Solutions
HumAngle’s Solutions Desk focuses on emerging responses to societal problems and what individuals, communities, and institutions are doing to help those in need.
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Students Help Lagos IDPs Displaced From Libya Eradicate Menstrual Poverty
Chioma Arinze*, 20, would no longer have to use rags as sanitary pads during her monthly menstrual periods. This is…
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12 Years After Government Initiative, Almajirai Roam Nigeria’s Streets
Mallam Abbas speaks with resentment in his voice. He expresses dissatisfaction with the way almajiranci — an informal educational system…
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The Divided City (3): In Kaduna’s Kajuru, Christians Filled Ablution Jugs, Spread Prayer Mats
Solomon Magaji, 33, did something he had never imagined he would do in his lifetime – he filled water jugs…
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Girls Kidnapped By Boko Haram Return Home To Fight Illiteracy Among Children
Years after escaping captivity from Boko Haram terrorists, Zarah Mohammed and Aisha Abba have returned to their reclaimed community, Bama,…
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A Kano Security Outfit Is Ridding Its Community Of Crime, Rehabilitating Delinquents
In 1995, when Muhammad A. Muhammad was in his teenage years, he witnessed a police raid on Rikwa Cemetery in…
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Solar Powered Phototherapy Unit Reducing Neonatal Mortality In Nigeria, Suffers Slow Adoption
The bliss of motherhood would come to a sudden halt when Kafilat’s obstetrician brings news of high levels of bilirubin…
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The Divided City (2): How Kaduna’s Warring Badarawa Communities Became Peace Observers
Imam Muhammad Nurayu Ashafa and Reverend James Movel Wuye should have been sworn enemies. But they had met in 1995…
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Initiative Gives Nigerian Ex-inmates Boost To Restart Their Lives
Hezekiah Olujobi, born on Aug. 8, 1963, suffered unlawful detention at Agodi prison in Ibadan, Oyo State, Southwest Nigeria between…
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Through Crowdfunding, An Initiative Helps Communities Access Clean Water
Adama and her six children would no longer have to swirl their bowls on the water surface to avoid particles…
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Diseases Overwhelm IDPs In Benue; Small Community Clinic Rises To Help
Blessing Erdoo strapped her son to her back, patting him periodically as she made her way to the camp leader’s…
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