Astro-prison in Nigeria Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/astro-prison-in-nigeria/ Astronomy for a better world! Tue, 04 Oct 2022 12:13:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://astro4dev.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-03_OAD_symbol_colour_2-32x32.jpg Astro-prison in Nigeria Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/astro-prison-in-nigeria/ 32 32 Astronomy and Upskilling at a Nigerian Prison https://astro4dev.org/astronomy-and-upskilling-at-a-nigerian-prison/ Wed, 04 May 2022 11:28:44 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=26280 The Astro-prison project aimed to boost morale and create behavioural change among inmates at Nigerian prisons. It also wanted to provide practical job skills and improve literacy. was carried out in collaboration with CAPIO (Carmelite prisoners interest organization), Enugu State. The project was executed on 16, 17 and 20th of August, 2021. The planning of [...]

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]]> Overview: Astro-prison in Nigeria https://astro4dev.org/overview-astro-prison-in-nigeria/ Tue, 05 Jan 2021 11:35:09 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=21975 “Over the years, Human Rights Watch and activists in Africa have raised concerns on the deplored state of correctional/ prison services in the continent of which Nigeria is not exempted. The Nigerian government in its bid to improve its prison services enacted new prison Act in 2019, targeted mainly to improve the welfare of inmates. [...]

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