The Rural People

Now that the Sustainable Development Goals have been signed and sealed, it is time for the private sector to deliver. For many businesses it is a difficult task, in large part because the objectives may seem abstract. Supporting a goal to end poverty in all its forms everywhere or to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls can come off more as moral aspirations than measurable deliverables.  

The United Nations marks the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on 17th of October every year. Ending Poverty and Hunger especially in the rural areas sounds impossible yet attempt-able. Let us attempt with our little efforts/programs/activities and see if miracles do happen because I believe it does.  Join us as we reach out to the poor and hungry rural dwellers within our communities and make an attempt in making their lives better.  Send an email to theruralpeople@gmail.com for contacts and enquiries.

The Rural People made history happen to the children in Gwara in Khana Local Government Rivers State, Nigeria.  These children are orphans as a result of communal crises, epidemics and other reasons that may have been the cause of loosing their parents.  We kept searching for them from one community to another until we realized that they were so much for our budget to carry. 

Skip to main navigation Skip to content “If I don’t help these children, who will?” WATCH: A midwife delivers babies after Boko Haram threats By Geoffrey Njoku 17 September 2015: A sharp increase in attacks by the armed group commonly known as Boko Haram has uprooted 500,000 children over the past five months, bringing the total number of children on the run in northeast Nigeria and neighbouring countries to 1.4 million, according to UNICEF. In a camp in north-eastern Nigeria for people displaced by violence, a teacher’s dedication helps children learn and to overcome the trauma they have experienced. MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, 17 September 2015 – The Dalori camp, just outside the north-east Nigerian city of Maiduguri, is teeming with an estimated 15,000 people who have been

10 Things You Didn’t Know About the Sustainable Development Goals 1. The Global Goals are the world’s ultimate to-do list for the next 15 years. The Global Goals are  17 goals  to make this planet a better place by 2030. This means ending extreme poverty, fighting inequality and tackling climate change - sounds good, doesn’t it? 2. The Global Goals are the people’s goals.  The Global Goals were not compiled behind closed doors by a group of secret masterminds. They have been developed by all the 193 UN Member States, NGOs and people like you, all working together. 3. The Global Goals are – surprise – global.

HOW CAN WE CALL OURSELVES CIVILISED WHILE WOMEN ARE VICTIMS OF BARBARITY? The abhorrent sexual violence waged by groups such as Isis and Boko Haram must be countered by governments and at local levels  abhorrent sexual violence waged by groups such as Isis and Boko Haram must be countered by governments and at local levels   Women displaced as a result of Boko Haram attacks at a camp for internally displaced people in Yola, Adamawa State. Photograph: Afolabi Sotunde/REUTERS John Kerry   and Philip Hammond Sunday 30 August 201500.14 BSTLast modified on Monday 31 August 201508.15 BST In Syria and Iraq, Isis terrorists have turned kidnapping and the sale of women and girls into recruitment and fundraising tools. Thousands of women have been enslaved and raped. In Somalia and  Nigeria , terrorists have abducted scores of young women to force them into sham “marriages” characterised by degradation and abuse.

Africa, midway through its "Glorious Thirty" 17 Aug 2015   by   Abdoulaye Mar Dieye, Assistant Administrator and Director, Regional Bureau for Africa 2 Africa's economic prospects are bright, but the continent loses about 4 percent of its GDP each year due to the exclusion of women from business and politics. Photo: Aziza Bangwene/UNDP in DRC Sub-Saharan Africa is the only place in the world where living standards stagnated and even declined throughout the 1980s and 1990s. But things are now very different. Africa’s prospects began to change radically in the late 1990s, and its growth rate has remained close to five percent per year ever since. Africa has made concomitant gains in the social sphere. It has made