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Meet Dr Cassandra Akinde, a Social Entrepreneur with Real passion for Health Advocacy and Youth Capacity Development.

                    In a recent interview with Attain, Dr Cassandra Bolanle Akinde, Team Lead, The Nigerian Child Initiative talked about her passion for Health advocacy and capacity development of young people in Nigeria. Pl ease tell us about yourself? My name is Cassandra Bolanle Akinde. I am a young medical practioner and social enterpreneur with a real passion for health advocacy. I also teach and promote Sustainable Developmental Goals . I am currently the Team Lead of The Nigerian Child Initiative, a non profit organisation which promotes Child Health and Sustainable Education. I love to read, meet new people,spend quality time with family and friends, scrapbooking and volunteering . On an average day when I am not working at the hospital or volunteering I love to chill at home engaging social media or watching movies.   Tell us about your Non-profit Organization? The Nigerian Child Initiative i...

"My Push was Pain......I decided to pick up the pencil again and that was the turning point" Awotedu Atinuke, Visual Artist

Recently, we interviewed Awotedu Atinuke a visual artist on Attain. She shares her love for visual arts, the things that made her fully follow her passion and of course, some of her lovely drawings... Story best enjoyed with a soft drink and popcorn... Lol Please kindly tell us about yourself? My name is Awotedu Atinuke Ololade and I'm a visual artist Tell us about what your Profession and brand? Visual art as the name implies is a creative art whose products are to be appreciated by sight. It encompasses a lot of areas such as drawing, sculpturing, painting and craft What Inspired your venturing into this profession? Its a talent I've always had and as we all do with talents when we were younger, I visited it on and off until 2018 when I left my teaching job to start a career in art. Majorly my push was pain. I was pained at having to earn a meager salary as a graduate. I was pained at having a boss who lacks respect for his staff...the list was endle...