Join us for the Lydia Wilson Foundation’s 4th Annual Football Tournament on July 5th, 2025, in Lagos, Nigeria! ⚽ This exciting event brings together football enthusiasts, families, and philanthropists to support a great cause. Your support will help empower less privileged children in Africa through our charity initiatives. Let’s kick off a brighter future together!…
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May
May
On May 4th, 2025, the Lydia Wilson Foundation proudly championed a remarkable initiative led by one of our own, Wilson Balogun. As he took on the Baku Half Marathon in Azerbaijan, his footsteps echoed far beyond the racecourse. This was not a competition against the clock—it was a global appeal to raise £2,500 for the…
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From the starting line to 21km, every step was powered by purpose — to support the mission of Lydia Wilson Foundation Charity. 🎖 I crossed the finish line with your love, prayers, and donations.But this is just the beginning. 💛 Let’s keep the mission alive — to uplift orphans, empower widows(ers), and support the elderly.👉…
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On May 4th, 2025, I will be running 21km in the Baku Half Marathon — not just for the finish line, but to raise £2,500 for the Lydia Wilson Foundation’s mission to help support the vulnerable in our society. 💛 Every step I take is for someone who needs support. 👉 To support my cause,…
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Feb
US president Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the World Health Organization is threatening funding for critical health programmes like HIV/Aids and tuberculosis in different parts of the world, including Nigeria. The Conversation Africa’s Adejuwon Soyinka asked professor of virology and former WHO Africa regional virologist Oyewale Tomori why Nigeria is heavily dependent…
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Feb
Feb
Trump last week ordered a suspension of foreign assistance, while his billionaire ally Elon Musk has boasted he is putting the vast US humanitarian agency USAID “through the woodchipper”. That has included a 90-day suspension of all work by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which alone supports more than 20 million HIV…
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‘People will die’: Chaos and mounting fear in Uganda as USAID cuts lead to ‘total panic’ and HIV clinic closures
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Feb
Feb
In what will be seen as a signature act of the new Trump administration, the president and his team have denounced and dismembered the US government’s international assistance arm, USAID, in a matter of three weeks. It is a decision that will have serious, real-world consequences – and the impact is already being felt in…
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Healthcare in Africa on brink of crisis as US exits WHO and USAid freezes funds: health scholar explains why
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Feb
Feb
US president Donald Trump has taken a series of decisions that have delivered body blows to the global management of health. He has announced that the US will leave the World Health Organization. And a 90-day freeze has been placed on money distributed by the US Agency for International Development (USAid) pending a review by…
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Feb
President Trump and Elon Musk’s attempt to gut the decades-old USAID agency is likely to end millions of dollars in U.S. funding earmarked for women’s economic empowerment across the globe, including programs championed during Mr. Trump’s first term by his daughter Ivanka. While Mr. Trump’s bid to put virtually all of the agency’s workers on…