NAF deepens partnership with women ministry for empowerment and development

Tera Carissa Hodges extends support to Smile4mation’s Single Mothers Project in Ghana

Tera Carissa Hodges will lend her support to Smile4mation’s efforts to spread positive change. Over the next six months, Hodges, an internationally acclaimed American media personality, public speaker, and minister, will provide additional financial assistance to selected women under the initiative’s Single Mothers Project. Since its launch in 2025, the outreach has attracted widespread attention online, providing a platform for single mothers to share their personal stories of resilience while offering them practical support. In line with this, Hodges, who for the past six years has championed humanitarian causes in Nigeria through Global Christian Relief, The Waterlight Save Initiative, and Public Health Aid Awareness and Education Organisation, is pleased to support a similar cause in Ghana. As an admirer of the Mitch Brothers, she sees their nomination-based initiative as a way to combat the negative stereotypes surrounding single motherhood with qualities that reflect resilience and respect.

Wahab Feyisara Fatima, ALP ‘25, Works With Aspire Collaborator BUILD54 Africa Foundation to Empower Youth in Africa

Around the world, Aspire alumni are engaging with initiatives that positively impact their communities and the individuals within them. Wahab Feyisara Fatima, a 2025 Aspire Leaders Program alumna from Nigeria, is making a difference across Africa as the Program Manager for BUILD54 Africa Foundation — a recent Aspire collaborator. This youth-driven organization works to empower []

Security Ministry to Strengthen State Presence in Communities

The Ministry of National Security and Peace is seeking to strengthen state presence in communities, as part of a broader effort to build safer and more resilient communities across Jamaica. []