Family Planning: Empowering people, Developing Nations

I was opportune to participate in the 2017 World Population Day in a village called Dan Daura in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria. It was a great opportunity to be part of the commemoration where family planning outreach services were carried out. I had the privilege of attending because my NYSC Place of Primary Assignment (PPA) is Planning and Budget Commission, Kaduna State.

Kaduna State Government in collaboration with United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA) and other NGO’s sponsored some community level activities to celebrate the WPA.

Nigeria, the Northern region to be precise do not entertain anything family planning related due to ignorance and religious beliefs of some of my people. Whenever couples here the term “family planning” they freak out because their believes was that the western world wants to stop them from giving birth at all cost. Both National and International NGO’s in the health related sector have been working hard to enlighten and create awareness on the importance of family planning.

I was shocked when I saw a large group of women waiting for us at the venue, the primary health care center of the community. I tried to interact with some of the women to find out why they are here and if they have their partners approval. To my surprise, most of them responded by saying they lacked adequate knowledge on how it works and they can’t take risk to explore this kind of life altering decision.

What I learned was that the mediums where these kind of information, like Family Planning are being publicized doesn’t reach to their huts. Whenever you want to pass information to certain group of people, choosing the right medium will go along way to help.

I took some pictures(using my smartphone) of the participants with their consent because I need it as a means of verification for the particular activity and for my report writing.

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