Big Brother Naija finalist Bisola Aiyeola is on the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly in New York as ONE UNITED Ambassador.
Bisola, who won the task of performing ONE Back to School presentations at home, shared videos and photos on her Instagram with details of her experience.
Star / actress / star musician attended a meeting with the Organization of African First Women, discussing the exploitation of the potential of young people, together with health care and improving girls' education in Africa. There he met the first ladies of Ghana and Gambia. She also attended the Global Gossip Award organized by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, where she met Nollywood actress Stephanie Okereke Linus and pop star Will.i.am. The dinner award was held on Tuesday evening at Gotham Hall in partnership with UNICEF and hosted former Environment Minister Amina Mohammed, together with Melinda Gates, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations. Awarding awards honors activists and groups that have positively impacted people's lives and inspired others to accelerate change.
Bisola discussed issues affecting girls’ education in Nigeria. She said:
The event was held to celebrate progress toward the elimination of diseases and poverty around the world, and inspire a new generation of advocates.
Other participants of the events included: founder of MuslimGirl.com, Amani Al-Khatahtbeh; actor & presenter Stephen Fry; CNN anchor Isha Sesay; 2017 TED Prize winner Raj Panjabi; founder of Girls4Change Memory Banda; and screenwriter, producer and director Richard Curtis.
See photos below and videos:
Photo Credit: iambisola, ONEinAfrica
Star / actress / star musician attended a meeting with the Organization of African First Women, discussing the exploitation of the potential of young people, together with health care and improving girls' education in Africa. There he met the first ladies of Ghana and Gambia. She also attended the Global Gossip Award organized by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, where she met Nollywood actress Stephanie Okereke Linus and pop star Will.i.am. The dinner award was held on Tuesday evening at Gotham Hall in partnership with UNICEF and hosted former Environment Minister Amina Mohammed, together with Melinda Gates, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations. Awarding awards honors activists and groups that have positively impacted people's lives and inspired others to accelerate change.
Bisola discussed issues affecting girls’ education in Nigeria. She said:
If I didn’t have an education I likely wouldn’t have had the opportunity to be an ambassador for ONE or be at UN General Assembly.Bisola, on Wednesday, also attended the Goalkeepers event which was hosted by Bill Gates, and had in attendance former US president Barack Obama and education activist Malala Yousafzai.
Raising issues on girl child education online is important. You never know who’s watching and going to take action.
We are using social media to urge governments to put policies in place that will improve Nigerians’ lives.
You don’t have to wait for government. We all can make a difference by helping one girl at a time get education.
The event was held to celebrate progress toward the elimination of diseases and poverty around the world, and inspire a new generation of advocates.
Other participants of the events included: founder of MuslimGirl.com, Amani Al-Khatahtbeh; actor & presenter Stephen Fry; CNN anchor Isha Sesay; 2017 TED Prize winner Raj Panjabi; founder of Girls4Change Memory Banda; and screenwriter, producer and director Richard Curtis.
See photos below and videos:
Bisola and Stephanie Okereke Linus
will.i.am and Bisola
Melinda Gates
Amina Mohammed
Jaden smith and Naomi Campbell
Bisola Aiyeola
Photo Credit: iambisola, ONEinAfrica
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