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Eve Afrique Red Ball Moves For Peace, Development In Niger Delta

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After the setback suffered last year as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, Eve Afrique Magazine, organisers of the annual Red Ball event which used to raise awareness on health and development related issues, is back.
This year’s Eve Afrique Red Ball event has been scheduled to take place on the 13th of June, 2021 with the theme, “Together, Ensuring Peace and Development Across the Niger Delta”.
A statement by the Chairman of the Planning Committee, Lady Wale Eddy Wopara indicates that the 2020 Red Ball shall be partnering with the Eve Afrique Empowerment Initiative to further execute  the ideals and the vision 2016 of the Red Ball Committee to provide mentorship, scholarship and socio-economic development of the Niger Delta child.
Eve Afrique Red Ball has achieved levels of successes over the previous Red Ball events  in raising awareness on general health matters as a way of giving back to the state and society at large.
Over the years, Eve Afrique had successfully hosted the Red Ball which drew attention to various areas concerning health, environment and leadership. It  had also undertaken outreaches as a way of giving back to the society.
The outreaches carried out in the past included  the Red Ball visit to Susannah Homes, an orphanage outside Port Harcourt with food items as a means of showing love to them in 2011.
In 2012, the Red Ball hosted the Sickle Cell Awareness programme in partnership with the Sickle Cell Interactive and management Association (SCIMA). The highlight of the event was the adoption of a child with sickle cell anemia by a partner, Stephano Piotti.
In 2013, it was the cervical cancer awareness and prevention in partnership with the Medical Women Association and the Praying and Charity Wives Foundation, where over 130 women benefitted from the cervical cancer screening and immunization.
IN 2014, another Red Ball was hosted by the magazine tagged “Diabetic Management Awareness and Prevention in partnership with Diabetic Association of Nigeria where 40  people were tested for their sugar levels during the event.
In 2015, impacting the Next Generation was the theme and it was geared toward educating young entrepreneurs and aligning them with mentors, over 200 copies of the book, “15 Laws of Money written” by Ifeanyi Eze were  distributed as a tool to mentor them. The event had eminent leaders like Tina Njoku Opara, Doris Akpowa and Alex Enebeli amongst others as speakers.
In 2016, Red Ball held another awareness programme for prostate cancer where 20 men were beneficiaries and 15 of them were sponsored by Red Ball partners, Steph Foundation with Colwoth Hospital. We also tackled erectile malfunction at the 2016  Red Ball and we partnered with Dr. Adekunle of Scanners”, the magazine said.
In 2017, Eve Afrique hosted the Woman and her MUSTs in partnership with Mireya. It was an epoch-making event which centred on leadership. Eminent women in leadership including Timipre Wolw, Dr Chizoba Wonodi and Kalanne Fubara, Director Africa International Operations of Dubai Tourism. were speakers at the event.
In 2018, it was the colon cancer awareness which drew the attention of the public to the disease at that time.
In 2019, the theme was “Going Greener” with the main focus on the environment and air pollution. The event was in collaboration with environmental NGOs such as Africa Centre for Environmental Protection, Clean Cyclers, to promote good environment stewardship through dissemination. This led in the planting over 780 trees within and outside Rivers State.
The Red Ball committee acknowledges that partnership and commitment are the key to development strides in any given project and therefore wishes to recognise those communities, institutions and individuals in Niger Delta  whose efforts have positively contributed towards the development of the region through activism, awareness programmes, charity outreaches, media, amongst others.
The awards and entertainment gala will be held in Port Harcourt, Nigeria where the “HEART OF GOLD” will be presented to individuals who have made significant strides in the areas of protection and respect for human rights, peaceful settlement of disputes, sustainable development in the Niger Delta region and good governance.
“Eve Afrique has the mandate of changing the narrative concerning the Niger Delta. We are on a mission to highlight and showcase the beauty of the Niger Delta and Nigeria as a whole”, the outfit said.

 

By: Ibinabo Ogolo

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The Wise Woman

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The wise woman builds her home. Mothers are supposed to live exemplary lives. The roles of mothers in the building of the modern Christian home cannot be overemphasized.
The function of the mother is to help the man build the home. She is a helper. A helper to the husband when the man is not doing well. It is important for the wise woman to assist when the man is not able to meet up with the items needed in the home.
A wise woman needs to reference God first and then the husband. Also the wise woman should respect her husband.
Caring for her own children as well as others is very crucial.
Do not despise children from other mothers. Discipline the child who is going the wrong way.
Ensure family bonding, show love and don’t discriminate. Connection with children is very important, especially the females. Find out who is her friend. Also find out the kind of lives they live. Caution, counsel and guide so that they make good partners.
Teaching children the dos and donts should start from birth. Inculcate the word of God in them so that when they grow, will not depart from it.
From the Scripture, some women influenced their families positively. Virgin Mary influenced the world, she never destroyed herself hence she gave birth to Jesus Christ.
Elizabeth, despite her age, God blessed her as she waited patiently.
A wise should curb favouritism in the family and love children equally. Whether a child is your biological child or not, it is necessary to show love equally. Reprimanding the children should be the function of both man and wife.

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The Desire Of Every Woman In Marriage

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Marriage is beautiful when there is love. Before and after marriage, couples show love to themselves. But you discover that after some years, that same love turn to be something else. A lot of people start going through emotional trauma in the hands of their loved spouses.
There are many things the woman desires to keep the love on as far as marriage is concerned.
Women are blesssed with feminine abilities that can be used for good in husbands lives. With your abilities, you can create a marriage that will last till couples get old.
A woman needs
man that is honest,  trustworthy,  nice,  loving and financially stable.
There are no two ways about finance in marriage. No matter the level of love, if there is no reasonable finance,  it is always difficult to manage the home.
Referring to the Biblical belief in Genesis 3: “Your desire  shall be unto you…….. “
What this means is that whatever the woman desires in life shall be provided as far as she performs her role in her home. There are many things  the woman expects her husband to take care of.
A woman wants a husband that is not lazy,  at least helping to do one or two things when he is at home.
A man that is educated and intelligent so that they will transfer such traits to their children.
Knowing that there are traits that her husband has,  traits of taking care of people,  giving freely to people and caring for her family. She expects him to exhibit them.
A woman wants to love a husband that has family interest at heart. A man that spends time with his family,  remembering his family even as he is away from home.
No matter where he finds himself, he is not destracted by external influence. He returns home to his loved ones.
A woman should not antagonise her husband because of one error or the other. No matter the level of offence he may have committed, you still show some love.
According to the Scripture, it is with wisdom that a woman builds her home. As far as he rreturns home, you accept him as your own.
It is not as if the woman will not monitor her husband, but to certain limit.  Don’t be a monitoring spirit.  Don’t allow anything to take your joy.
Don’t loose trust in your husband. The idea of checking your husband’s phone should be discouraged. The more you check your husband and his phone, the more you loose your joy.
You can show some form of jealousy, but to an extent. Cooperation, respect and being honoured from time to time is what the woman desires.
The home should not be a battle ground for a woman and man.  A woman should be able to ask herself if the check on her husband will pay her any good.
Draw a line to a point where you checkmate your husband’s activities.
A woman wants a man that will love her and telling her you love her will be all she desires.

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The Desire Of Every Woman In Marriage

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A woman needs a man that is honest,  trustworthy,  nice,  loving and financially stable.
There are no two ways about finance in marriage. No matter the level of love, If there is no money,  it is always difficult.


Referring to the Biblical belief in Genesis 3:Your desire  shall be unto you……..
That is one aspect  the woman expects her husband to take care of.
A woman wants a husband that is not lazy,  at least helping to do one or two things.   A man that is educated and intelligent.
She knows that there is a trait that her husband has.  Traits of taking care of people,  giving freely to people and caring for her family.
A woman wants to love a husband that has family interest at heart. A man that spends time with his family,  remembering his family even as he is away from home.
A woman should not antagonise her husband because of one error or the other. No matter the level of offence he may have committed, you still show some love.


According to the Scripture, it is with wisdom that the women builds her home.
It is not as if the woman will not monitor her husband, but to certain limit.  Don’t be a monitoring spirit.  Don’t allow anything to take your joy.
Don’t loose trust in your husband.
The idea of checking your husband’s phone should be discouraged. The more you check your husband and his phone, the more you loose your joy.


The home should not be a battle ground for a woman and man.  A woman should be able to ask herself if the check on her husband will pay her any good.
Draw a line to a point where you checkmate your husband’s activities.
A woman wants a man that will love her and telling her you love her will be all she desires.

Eunice Choko-Kayode

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