NEW YORK CITY- APRIL 14, 2015 “I’ve always been a firm believer that evil persists in our world not when, but BECAUSE good people do nothing.” ~R. Evon Idahosa To commemorate the one year anniversary of the abduction of 276 school girls from their school in Chibok, Borno State, Nigeria, Pathfinders (in collaboration with several […]
#TakeMeOffMute™Port Harcourt
MARCH 6, 2015- PORT HARCOURT, NIGERIA. CAN YOU HEAR US NOW? Yes, indeed! We were heard in Port Harcourt and it was yet another fulfilling trip to Nigeria to promote Pathfinders’ #TakeMeOffMute™ Campaign which targets the empowerment of the mind, body and spirit of the girl child. Over 700+ male and female attendees learned emotional, […]
Convertible Justice
Convertible Justice: the Inequitable Currency of Human Life. As we approach the one-year anniversary of the abduction of 276 girls from a Nigerian school and the three-month anniversary of the slaughter of 2000 lives in Baga, how can we explain the lack of international response to the expansion of Boko Haram? As a British born […]
Anti-Sex Trafficking Workshop
EDO STATE, NIGERIA- on December 28, 2014, Pathfinders conducted an anti-sex trafficking workshop in Edo State, the Nigerian State from which the most women are trafficked to Europe. Edo State is also the State with the largest group of women in prostitution from Sub-Saharan Africa and a State in which one in every three young […]
Hearts of Hope
Our Hearts of Hope Project, in collaboration with CGMI Global, brought hope and joy to the hearts of hundreds of internally displayed children in various IDP Camps in Yola, Adamawa State (Nigeria) over the Christmas holidays. Each “Heart” was comprised of much needed care items and a personalized message of hope from a child in […]
Pathfinders’ Founder Named a New York Abolitionist!
Pathfinders congratulates our founder, R. Evon Idahosa, who is being featured as one of New York’s New Abolitionists (www.nynewabolitionists.com), a campaign which highlights the faces of New Yorkers committed to abolishing human trafficking and other forms of violence domestically and around the world. Visit www.nynewabolitionists.com to view the photography exhibit that celebrates New York’s new abolitionists and highlights her […]
Big Ben Children’s Hospital Partnership
October 2014- Nigeria. Pathfinders has partnered with Big Ben Children’s Hospital, an annex of Faith Mediplex (with multiple locations in Nigeria), to offer premiere medical care to female survivors of rape and child sex abuse. The hospital, which is one of the leading in Nigeria, will serve as a rape crisis center, offering top of […]
#TakeMeOffMute™Empowerment Pledge
Take Me Off Mute™ Self Empowerment Pledge Today, I take myself off mute and pledge to amplify my voice. I will do what I am afraid to do so that I can be all that I am meant to be. I am fearfully and wonderfully made and I bear the image of God. I am beautiful. […]
Child Sex Abuse Training in Ekae, Nigeria
Ekae, Nigeria- October 21, 2014. On October 21, 2014, Pathfinders conducted a child sex abuse training in Ekae, a rural town just outside Benin City, Nigeria. Between ages 5 and 13, these were some of the youngest children that we have ever spoken to on the subject. However, far too many of them were already […]
#TakeMeOffMute™Campaign Launch!
OCTOBER 22, 2014-Benin City, Nigeria. On October 22, 2014, PathFinders launched its #TakeMeOffMute™ (Anti-Child Sex Abuse) Total Self Defense Campaign in partnership with Benson Idahosa University with over 1,500 high school and university students in attendance. Like aggravating televisions from which we want the reprieve of silence, patriarchal society has placed young women and girls […]