Computer Centre Officially Opened at the School for the Blind, Jabi



A centre with computers installed with special software for blind users was officially opened on July 15, 2011, at the School for the Blind, in Jabi. Working to make this project happen are members of the Abuja branch of NIGERWIVES NIGERIA, LIKEMINDS PROJECT, and PUSONG PINOY ASSOCIA-TION. The centre was opened by Mrs. Fely Ramos, Consular and Cultural Officer, Embassy of the Philippines, who represented the Philippine Ambassador. NIGERWIVES NIGERIA is an association of foreign women married to Nigerian citizens. They are into various activities that aim for the smooth integration of their members into the Nigerian society. Also involved in charity works, Nigerwives produce Braille textbooks for blind students across the coun try. LIKEMINDS PROJECT is an Abuja-based non-governmental organization. PUSONG PINOY (which means Heart of a Filipino) is a duly registered association of Filipinos in Abuja. It made a cash donation to purchase some of the computers for the centre during the tenure of its past president, Grace Abrazado.

Venezuelan artists perform in Abuja

The Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela invited the general public of a unique performance by the internationally awarded music group called TAMBOR URBANO at the Yar Adua Centre here in Abuja on July 7, 2011. Along with the musical group were dancers from the EL ORTICEÑO ARTS AND CULTURE. The Ambassador of Venezuela, together with other ambassadors, were among those who witnessed the performance. Cocktails for the guests after the show.

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AMEMUSO
The Show Must Go On, a musical event in honour of the founder of AMEMUSO, Madam Cecilia Toledo de Schmillen, and their partners, was held at the Congress Hall of the Transcorp Hilton Hotel on 5 June 2011. Madam Cecilia Schmillen (also known as Cecilia Toledo) wife of the Ambassador of Germany to Nigeria..... CLICK HERE TO READ MORE AND VIEW PHOTOS  

AN AFTERNOON OF MUSIC
Taking place at the residence of the High Commissioner of Australia on 22nd May 2011, An Afternoon of Music featured the Abuja International Chorus, which, as the name suggests, is composed of musically inclined expatriates of different nationalities who get together once a week to sing and have fun....
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CONCERT TO PROMOTE CLASSICAL MUSIC IN NIGERIA
The Philharmonics Company in cooperation wit the Embassy of Norway in Nigeria organised a concert and a tour as part of an effort to promote classical music in the country, on 4th March 2011, at the Lagos Room of the Transcorp Hilton Hotel....
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  AN EVENING OF SONGS
Those who love to sing can sing and have a concert anywhere. This particular concert was held at the spiralled staircase of the Italian Ambassador’s Residence on 26th November 2010, featuring the Metropolitan Chorale Abuja....
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AFRICAN CINDERELLA (DRAMA)
The Embassy of Sweden in collaboration with Action Aid Nigeria, The Swedish Institute, Atlas Copco, Setraco, SAGETO Nigeria, and the Transcorp Hilton Hotel invited the public to the premier of the play Cinderama, The African Cinderella on 18th June 2011 at the Congress Hall....
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Venezuelan artists perform in Abuja

The Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela invited the general public of a unique performance by the internationally awarded music group called TAMBOR URBANO at the Yar Adua Centre here in Abuja on July 7, 2011. Along with the musical group were dancers from the EL ORTICEÑO ARTS AND CULTURE. The Ambassador of Venezuela, together with other ambassadors, were among those who witnessed the performance. Cocktails for the guests after the show.





Cinderama - African Cinderella

The Embassy of Sweden in collaboration with Action Aid Nigeria, The Swedish Institute, Atlas Copco, Setraco, SAGETO Nigeria, and the Transcorp Hilton Hotel invited the public to the premier of the play Cinderama, The African Cinderella on 18th June 2011 at the Congress Hall of the Transcop Hilton Hotel. The play was performed by the Ghana National Theatre whose superb acting, colourful costumes, beautifully choreographed dance steps, and hilarious scenes held the audience, mostly members of the diplomatic corps, spellbound for close to two hours.

The aim of this project is to explore the use of theatre to promote the rights of children and women in line with the provisions of the CRC (Conventions on the Rights of the Child) and CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.

State level performances of the play have been scheduled to take place in the next two weeks.