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About the Mgbala Agwa Youths Forum |
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| Mgbala Agwa Youth Forum, which was started in 2001, is a grassroots
non-profit organisation based in Lagos and Mgbala Agwa, Oguta Local
Govt. of Imo state Nigeria. Our aim is to help create awareness
and educate people on HIV/AIDS, and Sexual Transmitted Infections,
protect the environment, reduce poverty amongst youths, and youth
empowerment. However, our main focus is on HIV/AIDS and Sexual
Transmitted Infections, as they have become a quite prevalent in
Sub-Saharan Africa. To view MAYF locations and offices, please
visit the Contact page. |
More About MAYF |
 Mr.
Nduka Ozor came up with the idea of organising a youth run organisation
to explain the possible causes of the unexplainable deaths in
the community of Mgbala Agwa in 2001. Mgbala Agwa is a rural village
in the Oguta Local Government of Imo State, which is south east
of Nigeria. The founding members involved in the formation of
MAYF are Anslem Onongbo, Elias, Kennedy Ogbonna, Walter Onyenweokwu,
Cajethan Ahanotu, and Nduka Ozor. At that time, the death rate
was very high. Mr. Ozor thought that youths should be educated
about HIV/AIDS as these were the possible causes of all the deaths,
and to warn them of the dangers ahead if they continued to live
their life. Because of these tragedies, Mgbala Agwa Youth Forum
started up as a forum to discuss and create awareness of issues,
and to build up facilities. The issues of discussion are health
(particularly in regards to HIV/AIDS and STI’s), environmental
protectionism, how to alleviate poverty, and how to empower youths
especially by promoting the benefits of education. We are affiliated
with the United Nations Online Volunterring program. To learn
more about the MAYF director, visit his profile
or read his blog
at at TakingITGlobal. |
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