Showing posts with label pandemic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pandemic. Show all posts

Friday, July 9, 2021

Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund Appoints Dr Fejiro Chinye-Nwoko as General Manager

Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund Appoints Dr. Fejiro Chinye-Nwoko as General Manager

The Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund (NSSF) has announced the appointment of Dr Fejiro Chinye-Nwoko as General Manager. 

With the adverse impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Nigerians, the Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund aims to support vulnerable groups, strengthen Nigeria’s healthcare systems and reskill the Nigerian Youth for a post COVID-19 era. To this end, the NSSF has set its main priority for 2021 going forward: To get One Million Nigerians vaccinated against COVID-19.

Dr Chinye-Nwoko is a qualified medical doctor and an accomplished executive with over ten years of experience in program management. With a proven track record in designing and implementing multi-donor projects from inception to completion, she is ideally placed to oversee the focus on a vaccination program for Nigerians, driven by her passion for healthcare delivery.


After qualifying from the University of Port Harcourt in 2010, Dr Chinye-Nwoko spent the first part of her career as a medical doctor with the Lagos State Health Service Commission. She spent four years at the Health Strategy and Delivery Foundation where, amongst other initiatives, she led the development of policies and guidelines for the improvement of maternal and child health outcomes in Nigeria.

In 2019 she gained a Masters degree in Global Health Policy from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Through her consultancy work she has been at the forefront of innovations in telemedicine, and provided program management for EpiC, the USAID funded program which provides support to the Government of Nigeria to mitigate COVID-19 transmission, morbidity and mortality.

“We are delighted to welcome Dr Chinye-Nwoko to steer the NSSF towards its goal of vaccinating one million Nigerians,” says Tijani Babatunde Folawiyo, Chairman of Global Citizen Nigeria.

“Her wealth of knowledge and experience in healthcare equips her to navigate this huge task, which includes making sure that our citizens are well informed about the vaccine. We are excited to move the work of the fund forward with her involvement,” he says.

Dr Chinye-Nwoko says that she aims to contribute to the building of a resilient healthcare system in Nigeria, with a focus on removing the barriers to access quality healthcare. She says her first task will be the focus on vaccine equity and education.

“I would love to see NSSF bring together like-minded passionate Nigerians at home and in the diaspora, to help finance this new focus. We have identified the great need for our people to be protected against COVID-19 and to this end will be working to acquire vaccines and ensure that Nigerians have the benefit of knowledge about the vaccine. We will work towards creating an understanding of why it is necessary for as many of us as possible to be protected from the disease.”

The NSSF has raised over $ 2.4 million and is launching a new drive to encourage Nigerian philanthropists, HNIs, corporate organizations, the public sector and international businesses, to contribute to the pool. The fund for Nigerians by Nigerians aims to raise $ 50 million, and you can support this initiative by visiting     https://nigeriasolidarityfund.ng/donate/. All donations will support the health and economic crises caused by the pandemic.

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For more information please contact: 

Kirsti Lyall

kirsti@hitch.co.za / +27 83 450 6665

About NIGERIA SOLIDARITY SUPPORT FUND (NSSF)

The NSSF is a private-sector led institution born out of a partnership between the Global Citizen (GC) and the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) to complement efforts in combating the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic through fund raising to address three core COVID-19 response areas: supporting the most vulnerable, strengthening health care systems and re-skilling of Nigerian youth for The New Nigeria.

The Institution believes that everyone should have access to quality and affordable healthcare services when they need it, young Nigerians should be enabled with opportunities for self-empowerment and well-skilled for a post-COVID era and that the most vulnerable, disadvantaged and marginalized groups in Nigeria should not be left behind.

For more information, visit https://nigeriasolidarityfund.ng/

KIRSTI LYALL | HEAD OF PR

021 879 1150 | 083 450 6665 | HITCH.CO.ZA


 


 

Saturday, June 5, 2021

Official Selection of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival



Official Selection of 2021 Cannes Film Festival

The 74th annual  Cannes Film Festival will take place from July 6-17, 2021 in France, celebrating the triumph of the human spirit over the unforeseen circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic and the unbreakable vision of the cinema. 

French director Leos Carax's long-awaited musical film Annette will serve as the opening film of the festival. The Official Selection is scheduled to be announced June 3, 2021. Americana actress and filmmaker Jodie Foster, will be awarded the Honorary Palme d'Or.

COMPETITION

“Ahed’s Knee” OR “Ha’berech,” Nadav Lapid (Israel) 
“Annette,” Leos Carax (France) — OPENING FILM
"Benedetta,” Paul Verihoeven (Netherlands) 
“Bergman Island,” Mia Hansen-Løve (France) 
“Casablanca Beats,” Nabil Ayouch (Morocco) 
“Compartment No. 6” OR “Hytti Nro 6,” Juho Kuosmanen (Finland) 
“Drive My Car,” Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (France) 
“Everything Went Fine” OR “Tout s’est bien passé,” Francois Ozon (France) “Flag Day,” Sean Penn (U.S.) 
“France,” Bruno Dumont (France)
 “The French Dispatch,” Wes Anderson (U.S.) 
“A Hero,” Asghar Farhadi (Iran) 
“La fracture,” Catherine Corsini (France) 
“Lingui,” Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Chad) 
 “Memoria,” Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand) 
 “Nitram,” Justin Kurzel (Australia) “Paris, 13th District” OR “Les Olympiades,” Jacques Audiard (France) “Petrov’s Flu,” Kirill Serebrennikov (Russia) 
“Red Rocket,” Sean Baker (U.S.) 
 “The Restless” OR “Les Intranquilles,” Joachim Lafosse (Belgium) 
 “The Story of My Wife,” Ildikó Enyedi (Hungary) 
 “Three Floors” OR “Tre Piani,” Nanni Moretti (Italy) 
 “Titane,” Julia Ducournau (France) “The Worst Person in the World,” Joachim Trier (Norway) 

UN CERTAIN REGARD 

“After Yang,” Kogonada (U.S.) 
 “Blue Bayou,” Justin Chon (U.S.) “Bonne Mère,” Hafsia Herzi (France) “Commitment Hasan,” Hasan Semih Kaplanoglu (Turkey) 
“Freda,” Gessica Généus (Haiti) 
“Gaey Wa’r,” Na Jiazuo (China) 
"Great Freedom,” Sebastian Meise (Austria) 
“House Arrest” OR “Delo,” Alexey German Jr. (Russia) 
“The Innocents,” Eskil Vogt (Norway) “La Civil,” Teodora Ana Mihai (Romania-Belgium) 
“Lamb,” Valdimar Jóhansson (Iceland) “Let There Be Morning,” Eran Kolirin (Israel) 
“Moneyboys,“ C.B. Yi (Austria) “Noche de Fuego,” Tatiana Huezo (Mexico) 
“Rehana Maryam Noor,” Abdullah Mohammad Saad (Bangladesh) “Unclenching the Fists,” Kira Kovalenko (Russia) 
“Un Monde,” Laura Wandel (Belgium) “Women Do Cry,” Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova (Bulgaria) OUT OF COMPETITION “Aline, the Voice of Love,” Valerie Lemercier (France) “Bac Nord,” Cédric Jimenez (France) “Emergency Declaration,” Han Jae-Rim (S. Korea “Peaceful” OR “De son vivant,” Emmanuelle Bercot (France) “Stillwater,” Tom McCarthy (U.S.) 
"The Velvet Underground,” Todd Haynes (U.S.) 

MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS 

“Bloody Oranges,” Jean-Christophe Meurisse (France) 

SPECIAL SCREENINGS 

“Babi Yar. Context,” Sergei Loznitsa (Ukraine) 
“Black Notebooks,” Shlomi Elkabetz (Israel) 
“H6,” Yé Yé (France)
"Mariner of the Mountains” OR “O Marinheiro das Montanhas,” Karim Aïnouz (Brazil) 
“The Year of the Everlasting Storm,” Jafar Panahi (Iran), Anthony Chen (Singapore), Malik Vitthal (U.S.), Laura Poitras (U.S.), Dominga Sotomayor (Chile), David Lowery (U.S.) and Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand) 

CANNES PREMIERE

“Cow,” Andrea Arnold (U.K.) “Deception” OR “Tromperie,” Arnaud Desplechin (France) 
“Evolution,” Kornél Mundruczo (Hungary) 
"Hold Me Tight,” Mathieu Amalric (France) 
“In Front of Your Face,” Hong Sang-soo (S. Korea) 
"Jane by Charlotte,” Charlotte Gainsbourg (France) 
"JFK Revisted: Through the Looking Glass,” Oliver Stone (U.S.) 
"Love Songs for Tough Guys,” Samuel Benchetrit (France) 
"Mothering Sunday,” Eva Husson (France) 
“Val,” Ting Poo and Leo Scott (U.S.)


Thursday, July 9, 2020

I Need Your Support



URGENT APPEAL FOR SUPPORT 

Due to unforeseen circumstances and the emergency lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, 
I have become very broke and homeless and still in self-isolation in a guest house in Lagos where I am owing thousands of naira. 
The guest house will be shutdown tomorrow, because of lack of business and I will be stranded in Lagos 

The lockdown worsened my precarious situation by stopping my sources of incomes in the Nigerian film industry. Debtors who are owing me have become unreachable and not responding to my calls and messages.

All I need is N500, 000.

I am desperate and it is better to be a beggar than be an armed robber. 

Please, I need the support of every kind hearted person who can contribute whatever amount you can give me to survive my present ordeal.
My GTBANK current account number: 0016426297
Account name: EKENYERENGOZI Michael Chima

My foreign currency bank account:
Guaranty Trust Bank PLC
Address- 635, Akin Adesola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.
Beneficiary name- EKENYERENGOZI MICHAEL CHIMA
Bank identifier/SWIFT CODE- GTBINGLA
SORT Code - 058152353
Account number- 0016426307

I will be grateful.

Faithfully 
Michael Chima,
Publisher and Editor,
NOLLYWOOD MIRROR®Series
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