Connected Development

A boy child who is heard, protected, educated, and empowered grows into a man who leads with empathy, courage, and responsibility.

In our collective pursuit of gender equality and inclusive development, we must also create safe spaces where boys can thrive emotionally, mentally, and socially free from harmful stereotypes and the burden of emotional silence. Because the men we need tomorrow are the boys we invest in today.

May every boy child flourish, find his voice, and become a force for positive change. 🌍

Happy International Day of the Boy Child.

The people most affected by the climate crisis are still the ones least likely to access climate finance.

Communities are adapting, surviving floods, droughts, displacement, and food insecurity, yet many are left out of the conversations and funding decisions that directly affect them.

That is why this conversation matters.

This report draws on the Nigeria climate finance report developed by Connected Development in the previous year. Join us for this launch with Oxfam, From Commitments to Communities: Rethinking Climate Finance, where we explore what happens when climate finance fails to reach the people it was meant for and what civil society and communities are already doing to change that.

The report draws from 21 studies across the Global South and highlights practical lessons, challenges, and pathways toward climate finance that is more accountable, inclusive, and grounded in real community realities.

📅 May 19, 2026
⏰ 8am GMT | 10am CET | 11am EAT | 5pm PST
📍 Online (Zoom) https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/

Dear Nigerian Worker, 🇳🇬

You self try, no be small thing o. With everything wey dey happen, the hustle, the pressure, the economy wey no dey gree rest you still show up every single day. You hold your side. You dey contribute your own. You dey make people and this kontri better.

That nah strength, that nah character, and that nah YOU. So, whether you dey wear lab coat, hard hat, court wig, apron, or carry laptop, your work dey count.

From all of us at Connected Development, Happy Workers’ Day 🎉