The Climb Podcast
A podcast telling extraordinary stories of youths across Africa and African youths in the diaspora. The Climb Podcast is a podcast collaboration between the Channels Media Group and the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa in the London School of Economics and Political Science.
The Climb Podcast
Ayomide's Story
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ChannelsEar
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Season 1
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Episode 17
Since the age of 13, Ayomide Akran has been teaching young girls about menstrual hygiene while also advocating for improved access to affordable sanitary pads for underserved girls and young women across Nigeria. Her foundation, the Pink Diva Organization is dedicated to tackling the issue of menstrual poverty, a troubling phenomenon affecting over 500 million women across the world, with 30 million in Nigeria alone. So how does a 13 year old secondary school student establish and run a charity tackling such an important global issue? Listen to Ayomide's Story on the climb podcast.
Episode Host: Jewel Atedou Bright
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