Changemakers Cries Out To Boko Haram
About
a month ago, the world woke up to horrifying news. On the night of 14–15 April 2014,
approximately 276 female students were kidnapped from the
Government Secondary School in the town of Chibok in Borno State, Northeastern Nigeria.
The kidnappings were blamed on Boko Haram, an insurgent group. The girls were
about writing their WASSCE when they were taken. The response of the world
thereafter was even louder.
Solutions
For Life Initiative-Ghana, an NGO based in Kumasi-Ghana organized a camp for its Changemakers Ambassadors Girls Club on the
23rd, May -26th, May, 2014. On the final day of the camp, the girls were
given a lecture on the Chibok incident. In
solidarity with their friends in Nigeria, they appealed for their soon release.
With
their campaign inscription in their palms they cried out to Boko Haram and the
powers that be to “Bring Back our
friends, Bring Back our Sisters, please #BringBackOurGirls#
