#SAVEYOMADEBALOGUN #SAVEMYFRIEND #SAVEAPROMISINGNIGERIANYOUTH

I am using the medium to launch a campaign to save a friend, a sister and amazing young lady with a promising future, Yomade Balogun Yewande.  In 2010, we met during my service year in Yobe State at the orientation camp. During this period, we had opportunity of interacting one on one as great friend. Yomade is an intelligent, brave, beautiful, and amiable person. She is vocal, dramatic and a great leader also. She featured in my contemporary poetry performance titled 'ADESEWA' during one of the social night held for the corpers at the orientation camp. Although i never had the opportunity of seeing her again after our departure from the orientation camp and we lost contact also. Not until recently when i heard about, on the social media that she was diagnosed of chronic kidney renal failure. 

  

  Perhaps you might have read about 26 year old Yomade and her battle with renal failure. Only 3 weeks ago, and seemingly at her wits end, Yomade, her sisters and her friends decided to launch a massive social media campaign to raise funds for a kidney transplant to save her life. The response from several Nigerians, mostly strangers, has been quite overwhelming – over 60% of the needed funds have been realized through financial supports friends, family and well wishers. 

Yomade Balogun Yewande is a graduate of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Obafemi Awolowo Univeristy, Ile-Ife, 2009/2010. She have been raised by her mum since 1992 alongside her other 2 sisters ever since the demise of her father who died in a ghastly motor accident in 1992.

  She is presently undergoing dialysis at Gbagada General Hospital and Clinix health care , under the supervision of Dr Busari with hospital no 210770.

Yomade needs about 8.5million naira to complete a kidney transplant and is seeking your assistance to make her battle a winning one. Please direct all financial support to the accounts listed below:

Account name: Balogun Yomade Yewande

GTB: 0130520176

DIAMOND BANK: 0051136447

ZENITH: 2084974783.

#SAVEYOMADE #SAVEALIFE #SAVEABRIGHTFUTURE #YOMADESHALLLIVE #SAVEMYFRIEND #YOMADENEEDSYOUANDITOSURVIVE

DISPLAY OF WORKS OF PARTICIPANTS AT ARTIVATE 2014

This is a display of works done by the participants at ARTIVATE SUMMER ART SCHOOL, a 7-day intensive art workshop held at the Silverbird Galleria. These are selected few works done out of over 60 creative expressions produced within 6 days by the children age 2-12. This include mixed media, print making, painting, ink blot and collage. The works reflects themes such as beauty, entertainment, culture, family, patriotism, and nature among many others to mention but a few.

Activity by Genesis, 6 years old

                                                 Africa on my mind by Oyinkansola, 12 years

                                                 Be inpired by Gare Emore,  7 years old

                                              Butterly (Abstract) by Nelly Erubasa, 6 years old

                               Beauty in the eye, a mixed media by Ayomikun Omoyiola, 11 years old

                                                  Colour Intoxication by Gare Emore, 7 years

                                                   Family by Oyinkansola Adesewa, 12 years old

Kunle Adewale, the Creative Director Tender Arts Nigeria with One of the participants Sarah, her mum and sister

                                       Flower Vase by Nelly Erubasa,  6 years old, Favric collage

                                           Fulani Damsel by Ayomikun Omoyiola, 11 years

                                 Kunle Adewale, Creative Director, Tender Arts Nigeria

                                                Here We Are by Olorunninmbe, 2 years old

                                                   I'm Handsome by Gare Emore, 7 years old

                                               My Guitar by Nelly Erubasa, 6 years old

                                                Kunle Adewale with TEAM ARTIVATE 2014

                                               King of Birds by Ayoolu Omoyiola, 10 years old

                                                  Maracas by Ayoolu Omoyiola, 10 years old

My Street by Genesis, 6 years old

                                                  Neighborhood by Ruona Emore, 11 years old

One of the participants, Ayomikun Omoyiola, 11 years old Nigeria's Youngest Peace Ambassador diplays her work (2)

                                      Nigeria in my eyes by Oyinkansola Adesewa, 12 years

                                                     Nelly Erubasa at work, 6 years old

                                                 Prayer for Nigeria by Ayomkun Omoyiola

                                               The Fluitist by Nelly Erubasa, 6 years old

                                           The stylist by Ayomikun Omoyiola, 11 years old

                                         Trapped, a paing by Olorunnimbe,  2 years old

                                                   Meeting point by Kunle Adewale, a demonstrative work

                                      Time,  painting by Godspower Erubasa, 4 years

                                                         Xylophone by Gare Emore, 7 years

Three of the  participants L-R, Oyinkansola Adesewa, 12  years, Nelly Erubasa 6 yrs old Winner of Gods Children Got Talent 2014, and Ayomikun Omoyiola,11 years old Nigeria's Youngest Peace Ambassador