DEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS,

Wishing you all a HAPPY NEW MONTH filled with inner peace, grace, prosperity and many more seasons filled with self fulfillment and success stories
As we approach the 2nd half of the year and embrace the blessings that unfold when we stay focused, this is to remind you that ALL GOOD THINGS IN LIFE ARE POSSIBLE

+Breaking News/Event Update ++
Head of Nigerian permanent Delegate to UNESCO backs Diaspora Global Development Conference: Her Excellency Ambassador (Mrs.) M.Y. KATAGUM, Nigerian Ambassador and permanent Delegate to UNESCO, Paris, France backs Diaspora Global Development Conference, London, UK 26-28 July, 2018. We look forward to Her Excellency engagement with Nigerian Global Diaspora community in a constructive and interactive session on the role of the Diaspora in promoting Global Educational, Scientific and Cultural exchange.

The African Languages Project (The AFLANG Project) released the Oromo language learning app on Google Play Store. The Oromo people make up the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia and the wider Horn of Africa. Emphasising fun and engaging learning, the Learn Oromo app contains 1000+ words/phrases for various occasions, a variety of games, information/history on the language, culture and people, a word of the day feature, and more. To check out, download and rate the app, visit: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.beetlestech.ng.learnoromo. To learn more about The AFLANG Project, visit www.theaflangproject.com. To support our mission or collaborate with us, please contact info@theaflangproject.com. Thank you

+++ Good News+++
The European arm of Igbo apex socio-cultural Organisation “Igbo World Union Europe“ backs the Nigeria Diaspora Global Development Conference, London, UK 2018. Onyendu Amb. C.O.Onyeike (Leader of Igbo World Union Europe ) uses this opportunity to congratulate all NIDOE members for the pivotal role that each of them has played in the success of the Organisation.
In his words, “Members have developed trusting and open relationships based on mutual respect and common interests to all organizations. I truly believe that these approaches are key reasons for NIDOE’s dynamism and success. I wish NIDOE and its members a productive conference and look forward to working closely with them at the conference and beyond to achieve our shared goal of domestic prosperity and global peace.”
Onyendu. Amb. C.O.Onyeike (Igbo World Union Europe Leader

The African Languages Project (The AFLANG Project) released the Ndebele language learning app on Google Play Store. The Northern Ndebele people mainly occupy the Matebeleland region of Zimbabwe while their counterpart, the Southern Ndebele occupy parts of South Africa. Emphasising fun and engaging learning, the Learn Ndebele app contains 1000+ words/phrases for various occasions, a variety of games, information/history on the language, culture and people, a word of the day feature, and more. To check out, download and rate the app, visit: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.beetlestech.ng.learnndebele. To learn more about The AFLANG Project, visit www.theaflangproject.com. To support our mission or collaborate with us, please contact info@theaflangproject.com

The African Languages Project (also known as The AFLANG Project) is an Edtech Start-up that aims to revive, preserve and promote African languages and cultures, including endangered languages, through collaborations with universities, public and private institutions, linguists and native speakers across the African continent. Through this, we hope to preserve the world’s cultural diversity and heritage, promote cultural awareness and mutual understanding, and ultimately, drive peace, stability and development in African and non-African communities. To learn more, visit: www.theaflangproject.com. To support our mission or collaborate with us, please contact info@theaflangproject.com. Thank you.

With the rate of awareness going on, on “Female Genital Mutilation,” one may think that majority of the community members have taken actions To end Female Circumcision. But No! Many still are not fully convinced on why this practice should end today.

By knowing more about FGM/C, you can help save a girl from becoming a victim.

Female Circumcision has no positive benefits to the female folks. And it is against the Child’s law and Person Prohibition Act.

OUR IDENTITY

We do not plant hatred on our neighbour’s land
Neither do we sit and watch things go out of hand.
We hate to love what is bad 
And that’s the spirit of Africa.

PARIS — The 4-year-old boy seemed to be suspended from a balcony. An adult standing on a nearby balcony seemed powerless to help. Disaster seemed the only possible outcome.

Then, to the nimble rescue on the streets of Paris on Saturday evening, came a young man whom some French people have started to call the Spider-Man of the 18th, referring to the arrondissement of Paris where the episode unfolded.

With a combination of grit, agility and muscle, the man hauled himself hand over hand from one balcony to another, springing from one parapet to grasp the next one up. A crowd that had gathered before he began his daring exploit urged him ever upward, according to onlookers’ video that was shared widely on social media.

Finally, after scaling four balconies, the man reached the child and pulled him to safety. And suddenly, an act of individual courage and resourcefulness began to play into Europe’s fraught and polarized debate about outsiders, immigrants and refugees.

The man, identified as Mamoudou Gassama, 22, is a migrant from Mali, a troubled former French colony in northwest Africa, who journeyed through Burkina Faso, Niger and Libya before making the dangerous Mediterranean Sea crossing to Italy and arriving in France in September, without documentation.

On Monday, after his heroic rescue of the boy, he met with President Emmanuel Macron. Now, he will get the requisite documentation to live legally in France.

SOURCE- NEW YORK TIMES