Folashade G. Adebayo

Award-winning writer, Child-rights activist, Chevening Scholarship Alumna, Communication Officer, UNICEF Nigeria, Maiduguri.
**Tweets are personal views

[UNICEF Nigeria @UNICEF_Nigeria]

Treated and recovered!💪

Faruk, 7, was seriously sick and rushed to the UNICEF-supported cholera treatment unit after being displaced by #MaiduguriFloods with his family.

With @uncerf and @UNOCHA, we are providing children affected by cholera with life-saving care for recovery.

[UNICEF Nigeria @UNICEF_Nigeria]

"UNICEF will stand with those that are displaced and those that need our help. That is the core of our mandate."

UNICEF Deputy Executive Director @KittyvdHeijden visited IDP camps where people who have been displaced by the #MaiduguriFloods are accessing essential services.

[UNICEF Nigeria @UNICEF_Nigeria]

🎶Missed the #NoMoreZeroDose song launch??
Catch the unforgettable highlights from the song launch featuring top artists from Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Guinea, and Mali, which brings together @followlasg, partners, private sector leaders and dignitaries.

📽️https://t.co/uMzOwzvBrQ

[UNICEF Nigeria @UNICEF_Nigeria]

“Na who dey ask question, na hin dey get answer, so let’s get together now, no wasting time”
#NoMoreZeroDose is out now and it's yours!
#NewMusicFriday
https://t.co/Lh6X6v7yiG

[UNICEF Nigeria @UNICEF_Nigeria]

With a delegation led by @FlorentGEEL from the Embassy of Switzerland, we visited @BamaCouncil and met adolescents affected by conflict who have been reintegrated and now receive vocational training.
UNICEF and @SwissDevCoop are committed to ensuring a future #ForEveryChild.

[Borno SPHCDB @bosphcdb]

@DrRownakKhan, Deputy Representative @UNICEF_Nigeria advocates for acceptance of the cholera vaccine in Borno State.
#unicef
#unicefnigeria
#UNICEFFOREVERYCHILD
#sphcdb
#bosphcdb

[UNICEF Nigeria @UNICEF_Nigeria]

From Gujba to Jere LGAs, we are working with @BornoGovt and @GovtYobeState to chlorinate water sources, fumigate households and health centres, and vaccinate women and children against #Cholera disease across hotspots.

Thanks to @CanadaDev and @FCDOGovUK for the support!

[UNICEF Nigeria @UNICEF_Nigeria]

Utibe James, a UNICEF-supported humanitarian, engages children displaced by flood at the Bakassi IDP Camp in #maiduguri🇳🇬
With @SwissDevCoop, we are supporting @BornoGovt
to identify and refer children distressed by the devastating experience for additional psychosocial services.

[UNICEF Nigeria @UNICEF_Nigeria]

After her father died and her mother remarried, Zara*, 15, was to be married off to a suitor in Bama, northeast Nigeria.
Through UNICEF-supported life skills sessions, the adolescent girl found community and enrolled in school.
With @StateDept, we are working to #EndChildMarriage

[UNICEF Nigeria @UNICEF_Nigeria]

👐Clean hands protect!

Schools are now fully reopened for a new academic session after the devastating flood in Maiduguri, northeast🇳🇬

With support from @FCDOGovUK, we are improving access to clean water and keeping school children safe from cholera and other infections. #PLANE

[Tina Valderrama @ChristinaVAAV]

Proud to have been part of today’s launch of the 1st cholera vaccination campaign in Bakassi IDP camp. To prevent other disease outbreaks, children are also vaccinated for measles & provided with Vitamin A supplementation.

[UNICEF Nigeria @UNICEF_Nigeria]

Here's how UNICEF together with @FCDOGovUK is providing support to vulnerable households through Cash Transfers to improve dietary diversity and prevent malnutrition.
#UKaid

[UNICEF Nigeria @UNICEF_Nigeria]

With a ramp in Rukkaya's school, she's now able to get into her classroom with ease, making her learning experience better.
Together with @GERinNigeria @BMZ_Bund @KfW_FZ_int @WFP_Nigeria, @BornoGovt, UNICEF is providing conducive learning facilities.
#ForEveryChild, Inclusion

[UNICEF Nigeria @UNICEF_Nigeria]

It’s #WorldHumanitarianDay!

From Bama to Gashua, join us as we continue to #ACTForHumanity in northeast #Nigeria!

#ForEveryChild

[UNICEF Nigeria @UNICEF_Nigeria]

19 August marks #WorldHumanitarianDay.

Despite international laws in place to protect them, humanitarian workers continue to be attacked.

Join us in demanding protection for them and their life-saving work for children. #ActForHumanity

[UNICEF Nigeria @UNICEF_Nigeria]

Nutritious meals right when you need them!

Like Falmata, many women in northeast Nigeria are turning the tide on malnutrition after receiving training on homestead gardening and seed support provided together with @FCDOGovUK. #MINA

[UNICEF Nigeria @UNICEF_Nigeria]

Together with @nemanigeria, we are building the capacity of @BornoSema, @sema_yobe, and @AdamawaSEMA to update and develop their risk analysis and contingency plans. This will help put measures in place to promptly manage hazards and disasters #ForEveryChild.

[UNICEF Nigeria @UNICEF_Nigeria]

One year after getting over 180,000 children affected by conflict in school and ensuring learning for them, we are launching a new education project funded by @GPforEducation along with @followADSG, @BornoGovt, and Yobe State.
This time, let's get 1.5 million children in school!

[UNICEF Nigeria @UNICEF_Nigeria]

#ForEveryChild , a voice!
From Bama to Konduga, UNICEF Nigeria Deputy Representative @DrRownakKhan was in northeast #Nigeria this week engaging with children and advocating for more investments in their wellbeing.

[UNICEF Nigeria @UNICEF_Nigeria]

We welcomed @Sida delegation to the UNICEF Maiduguri Field Office where they met with partners and visited multi-program projects supported by Sida in Pulka and Banki. Thankful for @Sida's trust and longstanding support towards #humanitarian assistance in #northeast Nigeria.