YAGIR

YAGIR Young And Getting It Right (YAGIR), a nonprofit organisation committed to promoting SDG4

🔻 Young And Getting It Right ( YAGIR ) is a non-profit organization Chioma Nnanna started to cater to the younger demogr...
26/05/2025

🔻 Young And Getting It Right ( YAGIR ) is a non-profit organization Chioma Nnanna started to cater to the younger demographics.

She is very passionate about young people and contributing to SDG goal through financial education targeted at teenagers. If we catch them early, they're better equipped to make smart decisions, become financial independent adults and economic assets, resulting in a reduction of the poverty rate. We fight poverty by fighting financial illiteracy.

So, YAGIR organises secondary school tours spreading practical financial literacy, having the real hard money conversations, debunking harmful ideologies like "school na scam", and we do it all with fun and engaging activities.

Our secondary school tours cover:

>> Financial literacy
>> Guide on Career choice/ Course to study in the university
>> Success stories of young people
>> Affirmations
>> Self esteem and confidence building
>> Building relationships
>> Leadership and social impact/SDG
>> Skills
>> Book donation

YOUNG AND GETTING IT RIGHT (YAGIR) has impacted over 2,000 students directly in 7 secondary schools across 3 geopolitical zones in Nigeria, touring Lagos, Port Harcourt and Imo state.

For any one curious, asking "why SDG 1?"
we are a Nigerian brand. Coming from a country ranked as the world's second largest poor population with an estimated 87 million Nigeria living below the poverty line, there is so much more to do. By addressing this goal, we contribute to solving an urgent problem.

IF YOU ARE IN LAGOS, YOU CAN VOLUNTEER So many people have reached out asking to volunteer, but we just created the grou...
23/05/2025

IF YOU ARE IN LAGOS, YOU CAN VOLUNTEER

So many people have reached out asking to volunteer, but we just created the group today.

We have a scheduled YAGIR outreach to a school on Wednesday, 28th of May.

Please, don't join the group unless you're sure you'll be available and committed.

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What's YAGIR about?

What started as a simple invitation by a secondary school to speak to the SS3 students while Miss Chioma Nnanna was an undergraduate, has now given birth to a global movement creating the change we seek.

When she accepted that invitation and walked up the podium to speak to curious teenagers, she didn't know that it would be so powerful that she’d get invited back- this time, to speak to the entire school. She remembered coming back to the staff room and all she heard from teachers was - "Every student needs to hear this. We need you to come back again."

So, she went back.

And she couldn't stop.

From school to school, we went.

From state to state, we took our message.

7 secondary schools visited.
3 states toured.
Over 2000 teenagers directly reached.

Sharing her story.
And most importantly, doing the important work of PROVIDING PRACTICAL FINANCIAL EDUCATION.

You see, many times, when we talk about SDG1- , we focus on adults. But what happens when we catch them young? When we don't shy away from money discussions and break it down so they understand?

If we truly want to fight poverty, we have to fight financial illiteracy first, or everything we build will crumble.

And our work is even more urgent in our clime where these young ones are exposed to get-rich-quick schemes and they see fraudulent income streams getting praised. Ask the average teenager what he thinks of yahoo and you'll know there's fire on the mountain, and everybody better run!

So, hey, Lagos. We're back in the city where it all started. This month, we're visiting 3 schools for our tour. We're fighting poverty with education, and making it fun. I can't wait to share videos of the fun activities we've made part of our tours to achieve this. Watch this space.

- The world is our stage 🌎

How to teach Your Kids about Money 💰🧵👇Post credit: Christopher
21/05/2025

How to teach Your Kids about Money 💰🧵👇
Post credit: Christopher

IF YOU ARE IN LAGOS, YOU CAN VOLUNTEER So many people have reached out asking to volunteer, but we just created the grou...
19/05/2025

IF YOU ARE IN LAGOS, YOU CAN VOLUNTEER

So many people have reached out asking to volunteer, but we just created the group today.

We have a scheduled YAGIR outreach to a school on Wednesday, 28th of May.

Please, don't join the group unless you're sure you'll be available and committed.

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What's YAGIR about?

What started as a simple invitation by my secondary school to speak to the SS3 students while Miss Chioma Nnanna (the founder) was an undergraduate, has now given birth to a global movement creating the change we seek.

Since that time, we have gone from school to school.

From state to state, we took our message.

7 secondary schools visited.
3 states toured.
Over 2000 teenagers directly reached.

Sharing our story.
And most importantly, doing the important work of PROVIDING PRACTICAL FINANCIAL EDUCATION.

You see, many times, when we talk about SDG1- , we focus on adults. But what happens when we catch them young? When we don't shy away from money discussions and break it down so they understand?

If we truly want to fight poverty, we have to fight financial illiteracy first, or everything we build will crumble.

And our work is even more urgent in our clime where these young ones are exposed to get-rich-quick schemes and they see fraudulent income streams getting praised. Ask the average teenager what he thinks of yahoo and you'll know there's fire on the mountain, and everybody better run!

So, hey, Lagos. We're back in the city where it all started. This month, we're visiting 3 schools for our tour. We're fighting poverty with education, and making it fun. We can't wait to share videos of the fun activities we've made part of our tours to achieve this. Watch this space.

- The world is our stage 🌎

7 signs you’re a leader (even if nobody calls you one)Not every leader has a title. Some of us have just been leading qu...
19/05/2025

7 signs you’re a leader (even if nobody calls you one)

Not every leader has a title. Some of us have just been leading quietly for years without even knowing it.

You’re not the loudest in the room. You don’t chase the spotlight. But somehow, people still look to you when things get hard.

Here are 7 signs that might explain why:

1. People ask you for advice even when you’re still figuring life out yourself.

2. You don’t wait for permission. If something isn’t working, you find a way.

3. You’ve been overlooked so many times, you just learned to clap for yourself.

4. You carry people; their pain, their dreams, their fears without expecting anything back.

5. You’ve had to go first. In places where nobody looked like you or believed in you.

6. You share what you’ve learned not to show off, but because you don’t want others to struggle the way you did.

7. You keep showing up. Even when it’s lonely. Even when no one is watching.

That’s leadership.

It’s not always loud. It’s not always praised. But it’s real. And you’ve been doing it longer than you think.

Happy birthday to the founder of YAGIR, Miss Chioma Nnanna. We wish that you have the best experiences this year.
14/05/2025

Happy birthday to the founder of YAGIR, Miss Chioma Nnanna. We wish that you have the best experiences this year.

At what point in your life did you say “school na scam?”We listen; we dont judge. 😅See comments for details.
08/05/2025

At what point in your life did you say “school na scam?”

We listen; we dont judge. 😅

See comments for details.

The ones who could change the world might never get the chance to learn how.At YAGIR, we believe education should never ...
07/05/2025

The ones who could change the world might never get the chance to learn how.

At YAGIR, we believe education should never be a privilege; it should be a right.

Here’s how we’re getting it right with SDG 4.


05/05/2025

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
- Eleanor Roosevelt
What does this quote mean?

02/05/2025

What lessons did you learn about money this week?

We’ll go first 👇

What to do when your income is small but your goals are BIG1. First, don’t shrink your goals.Your income may be small, b...
30/04/2025

What to do when your income is small but your goals are BIG

1. First, don’t shrink your goals.
Your income may be small, but your vision isn’t the problem.

Keep your dreams loud. Shrinking them won’t make life easier, it’ll only make you frustrated.

2. Accept that you’ll need strategy, not just hard work.

If effort alone guaranteed success, many would be millionaires by now.
You need direction, not just motion.

3. Learn to multiply what you know.

The easiest thing to monetize is your knowledge.
Digital products, online trainings, ebooks, etc.

Your brain is a bank; start making withdrawals.

4. Cut off distractions that cost you time and money.

You’re not broke. You’re leaking.
Data bundles, subscriptions, wasteful spending; track where your naira is going.

Big goals require financial discipline.

5. Invest small, but consistently.
You may not have ₦100k, but do you have ₦10k?
You may not afford coaching today, but can you buy a course or ebook?

It’s not how much, it’s how consistently.

6. Use free to your advantage.
We’re in the age of free information. YouTube, Google, social platforms.

Don’t scroll aimlessly. Search with intention.

7. Document your journey, even if nobody is clapping yet.

Someone is always watching.
Your future clients, customers, partners, they will look back and see how you started.

8. Start something. Even small. Even imperfect.
Big goals don’t come to those who wait. They come to those who move.

Build that page. Post that first video. Sell that mini ebook. Start the motion.

9. Finally, surround yourself with people who stretch your thinking.

If everyone around you is okay with small thinking, your goals will always feel “too big.”

Get in better rooms, even online.

You don’t need a big income to begin. You need a big decision to stop waiting.

Start where you are. Sell what you know. Grow from there.

Which of these would you start practicing from today?

Have you seen this face before?He was a man who spent more years in prison than many spend building their entire careers...
28/04/2025

Have you seen this face before?

He was a man who spent more years in prison than many spend building their entire careers and yet, when he finally stepped into freedom, he chose peace over revenge.

Born in a small village called Mvezo, he grew up herding cattle and listening to the elders of his tribe share stories of courage and leadership.

His childhood was simple, but the injustice around him was loud, Black South Africans lived as strangers in their own land, under a system of brutal segregation.

He refused to be silent.

Hungry for change, he pursued education relentlessly. First, he attended a Methodist school where he was given an English name.

Later, he studied at the University of Fort Hare, one of the few higher institutions available to Black South Africans at the time.

Though he didn’t complete his degree there due to political activism, he later finished his law degree through the University of South Africa while working.

His thirst for justice led him to Johannesburg, where he worked as a law clerk and eventually co-founded South Africa’s first Black law firm.

He also became a leading figure in the fight against apartheid; organizing boycotts, protests, and civil disobedience campaigns.

But resistance came at a heavy cost.

In 1962, he was arrested, tried for conspiracy against the government, and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Behind the cold, gray walls of Robben Island, he spent 18 of his 27 years in prison, doing hard labor during the day and studying at night. Even in prison, he never stopped learning, never stopped leading.

His personal life also bore the weight of sacrifice.
He married three times in his lifetime. His first marriage to Evelyn Mase produced four children but ended in divorce.

His second marriage to Winnie Madikizela brought him two daughters and made them a symbol of resistance together, although the strains of his long imprisonment eventually caused their separation.

Later, at the age of 80, he married Graça Machel, the widow of the former president of Mozambique, finding companionship in his later years.

Through it all, he remained a father, even though imprisonment kept him painfully distant from his children, some of whom he lost before he could even reunite with them fully.

When he finally walked free in 1990, he did not return with a heart hardened by anger.

Instead, he chose forgiveness. He negotiated with his former oppressors, laying the groundwork for a new, democratic South Africa.

In 1994, the same country that once labeled him a terrorist overwhelmingly elected him as its leader.

As president, he championed reconciliation, established the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to heal the wounds of the past, and voluntarily stepped down after just one term, a rare act of humility and leadership.

His life teaches us that true greatness is not built in moments of comfort, but in long seasons of sacrifice, patience, and unbreakable hope.

Following this story, can you tell who we are talking about?

His name is Nelson Mandela, the first Black president of South Africa.


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Nnamdi Azikiwe University
Ifite Awka
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