NYSC CDS (All Pics/Videos): Lagos Malls (2) as OCI Foundation Volunteer Corps Members (2023 B1 an B2) Promote Anti-Cancer Messages (20/4/24; Lagos, Nigeria)

On Saturday, April 20, 2024 (for the second time in just 4 weeks), scores of OCI Foundation Volunteer Corps Members (VCMs) with the 2023 Batch B Stream 1 and 2 Cohorts who are currently serving with the NYSC in Lagos State undertook another outreach inspired by the OCI Foundation’s Arm Our Youths Anti-Cancer Campaign project.

The VCMs engaged thousands of Nigerians at this event, which was delivered as part of their Community Development Service (CDS) program inspired by the OCI Foundation’s Arm Our Youths (ArOY) Anti-Cancer Health Initiative. The current outing covered multiple shopping malls in the Somolu, Ojo, Island, and Ikeja areas of Lagos. They delivered messages on breast and cervical cancer sensitization/awareness campaigns

This is the second of these outings by these same VCMs in Lagos. On March 21, 2024, they also help outings in the Aguda and Census Markets at Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria. Details of that event can be found HERE.

The ArOY Health Campaign is an OCI Foundation initiative partly delivered in partnership with the NYSC (another part targets youths in all Nigerian senior secondary schools). The then-Nigerian First Lady, Her Excellency Dr Aisha Buhari, flagged off the NYSC-OCI Foundation partnership event in a colourful and star-studded ceremony that was held on February 3, 2022, in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory.

The Nigerian Cancer Society (NCS), the Nigerian First Ladies Against Cancer (FLAC), and the Sweet Home Africa Humanitarian Foundation (AHAHF), alongside other groups, are all partnering with the OCI Foundation on the delivery of this Nigerian national project.

The OCI Foundation is an international NGO that promotes Health, Education, and Social/Public Welfare activities among Nigerians.

The Foundation looks forward to supporting more VCMs at individual or group levels in all of Nigeria’s 36 states and the FCT in the delivery of the ArOY Health Campaign to their various communities. Any VCM that has ever identified with the OCI Foundation since February 2022, irrespective of the cohort (year and batch of deployment) with the NYSC, can participate, even if such a person is no longer in active NYSC service.

In early 2023, the OCI Foundation introduced the “Personal CDS Challenge” to incentivize VCMs who embark on their CDS activities with the ArOY Campaign Project. To participate in the CDS Challenge and have a chance at thousands in cash giveaways, click here: https://ocifoundation.org/full-details-on-the-personal-cds-challenge-pcc-for-oci-foundations-volunteer-corps-members-vcms-june-2023/.