"They have been holding together this great nation through their ubiquitous trades as carpenters, bike riders, grinding machine operators, mechanics, vulcanisers, market men and women, hairdressers, tailors, photographers, welders.;"

"They are the unsung heroes and heroines of our tedious nation-building efforts"

"We can come together all over the country under this grassroots movement and engage with government on different levels."

"We have done a lot of work in the area of health, sexuality, and livelihood."

"Those we call grassroots civil society,organizations, mutual interest groups, artisan groups, over the years, since we started community Life Projects."

"We have been working with grassroots organizations."

"We found that there was a problem because governance was not really working for the poor, it was undermining some of the gains we had made with these groups, so we decided to launch a grassroots movement for civic engagement."

"The sector has been dominated by elite NGOs, so we launched this platform called Reclaim Naija through which these diverse grassroot groups, women’s networks, faith-based networks, and mutual interest groups, trade-based associations."

"It is good to always remember that everyone you meet is fighting a battle you might not know about. So whatever it is you are going through, keep your spine straight, be honest in all you do and don’t be lured into becoming somebody you are not."

"These groups who represent voices that are excluded from decision-making tables as far as civic engagements was concerned, that they find a place around the table."

"I joined with a group of women who felt that we needed to respond and to do something to protect"

"I cameto the realization that we couldn’t feminize the response to HIV/AIDS,"

"That was the period when we were talking about how to get women in development."

"I know what’s possible when just one person believes in you."

"I was already engaged along withother women in starting the first real feminist’s organization."

"We started a society for women and AIDS in Africa, along with health professionals and a few colleagues who were in WIN."

"We’ve had in this country,Women in Nigeria, WIN.2 I had been the national coordinator of WIN."

"Things like listening, respecting boundaries, speaking up when something’s wrong."

"At that time, it was not popular to engage men in the development world."

"The power dynamics within the families and community did not favor women, and I felt we needed to engage with men."

"The Mary Dinah foundation started in 2006 with the school feeding project. Before then, we were doing a job link in London, helping women and girls who were homeless and on drugs in East London. We were not registered at the time but it was something that had started."

"Beyond the Classroom has become a way of saying, “I see you. You matter. You’re not alone."

"We started with Anglican Girls Seminary School and Christ Church School on Broad Street. We did that for a few years and then the pandemic hit. We had to re-strategize when we realised that the Northeast had the greatest humanitarian crisis. People couldn’t get food into the villages because the roads were bad and the networks were affected by terrorist activities that has gone on for about 12 years."

"So, we partnered with a few international organizations, and donors and we were able to significantly increase our giving, which was 100,000 meals per year, to no less than 28 million meals over the last three years. At the moment, we are distributing about 16 million meals every year. My personal goal is to get to about a billion meals."

"Through the foundation, we connected over 10,000 youths to gainful employment and trained more than 3,000 students in Lagos on employability skills. What we have achieved is incredible and I’m so grateful for the opportunity to support my community."

"We run initiatives like the HER Safe Space Clubs, where girls learn about their rights, safety, and reproductive health right there in school."

"Our targets are primarily young people and women living alone especially those in undeveloped communities. In addition, Our mission is simple. We create, enrich the learning communities with the appropriate use of technology."

"How they talk to girls, how they show up as friends, classmates, brothers, and future husbands or leaders."

"This course was first introduced in 2016, on Teachable.com platform and over 250 parents trained."

"Over the years, more parents and care givers have taken the course and paid for. *For the first time in this training programme, other experts are joining us."

"I was just testing the market and it was free."

"This invisible Tsunami was totally ignored as a nation."

"The response across the nation was huge."

"Adults from all six Geo=political zones in Nigeria responded."

"No one was talking about abuse."

"The boot camp programme, It is about how to start and keep the sex with your children going."

"I did differently having two full pages per week."

"In the course of writing, I decided to do something else on women and children and I got a huge response from the adult population across the nation both on email and hard copy."

"I began to raise social issues and one of them was on Child Sexual Abuse."

"My Work At Media Concern Initiative Has exposed Me To Many Skills."

"Starting Media Concern Initiative (MediaCon) has nothing to do with my being a survivor."

"I was working with The Punch Newspaper and managing two pages focusing on woman."

"we built impactful technology, worked with some of the biggest brands across the continent, and helped pioneer open banking in Africa."

"“At Okra, we fundamentally believe that convenience trumps everything, and part of our mission is to constantly improve the experience consumers have with their favourite Bank & Fintech apps by enabling the builders.""

"I avoided doing the regular focus of most women’s section make-u, fashion, parenting for mothers (lol), cooking."

"A lot of adults, male and female were talking about how they were molested as children."

"Taking a second look at policies and practices that have hampered the equitable distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within these communities."

"The aim of highlighting the issues faced by women in extractive communities is to reroute the government and its fellow influencers."

"This is the social justice advocacy of the project."

"We liaised with respected people from these communities who briefed us ahead and helped us connect with the people."