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BOILED CORN AND ROASTED PEARS
It’s been raining like cats and dogs and well, I love when it rains at night because I get to sleep well….though it is a luxury of some sort since it rains mostly when its time to go to work or during the day….really annoying. But hey! I love the season because its food season….fruits,…
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NUTRITION REPORT ON PERIWINKLES
In Nigeria we call this nutritious edible creature ‘Periwinkle’ or ‘Isam’ and the scientific name is ‘Littorina littorea’ I was watching a documentary on SPICE TV DSTV I97 and there was this cultural festival celebrated in Calabar; South Southern part of Nigeria with their cultural clothing inspired by the periwinkle. I love Periwinkle! it is…
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ADORABLE SIX MONTHS OLD BEATS MALNUTRITION
Amazing what the the Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) can do to a baby. This is the photo of Falmata, a six months old baby who was diagnosed with Severe Acute Malnutrition some months back and consequently, was treated and fed with RUTF at the IDP camp in Bama, Borno state. In the second…
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WHYTE’S SUNDAY BEST: MAKEOVER, GINGER SPICED JOLLOF RICE AND A BIBLE VERSE THAT TURNS ME ON
Hey Everyone, Woke up late Sunday morning. I didn’t think that I would oversleep but I did and I feel very shameful. I don’t usually over sleep but I did and I guess I was too tired….tired to the bones, muscles. I think I dreamt….very funny dream like that…I hope it is not malaria. Kids…
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WHYTE’S STYLE: BEANS AND CORN PORRIDGE
Hey Everyone, I love corn! And when it is corn season, my mind, my body and spirit are just TOGETHER. Lol. There are so many dishes to prepare with corn or to eat with corn and they just go well. Nothing is impossible with fresh corn, nothing. I got some fresh corn from a local…
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PHOTO SPEAK: POOR FEEDING PRACTICES
Yesterday, I stopped by the roadside to buy some fresh corn…you know corn is in season right? Anyway, I saw this lovely young woman I imagine she is a local (Gbagi) sitting on what looked like a stone beside her was her baby I think should be less than year. She was feeding her baby…
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World Population Day 2016: Investing in teenage girls
Teenage girls around the world face more and greater challenges than their male counterparts. In many countries, a girl who reaches puberty is deemed by her family and community as ready for marriage, pregnancy and childbirth. She may be married off and forced to leave school. She may suffer a debilitating condition from delivering a…
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JULY IS HERE! HAPPY NEW MONTH
Hey Everyone, A happy new month to you and yours. I sincerely hope you are doing great too. So we are halfway down 2016 and how has it been for you? Meeenn, it is not easyyyy. Living in a country like Nigeria is not easy but God dey. I look forward to visiting other countries…
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3 EASY WAYS I LET MY WORRIES DISAPPEAR
Hey Everyone, Life has been tough right? life aint easy at all. No electricity, Cost of living very high, school fees, no holidays, tough boss and nothing funny at all. I wonder how we are all doing…..how are you, really? Recently, I had cried my eyes out because things are not just…
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YAAYYY! LATEST IYCF COUNSELOR IN TOWN
Hey Everyone! I hate it when I have been away for so long and then I don’t know how to start off. I have been away for a while; working, working and working. I was in Nasarawa state and then proceeded to Uyo for the second time in less than a year for a training which to me…
