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Report for Project RECH2.0 Day 5

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Today, being the last day of the RECH2.0, featured heart to heart talk with women. The program started by 10am with a good number of women from Oyan Community.  Miss Omolola Pedro gave a sound teaching on the role of parents, especially mothers, in curbing Rape and Sexual Harassment in our society. She went on to stress the importance of sound mother to children relationship.  On the other hand, delegates were sent to Asi-Asaba community to follow up on the kid who has told her rape story on Day4  of RECH2.0.  Miss Adisa Tawakat and Miss Abraham Mary Omowumi(Ewatee) took their time to give adequate counselling to the kid and as well decide to visit her every Sunday to check up on her. With this, volunteers return to the base feeling fulfilled and set to leave for their various destination the next day. It was such a great 5-day program, filled with fun and stress, but also productive, as we were able to reach out to the kids with Adequate Sex Education and as well inform them about the...
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Report of Project RECH day 4

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School Outreach  Volunteers woke as early today to set out for another stressful, fun-filled and impactful experience. By 7:30am, volunteers were already at work set to accomplish the mission - REACHING OUT TO EVERY CHILD! Due to the heavy load of duty for the day, Volunteers were divided into two to make the work effective. Some volunteers took to Asi-Asaba community while some stayed at Oyan.  The Asi-Asaba team led by Miss Omolola Pedro attended to Asi-Asaba Community Grammar School; where she gave quality talk on Rape and Sexual Harassment. At the school, several rape cases were mentioned by the audience; and in particular was that of a young female of 12years old who spoke up about her 3times rape experience by a family brother of 15years old, and how her parents have only beaten the boy and cover him up on the claim that they are related. VARSH agreed to follow up the case by giving adequate counseling to the girl and as well, giving her a platform to express her mind and get bac...
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Report of Project RECH day 3

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SCHOOL OUTREACH AND MARKET SENSITIZATION. There was a great joy in the atmosphere of St Peters African Elementary School, Oyan after the marvelous and groundbreaking seminar we had with them, questions were addressed and well answered using real-life cases as reference.  They were all educated on how our society has been filled with societal vices and how to be conscious of all the vices, We made them aware of how preventive they can be and also not to fall into the pit of culprits. The seminar was followed by an interactive session in which we met with the pubertal girls and they were lectured on how to react to the signs that follow puberty, pupils were lectured on the common strategy used by most rapist to lure them in. They were all given sanitary pads as  symbolization and necessities to be taken care of at puberty stage. We proceeded to the Oyan market where we were able to command audience and sensitize market women, passers-by,  children, youths and adults on the hazard behind ...
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Report of Project RECH day 2

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SCHOOL OUTREACH  Reach Every Child Today, being the second day of the second edition of RECH, as planned, we reached out to the pupils of Power of Light Jehovah Nursery and Primary School, Oyan  and St. Andrew School, Asaba.    Having been welcomed by the king, the headmistresses and teachers of Power of Light Jehovah Nursery and Primary School Oyan and St. Andrew School, Asaba  welcomed us and granted us access to the pupils. The pupils, showing their ethusiast to learning paid attention  and listened to us, and we also learned from them. The pupils were educated on preventive measures from Rape and sexual harassment together with steps to take if they are being victimized. Also, a correct and ideal sexual education was given to the children and teachings on Societal valves. We believe that, we are raising children that would be concious of their sexual circle and won't in any away get wrong information elsewhere. Together,we can reach every child and empower them with an adequate...
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Report of Project RECH day 1

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PALACE VISITATION  *Report ON Project RECH -#Day1* *Palace Visitation* We visited the Oloyan of Oyan land so as to fulfil the traditional rite in regards to official greetings and our arrival awareness. He gladly welcomed us and showed solidarity. Also, we visited the Alasi of Asi land and we had an educative session with him on ways to prevent Child sexual abuse. He welcomed us and appreciated us for touching lives around. The palace visitation gave us a good platform to discuss with the traditional rulers ways to prevent Sexual violence in our society today. At VARSH, we believe in collective Responsibilities to reduce if not eradicate sexual violence and teenage pregnancy in our Society. #Day1 #ProjectRECH #VARSH
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RECH 2.0 GALLERY

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DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5
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20-Year-Old Girl Raped And Murdered In Illorin

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JUST IN 20 YEAR OLD GIRL RAPED IN ILORIN 20-Year-Old Girl Raped And Killed In Illorin 20-year-old lady identified as Abdulrahman Safau Omowumi has been reported raped and matcheted to death at Gerewu area of Ilorin metropolis. The deceased was, until her death a student of Bathelomew College of Health Technology, Shao in Moro local government area of Kwara State. The deceased, until her death was doing her internship at Abebi Hospital Gerewu, and temporarily lived with her uncle at Gerewu due to proximity to her place of attachment. She left home on Saturday 27th of June around 4pm and she did not return home till Sunday morning. The family reported to the police. The police later found her corpse beside a river at Oko-oba in Gerewu village on Sunday morning, with matchet cuts on her head , and bruises in her virginal, she was suspected to have been raped. Her corpse was deposited at the Ilorin General Hospital morgue From the noise maker wall
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