Actress Nse Nkpe Etim birthday celebration

How many and how well do African celelbrities give back to their community ? Hope all do transparently

Actress Nse Nkpe Etim celebrated her birthday  on Friday November 9th at Deuces Lounge in Lagos.
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Nollywood movie stars at a movie premiere in Lagos

How many and how well do African celelbrities give back to their community ? Hope all do transparently

Nollywood movie stars; Desmond Elliot, Uche Jombo, Beverly Naya, Rukky Sanda, Susan Peters, Moyo Lawal & Chioma Chukwuka-Akpotha all attended the Premiere of the movie Uduak Isong Oguamanam’s “Okon Goes to School” in Yaba, Lagos.....More pictures after cut

Rita Dominic at her movie premiere

How many and how well do African celelbrities give back to their community ? Hope all do transparently

Rita Dominic looked stunning and classy at her movie premiere in Calabar, Nigeria

New pictures of Genevieve Nnaji

Genevieve Nnaji the sexiest Nollywood actress ever was seen having fun at a private party.

Linda Ikeji at the a fashion event

How many and how well do African celelbrities give back to their community ? Hope all do transparently

Linda the famous Nollywood blogger recently attended the Music Meets Runway wearing a green two slit dress from Sachin & Babi 2012 fall collection. The event took place last night at Eko Hotel. She is looks glamerous as ever.

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After escaping war in northern Mali families are still struggling to survive

Mali's Internal Displaced People (IDP) struggle to survive even after escaping fighting in northern Mali; help is limited as donors are reluctant to allocate funds ....here is the painful description of the struggles Hidjaba and her family have go through on the daily basis. Helene Caux describes the audile;

Man in the middle hosting 18 IDPs in Bamako. Copyr: H. Caux

According to Helene Caux, Senior Regional Public Information Officer for West Africa in UNHCR, Hidjaba is struggling to take care of her family – like nearly 200,000 other Malians who have fled the north of their country to escape the fighting that erupted between various armed groups and government forces last January.

Monalisa Chinda's is setting Lagos on theatrical stuns

In 2012, the atress founded the Arise Monalisa Foundation (AMF) which is an Africa-based not-for-profit institution dedicated to promoting excellence in the creative industry across Africa. It is committed to identifying, and developing creative talents in Africa by creating worldclass training opportunities for young people in the creative industry. According to the actress Monalisa Chinda, the Foundation identifies and addresses challenges within the creative industry in Africa.

It came as no suprise when the beauty and talented Monalisa decided to exercise her creativity outside the usual, by taking it to theatre stage this December.

Kids are kept in school by Common Humanitarian Fund

The sudden entry of children was overwhelming in schools around the border area when thousands of Sudanese families returned to White Nile State in Sudan from South Sudan in 2011, right after the two countries separated. The children from some of the most vulnerable areas were kept in class with the help of  the Sudan Common Humanitarian Fund (CHF);  managed by the OCHA. 

Many of these returing families are people forced by constant insecurity to settle in areas difficult to gain access to and where basic services, particularly education, are limited. More than 50,000 people, including about 20,000 children, have so far settled in White Nile State.

TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Altruism and its benfits

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Cultivating love for others within oneself is one of the concept of true ethics. Indeed, altruism is one of the core pillars of many's spiritual practises.

Coming to people's help with generosity and benevolence, this is a simple act that often occurs through  lending an attentive ear, paying a sincere compliment, making a friendly gesture or any other sign of support. So how is being altruistic beneficial to you ?