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Better Healthcare for Inmates- #10drstoprison

Charity is caring and kind, it’s felt most when it’s genuine.

On Saturday 14th December 2019 we had a medical outreach at the female correctional facility kirikiri prison Lagos Nigeria.

#10Drstoprison an Efe Koloko initiative to take health professionals ( Doctors, Pharmacists, Nurses, Med. lab techs etc.) for consultation, screening, drug administration and provision of disposables amongst others to inmates so they can have better health in their correctional journey is supported by Dr. Ovundah Nyeche and coordinated by yours truly Kelechi.

Prison Charity team — (L-R Dr. Alabi Oyindamola, Dr. Ayotunde Sofowora, Nurse Joy Nwanko, Dr. Babarinde Toluwaloje, Dr. Godspower Onukpousi, Pharm. Lohdir Abutu, Admin- Ayobami Joshua , Dr. Adewusi Adeyemi)

The outreach kicked off at the Prison Clinic with our young vibrant team, help of the beautiful Nurse on duty and some inmates setting things up.

As the warden announced our arrival you need see the inmates trooping in with so much excitement, this gave me a sudden relieve and positive feedback that it’s a great cause.

Initially they were 319 inmates, then i was pleased to hear some got discharged during the week with 285 left. Sadly the team could only fully reach 126 persons and screened about 14 amongst whom are pregnant and nursing mothers. Sigh! We couldn’t continue as we ran out of drug supplies.

And oh, did i forget to mention we had a new born that morning? Yes! A baby girl!

The team feeling fulfilled and excited after the prison outreach

It was a day well spent showing a little kindness, encouraging and putting smiles on faces amidst trials and tribulations. Thanks to everyone who donated to the #10Drstoprison, we know it can be a difficult time of the year for some & to the team we’re so grateful for your generosity & support.

As the holiday approach may your heart fill your cup until it overflows on humanity, know this- that there are people whose need is just a little care.

Hoping we get more donations/ sponsors in next and believing our outreach has made someone’s Christmas a little brighter – it’s the least we can do!

Yaba Lagos is About to Experience the Largest Gathering of Startup and Entrepreneurs to be Hosted by GBG

GBG Yaba bizfest event speakers and sponsors

Google Business Group (GBG) Yaba is set to host the largest gathering of Startup founders, SME owners, Business Executives, developers and entrepreneurs in Yaba.

This is an independent community-led groups formed by passionate business professionals and company owners who share knowledge about Google products and web technologies for local business success.

The GBG Yaba event, known as “Bizfest” is an annual “Festival of Businesses” organised across various cities of the world where there are GBG communities.

Participant at the upcoming GBG Yaba bizfest event

This Year’s BizFest with the theme “Scale your business with technology” will be held on Saturday 9th November 2019 at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), 6 edmund close, Yaba, and is expected to focus on tech tools and tips that can aid and catalyse business growth with workshops on Android for startups, Growth Hacking, Entrepreneurship Tips, Design Thinking and #IamRemarkable.

Fola Olatunji-David, who is the head of Start-up Success For Google in Nigeria, will be the keynote speaker. Other speakers include Adewale Yusuf, CEO, Techpoint Africa, Abasiama Idaresit (CEO, Wild Fusions, Kaosiso Anaekwe, Country Champion, GBG Nigeria, Simbo Olatoregun Product Marketing Manager SSA, Grow with Google, Olusegun Odufuwa Founder, EventPrime, Ngozi Aderibigbe, Partner, Jackson Etti & Edu and Egwu Sarah, Senior Product Designer, Gidi Mobile.

According to the Lead, Google Business Group Yaba, Afolayan Daniel, “The GBG Yaba Bizfest is expected to have about 400 startup owners, business professionals and enthusiasts who want to get informed about how they build and grow their business with the latest tech tools and platforms available. To make the event interactive, there will be a design thinking session where entrepreneurs will learn how to design practical and innovative solution-driven products and services using human-centred, iterative processes.

This kind of event is very apt for Yaba because it is the hup of the startup ecosystem in Nigeria. Like you know it is called ‘the Yabacon valley’, Nigeria’s version of Silicon Valley. So it will be of great benefit to the startup owners and entrepreneurs in Yaba and environs.”

This year’s BizFest is sponsored by Google, Malta Guinness, and Nestle while media partners include BusinessDay, Eventprime.co, cameraman.ng, Marquess Photography and 3gkr8tiph studio.

My Precious Journey Begins

Thanks for joining me!

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton

Hey Everyone!! 👋🏽

Finally it is here…… pluckys.home.blog !!
Yay!!💃🏽

I’m still amazed & unsure about how thoughts of this came to my mind, writing has always been a no no for me and not even in my wildest dreams have I thought I’d be writing my first blog post. Okay let me give you some background about me and what led me to hop on this journey.

I was particularly into social media network -Twitter, Facebook, Instagram just for interactions and thoughts, as I feel bored having to go through the stress of reading or writing long epistles on blog and publishing networks until earlier in July when I met some cool people most of which are into digital marketing, content curation and blogging at a Google Digital Skills Africa Training – Grow with Google advanced learning lab Lagos Nigeria.

I got struck by their distinct way of putting words and expression together in writing , then I thought this would be a great way to share my going ons…. The journey to unfold the other much more expressive part of me and social media had begun… This desire to create an online journal of my own feels kinda weird, but like a mentor said live your life and make the most interesting memories of it, life is too precious!!

I live in Lagos with my parents and Osogbo sometimes to lounge, I cannot forget my cool friends and family who are always there and well appreciated. Anyone who knows me, know that I’m always everywhere for a good cause tho.

I have a tight schedule …The thought of using my spare time to sit and figure out all this blogger stuff was kind of unthinkable. I’ll spare you the ‘I am this and that’ story of my life – I’m sure there will be plenty of that later. The reality is that I’m super duper excited that something interesting is about to happen in my life, relationship, career and want to document it in some way.

I love good food. I’ll be able to share with you some catering practicals if I get to cook and not burn the house, but most times I eat out and will share thoughts on that as well.

I’m looking to switch careers to the Digital World, and very much available with my Tech Zealot title. If I have any tips, tricks or great new products to shout about, I’ll be sure to share those too!

I hope that my blog brings courage, fun read and positive energy.

Enjoy!!

Kelechi xxx