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.....Says, ‘Attacks unacceptable, schools should never be a place of fear’ By Aviashima Toom, Abuja An International Non Governmental Organization Save the Children International, have called for the immediate release of the 450 kidnapped schoolgirls in Zamfara State   The Organization who also condemned the act said, it was horrified about reports of the 450 schoolgirls abducted from a school in Nigeria’s Zamfara state.  In a statement signed on Friday by the Director of Advocacy and Campaign, the aid organisation, Mr Amanuel Mamo, called for their immediate release and for any perpetrators to be held to account. "Sadly, this is only the latest in a series of abductions in the region" the organisation said. The organization said, over the past months, hundreds of children in Nigeria have gone through the trauma of being abducted by armed groups. This includes 27 students who were kidnapped earlier this month in Niger state, and some 300 schoolboys who were abduct...

Aviashima Toom The Organisers of the three-day capacity building training for members of Kaduna Social Protection Accountability Coalition (KADSPAC) on social protection has explained why they is need to do so. A Non Governmental Organization, Save The Children, (STC) is currently implementing a Ukaid-Funded Programme called Child Development Grant Programme (CDGP) phase II while KADSPAC, is a coalition of Civil Society organisations and media practitioners working on social protection accountability and improved intervention programmes for poor and vulnerable citizens in Kaduna State. Declaring the training open on Tuesday, Coordinator, Social Protection and Inclusion, Save the Children International, Eunice Victor said, the need to equip the social protection coalition with the knowledge and understanding of key concepts with regards to social protection promoted her organisation to put the training together. For example, th...