GIRLFRIEND OF THE MONTH!!!

Doyinsola Ogunye was born on November 26th, 1987 to the family of Dr Olu and Barr. Rhoda Ogunye in Lagos, Nigeria. She, however, hails from Ondo Town of Ondo State. Doyinsola is also an alumnus of the Faculty of Law, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria.   To most people Doyinsola Ogunye would most readily be associated with an NGO she established in 2009 to cater for the upbringing of future Nigerian leaders. Her NGO called Kids’ Clean Club, has been her life and source of livelihood since its inception for almost a year now. As an undergraduate at the period of Kids’ Clean Club’s creation, Doyinsola thrived on this solo crusade which she had always had in her old scrap book since November, 2007. And with the support from friends, family and well-wishers, and her goal setting skills and determination to cause a noteworthy change in the Nigerian status quo, she has no doubt broken pristine grounds in her generation.

The Kids’ Clean Club in its few months of existence delved into diverse projects which saw to the construction of Africa’s first ever Kids’ Garden, here in Lagos, Nigeria. The Kid’s Garden (TKG), an haven where children from any and every background within its vicinity and far away come after school hours and on weekends to experience and learn under well-structured tutorials on socio-cultural values, health issues and environmental concerns, while having fun. In addition, Kid’s Clean Club has also adopted a few public spaces and centres which it beautifies and maintains. Furthermore, she has also commemorated alongside other world organisations in observing Special Days like The Global Hand-washing Day, Global Warming Day, Tree Planting Day, Climate Change summits and conferences.

Doyinsola Ogunye would have in the last few months been permitted by anyone to give up on her passion for a better Nigeria and Nigerians, because of the financial, social, environmental and psychological challenges she was often than not exposed to. But her thriving and incomparable love for her motherland exceeds all other obsession she might have. She is someone who has turned a fallow and refuse-infested piece of land, into an admirable and graceful Kids’ Garden. She is a lover of children, an environmental and human rights activist, a respecter of her fellow man with the fear of God.

Doyinsola Ogunye has her future well stated for her NGO – she foresees the construction of 57 gardens in Lagos, from which an expansion would take place; meaning that even in one local government area, we might have over 20 kids’ gardens. After which Lagos will be left for other states in the country like Ondo, Port-Harcourt, Abuja, Kwara, and etc. Then in no time countries outside Nigeria like Ghana, Togo, South Africa, Canada would get involved.

When asked to describe herself, these are her own words, “Energetic, daring, fun-loving, emotional, passionate and Tenacious ”.
Delving into every nock and cranny of Doyinsola Ogunye would be like taking up a herculean task, but history will justify the fact that, she lives the life and fulfils the dreams of ‘our heroes past’.