a time when they are celebrating 20 years of democracy. (via BBC News - South Africa’s economic challenges)

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For tips on how to submit a strong application, join the Grace Foundation discussion group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/GraceFoundationNigeria/

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Girls brave violence for their education in northern Nigeria

The kidnapping of 234 girls from a physics exam by Boko Haram grabbed the world's attention. But this isn't isolated – fear of school has become ingrained in northern Nigeria.

Read further here

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Take a moment to ponder this GIF from the Council on Foreign Relations. Every dot represents an outbreak of preventable disease—and preventable suffering. This is why immunizations are so important for children and for their communities.  #Vaccineswork.

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Grace Foundation - Nigeria

Grace Foundation provides access to education, employment and entrepreneurship. We promote and influence policies that will support the development of sustainable communities to make individuals feel empowered. We help people build self-reliance.

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Join our eForum on Education, Entrepreneurship and Employment!

The discussion is in progress till April 21st at https://www.facebook.com/groups/2014eforum/

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recently visited war-torn Central African Republic, where the security situation is deteriorating and human rights abuses continue. "My first message is to the people of the country: You are not alone. The United Nations is honoured to be by your side," he said. On Thursday the UN Security Council established a peacekeeping mission in the country which, as of September, will comprise of up to 10,000 military personnel. Find out more in this video. Share these images to help draw the world’s attention to the crisis.

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Entrepreneurs are central to bridging Africa’s widening inequality gap but most governments on the continent are not doing enough to help them.