DRASA Youth Ambassador Fathia Motunrayo Alade is 17 years old. She has been part of the DRASA Health and Hygiene Club in her school since 2017 and we wanted to share her story. Check out her interview below. Who is Fathia? I am a young girl who enjoys reading and watching movies. My favorite…
Humans of DRASA: Funmilayo Thomas
Meet Funmilayo Thomas. One of DRASA’s Youth Trainers. As the eldest child, I had a very strict upbringing. I wasn’t allowed to make mistakes because according to my parents, I’d be leaving a bad example for my siblings to follow. I wasn’t allowed to have friends because they would negatively influence me. Boy…I wasn’t even…
Humans of DRASA: Temitope Alao-Sanni
Meet Temitope Alao-Sanni. One of DRASA’s Youth Trainers. My older sister is part of the reason I’m where I am today. As a young adult, I knew I didn’t want to study medicine, nursing, biochemistry, veterinary medicine, blah blah blah. All those complicated university courses just didn’t appeal to me. But I knew I wanted…
Humans of DRASA: Funmi Issa
Meet Funmi Issa. One of DRASA’s Youth Trainers. I always say that humanity is my race and humanitarian service is my watchword. My passion for humanitarian services started from childhood. I was raised by a widow who lost her husband at an early stage, when my siblings and I were very young. Most of the…
Humans of DRASA: Abiola Ayoola
Meet Abiola Ayoola. One of DRASA’s Youth Trainers. It all started with a visit to my father’s boss. I had used the toilet and couldn’t find a bucket to flush. As I stood there confused, his youngest daughter walked in on me and simply used the toilet handle to flush. I started dreaming in that…