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Obanye Frances Chizoba

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Acid Burn Survivor | Lifestyle Creator | UGC & Brand Collaborations | Inspiring resilience through storytelling.
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To every amputee out there, please remember this: your amputation may have changed your body, but it does not have to change your joy. ❤️

Choose happiness. Choose gratitude. Choose to live, laugh, dance, love, dream, and show up for yourself every single day. Some days may be harder than others, and that’s okay. But never let your missing limb make you feel like you are missing out on life.

You are still beautiful. You are still worthy. You are still capable. You are still YOU. 🦋❤️

Keep smiling, keep living, and keep reminding the world that life after amputation can still be beautiful. 💪🏽✨ #choosehappiness #amputeelife #abilityindisability #expore @igbonize @igboamakaah @southsouth_vibess @peopleofabia_ @mazitundeednut @donjazzy

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Sometimes, the sheer number of ways women can be subjected to violence is difficult to comprehend.

Acid attacks are one of them.

We talk about gender-based violence so often that people can become desensitised to it. Some even think we’re being dramatic or talking about it too much.

Then you hear stories like these.

Frances Obanye(@_iamchizzy), a Nigerian biochemist, was attacked with acid by her uncle’s wife while trying to protect her brother.

Benta Ouma, a Kenyan mother of three, who was attacked at the age of 16 because she turned down a man’s love interest.

Two women. Two very different circumstances. Both left dealing with the devastating aftermath of an acid attack.

It is difficult to comprehend that someone can deliberately inflict this kind of pain on another human being.

The damage doesn’t end when the attack is over. There are the physical scars, the trauma, the stigma, the pain and the process of learning how to live in a body that has been permanently changed.

This is why conversations about violence against women cannot be reduced to one story or one type of violence.

Sometimes we think we have heard it all. We haven’t.

And perhaps the most important thing is that we don’t become so used to hearing these stories that they stop shocking us.

Watch their stories. Talk about them. Share this conversation. The more we understand the many ways violence against women happens, the harder it becomes to dismiss it

🎥 @bbcafrica
🎙️ Nkechi Ogbonna(@iamnkechinna), Frances Obanye(@_iamchizzy) & Benta Ouma

#LeadingLadiesAfrica #GenderBasedViolence #GBV #ViolenceAgainstWomen #EndGBV

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Imagine living with the lifelong physical and psychological scars of an attack fuelled by misogyny or romantic rejection. It’s the brutal reality for many women globally, yet the stigma of acid violence forces most survivors into silence.⁣
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Focus on Africa's Nkechi Ogbonna sits down with two survivors. ⁣
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Head to the 🔗 in our bio to watch the full episode on BBC Africa YouTube channel.⁣
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Edited by: @basmaelatti ⁣

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🏆 Disability Pride Champion: Obanye Francess Chizoba

We celebrate @_iamchizzy whose courage is changing the conversation around disability, visibility, and resilience.

At just eight years old, Obanye Francess Chizoba survived a devastating acid attack that changed her life forever. What could have been the end of her story became the beginning of a powerful mission.

Today, she is an acid burn survivor, disability advocate, content creator, and public speaker using her voice to challenge stigma, raise awareness about acid violence, and encourage others to embrace their scars without shame.

A Biochemistry graduate and TEDx speaker, Chizoba continues to advocate for a society where people with visible differences are treated with dignity, respect, and equal opportunity. Through her storytelling, she reminds countless people that healing isn’t about hiding what happened, it’s about refusing to let it define your future.

Thank you, Chizoba, for proving that scars can become symbols of strength and that visibility is a powerful form of advocacy.

#DisabilityPrideChampions #DisabilityPrideMonth #IncluNormFoundation #VisibleDifferences

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Day 3 | Final Day – Renewed Hope National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (Adopt A School)

Today marked the successful conclusion of the Renewed Hope National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme in Lagos Island East LCDA.

What made today even more special was our ability to extend the distribution of snacks beyond our adopted school, Christ Church Cathedral Primary School to Holy Cross Primary School and Anglican Girls Primary School ensuring that even more pupils benefited from the initiative.

I'm grateful to everyone who contributed to the success of this programme. As Coordinator, Lagos Island East LCDA, I, Ayinla Mueez Olawale, remain committed to initiatives that promote child welfare, quality education and a brighter future for every pupil.

Together, we're not just feeding children...,we're nourishing hope.

#RenewedHope #AdoptASchool #FinalDay #SchoolFeedingProgramme #LagosIslandEastLCDA Education ServiceToHumanity CommunityImpact LagosState

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We don’t just decorate events—we create memories that last long after the balloons are gone. 🎉🎈

Book us for your next celebration!

#BalloonArtist #PartyGoals #EventDecor

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They refused to bow to the pressure of fire. Instead, they rose like phoenixes!💪
#IWD2026 #SurvivorPower #GiveToGain

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At the age of 9, Chizzy survived an acid attack that could have defined her life. Instead of giving up, she chose courage, healing, and happiness, and now lives her life to the fullest.

Her story reminds us that our scars does not define us, our strength does!💜
#IWD2026 #Resilience #SurvivorPower

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This International Women’s Day, we honor women whose bodies carry stories of fire, scars, loss, and survival - yet their spirits remain unbreakable!💪💪

GIVE TO GAIN! Happy International Women’s Day💜

Dresses: @kaykaybrand
Creative Direction: @kanyinsola.ol
Project Coordinator: @eniola.esther__
Photography: @olasunkanmi_iroko
Makeup: @perfectmuaa @brushes_and_glamour @glamz_by_bola
Advocates: @winifredscorner @cindy_chilaka @maryann_officiall @fav_girl_bella @_iamchizzy @iampricelesskate
#GiveToGain #InternationalWomensDay #WomenOfStrength
#iwd2026

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‘26 IWD Campaign 🎥✨
So Happy to have being a part of this Project 🥺❤️
Happy IWD Queens ✨❤️
. Dresses: @kaykaybrand
Videography: @jolathecreator
Photography: @olasunkanmi_iroko
Creative Direction: @kanyinsola.ol
Project Coordinator: @eniola.esther_
Voice artist: @ibquake
Voice script: @the_scrolll
Makeup: @perfectmuaa @brushes_and_glamour @glamz_by_bola
Advocates: @winifredscorner @cindy_chilaka @maryann_officiall @fav_girl_bella @_iamchizzy @iampricelesskate
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#iwd #lagosvideographer #campaignshoot #contentcreatorinlagos

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This International Women’s Day, we honor women whose bodies carry stories of fire, scars, loss, and survival - yet their spirits remain unbreakable!💪💪

Because sometimes the greatest power a woman has is the courage to rise…after the world tried to break her.

GIVE TO GAIN!
Give courage. Gain strength.
Give a voice. Gain change.
Give women support. Gain a stronger world.
Happy International Women’s Day💜

Dresses: @kaykaybrand
Creative Direction: @kanyinsola.ol
Project Coordinator: @eniola.esther__
Voice artist: @ibquake
Voice script: @the_scrolll
Photography: @olasunkanmi_iroko
Videography: @jolathecreator
Makeup: @perfectmuaa @brushes_and_glamour @glamz_by_bola
Advocates: @winifredscorner @cindy_chilaka @maryann_officiall @fav_girl_bella @_iamchizzy @iampricelesskate

#GiveToGain #InternationalWomensDay #WomenOfStrength #SurvivorPower IWD2026

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