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Re: [DTALag] ACRP EXTENSION REPORT
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Dear All,
I hereby forward once again the report of our DTA extension programme
Report of The
Leadership Development Programme
Organized By
African Children Renaissance Project (ACRP)
(at)
Nigerian Model High School , Idi- Oro, Mushin , Lagos
On Thursday July 12, 2007
Theme: Transformational Leadership Skills In Youth Work: Pathway To Youth Transformation,
Development & Social Change
A Debate to Action Extension Project
Prepared for:
Debate to Action Initiative DTA ( Nigeria )
British Council/ World Bank
20, Thompson Avenue ,
Ikoyi, Lagos
Nigeria
Tel: 234-1- 2692188-92
Website: www.britishcouncil.org/nigeria
Prepared By:
African Children Renaissance Project (ACRP)
24, Owokoniran Street , Off Akobi Crescent ,
Surulere, Lagos , Nigeria
Tel: 234-806-014-5641, 234-802-397-6534
July 12, 2007
About African Children Renaissance Project (ACRP)
African Children Renaissance Project (ACRP) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization dedicated to advance, enhance, promote and advocate the conditions necessary to get all African children including youths off to a good start in life. The main objective of ACRP is to
Create, promote, encourage, and support economic and social instruments that promote sustainable growth, care and well being of the African child.
Devise and execute projects aimed at discouraging school drop-out, illiteracy, and create training modules in skill acquisition, ethical, visionary and intuitive re-orientation as capacity building and self-enhancement tool for the African Child.
ACRP is currently holding the office of Secretary General of the Human Rights Information Network (HURINET) the British Council arm promoting Human Rights Education & Awareness in Nigeria and The World Bank/ British Council DTA project works with the Juvenile Welfare Centre (Nigeria Police), Directorate for Citizens Rights, Office of the Public Defender, Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Social Welfare Department, Lagos State Ministry of Youth, Sports & Social Development, Lagos State Children Parliament, Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs & Poverty Alleviation, African Centre for Youth Development & Action Research (AFCEYDAR), Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Lagos State AIDS Control Agency (LSACA), Impact for Change & Development (IMPACT), Coalition for Development Initiatives (CODI), Nigerian Network of NGOs (NNNGOs), Action Family Foundation (AFF) Nigeria Abstinence Coalition etc.
About Debate to Action
Debate to Action is a capacity building programme aimed at youth leaders in East and West Africa and the U.K that is being carried out by the World Bank and the British council in partnership with governments and the civil society. The fundamental idea is to bring representatives of youth organizations together to learn about development issues, share their experiences from working with youths on development on the ground, and be trained to become trainers themselves. In turn, participants are to design and implement training plans to share the knowledge and insights gained on the course within their own and other organizations. In this way, the programme aims to strengthen the knowledge base in youth organizations, as well as networks.
Acknowledgement
The African Children Renaissance Project (ACRP), hereby expresses its appreciation to the following for their immense contributions and technical support for the hosting of the One Day Workshop on Transformational Leadership Skills In Youth Work: Pathway To Youth Transformation, Development & Social Change, they include;
The World Bank
British Council, Lagos
Programme Manager & Coordinators, Debate to Action
Staff, Management & Students of Nigerian Model High School , Mushin
Staff, Management & Students of Ransome Kuti Grammer School , Jibowu
Staff, Management & Students of Sunnyside College , Ilupeju,
Staff, Management & Students of Aunty Nikky Comprehensive Secondary School , Idi-Oro
The Juvenile Welfare Centre ( Nigeria Police)
Human Rights Information Network (HURINET)
Nigerian Network of NGOs (NNNGOs)
The Nations Newspapers
International Foundation for African Children (IFAC)
One Nation Earth Ambassadors (ONE-A)
African Centre for Youth Development & Action Research (AFCEYDR
Humanity Family Foundation for Peace & Development
Special thanks to the British Council/World Bank for selecting us amongst the many hosts of youth focused NGOs in Lagos State to participate both in the DTA trainings, e-discussions and for providing us the grant for this extension (Step-Down) programme and donating a complete set of computer to accelerate our works.
We specifically honour the presence of the following without whose interest and dedication the workshop would not have been successful, they include Ms. Bunmi moses, DTA coordinator, British Council/World Bank, Lagos ably represented by Ms. Besida Ogbemi, Mr. Leo A. Labinjo, Principal, Nigerian Model High School, Mushin Superintendent Margaret Ekpe, Officer-in Charge, Juvenile Welfare Centre (Nigeria Police), Mr. Charles Mba, Chairperson, Human Rights Information Network (HURINET) & Executive Director, One Nation Earth Ambassadors (ONE-A), Mr. Henry Adenigba, Executive Director, Humanity Family Foundation for Peace & Development, Mr. Kenneth Okonjo, Executive Director, African Centre for Youth Development & Action Research (AFCEYDR), Mr. Michael Nwafejoku, Executive Director International Foundation for African Children (IFAC), Ms. Osunde Timilehin, Correspondence Reporter, The Nations Daily Newspapers, Students from various schools
Finally, we wish to commend the zeal and dedication of the entire staff and programme officers of the African Children Renaissance Project (ACRP), Nigerian Model High School , Idi-Oro, Juvenile Welfare Centre (Nigeria Police) and all those who made one sacrifice or the other for the success of the programme.
Special thanks to Mr. Jefferson Okocha, Executive Director, African Children Renaissance Project (ACRP), Ms. Anthonia Onyejeose, Programme Officer, ACRP, Barr. Ebere Iwuagwu, Legal Counsel, African Children Renaissance Project (ACRP), Superintendent Margaret Ekpe, Officer-in Charge, Juvenile Welfare Centre ( Nigeria Police), Mr. Leo A. Labinjo, Principal, Nigerian Model High School, Mushin, to you all we say a Big thank You, without your support the programme would not have been acclaimed successful
Executive Summary
Citizens participation in development has since been recognized as one of the effective strategies for sustainable development and one of the key tools to achieve this is thedebate to Action Initiative which serves as a resource portal to build young peoples capacity and engage them in social interactions for community transformation. However, getting young people involved in development work is some how difficult due to negative perceptions, lack of interest, poor orientation and capacity to engage in development issues. The result has been that youth capacity building and development work have occupied parallel paths.
Building on the learning and experiences gained from the Debate to Action programme on capacity building in youth organizations that took place in Lagos Nigeria from September, 24th -29th 2006 under the auspices of the World bank and the British Council , the Transformational Leadership Workshop was conceived by African children Renaissance project (ACRP) as part of its extension programme to build the capacity of community youths (CY) in particular, in integrating the Debate to Action approaches into leadership development to transform their communities. The workshop which was held at the, Mushin, Lagos, Nigerian Thursday July 12, 2007 was designed as an interactive Peer Leadership Laboratory and engaged 60 students from four schools in practical learning on how to effectively create a culture of leadership development, participants were drowned from Civil Society Organizations, Media, Schools, Government Parastatalls etc, also colleagues from other DTA member
organizations used the opportunity to share their experiences and highlighted
issues around transformational leadership and community building.
Overall Objective
The overall objective was to help young people outsource innate leadership traits, sharpen them with skills and harness the opportunity for maximum utilization.
Specific Objectives
Specific training objectives includes to;
Provide nurturance and support for young leaders and link them to the importance of the MDGs and NEEDS
Build holistic programme component that foster leadership
Involve young people in appropriate decision making and power sharing
Engage youth in action learning and organizing for change
Promote understanding of the Debate to Action Initiative and help realize the goal of the World Bank/British Council and its approach towards development
Introduction
This report documents the activities that took place during the Leadership Development Workshop that was organized by the African children Renaissance project (ACRP) which took place at the Nigerian Model High School, Idi-Oro, Mushin, Lagos. All contributions in the form of responses, observations and comments from the participants have been included so as to provide a blow to blow account of the proceedings of the programme.
Welcome Remarks
In his welcome address titled The Future is You Mr. Jefferson Okocha, Executive Director, African Children Renaissance Project (ACRP), said that leadership is central to human life, he noted that bad leadership breeds corruption, mistrusts, violence under productivity which affect the individual, families, communities and the nation in general. He explained that transformational leadership programmes means educating the citizens particularly young people of the many benefits of good governance through leadership, equipping them with skills like character formation, self-control, goal-setting, decision making, responsibility, delegation, negotiation etc, he expressed the hope that participants will learn new things that would be beneficial to them at the end of the workshop.
Keynote Address
The key note Speaker, Mr. Leo A. Labinjo, Principal, Nigerian Model High School , Mushin , said that transformational leadership starts with the development of a vision, a view of the future that will excite and convert potential followers. He further explained that this vision may be developed by the leader, by the senior team or may emerge from a broad series of discussions. He said the most important thing is that the leader buys into it hook, line and sinker, and the Leader must be willing and available to drive the process.
Paper Presentations
Character Education, Media Literacy & Leadership: Challenges & Prospect for Young People
Ms. Besida Ogbemi, Executive Director, Haven Designs and representative of the DTA World Bank/British Council Coordinator, Ms. Bunmi Moses thanked the organizers African Children Renaissance Project (ACRP), for providing young people especially In-School children the opportunity to learn about leadership development, MDGs, NEEDS & their role as change agents. Ms. Ogbemi said that the human person is a unique being endowed with highly valued characteristics including intellectual, ethical/moral, physical, social, emotional, and spiritual tendencies, and every human person must always be considered as a whole-never in parts. Character education teaches therefore, about life dreams and goal-setting. She warned on the consequences of hasty decisions, and urged participants to always think through before making decisions, the thinking process may involve you answering some of the following questions;
· What is the one step I can take now?
· What is my mission statement/
· Who am I going to share my goals with?
· Do my friends and peer groups provide a supportive environment for my dreams and goals?
· What change do I need to make?
She urged participants to work hard and set goals for themselves, some of your goals may include;
Studying harder to pass your promotion exams
Volunteering in the community or religious activities
Start exercising and stay healthy
Avoid any serious relationship that keeps you from working hard
She warned against risky behaviours, character flaws and consequences that leads to missing the goal setting mark. She enumerated some of the components of good character to include;
Moral knowing (Awareness of moral values/rights and wrong)
Moral feeling (Care about what is right- leading to right doing-traits like empathy, conscience, self-respect)
Moral Action (Traits like will-power, competence and habits for sustaining good character)
Bad behaviour among young people leads to the following;
Rise in youth violence
Increase in dishonesty
Growing disrespect for parents, teachers, and other authorities
Increase in peer cruelty
Rise in prejudice and hate crimes
Ms. Ogbemi harped on the importance of media literacy and said that most teens and parents today want to know how to make sense of the popular culture. The internet has opened tremendous discussion among parent groups, policy makers and entertainment representatives as to what is appropriate and inappropriate viewing-on TV and particularly on the internet. She observed that media violences effects are measurable and long-lasting. Moreover, prolonged viewing of media violence can lead to emotional desensitization toward violence in aggressive attitudes, values and behaviours in children, students were asked to list some of the popular programmes they frequent most from media outlets, the following were listed among others;
Binta & Friends NTA10)
KKB Shows (Silver Bird Television)
Family Ties (silver Bird Television)
Cinderella (Channels Television)
Justice Legend (silver Bird TV)
Tom & Jerry (All Stations)
Super Book (NTA10 &MBI)
Telly Tobies (MBI) etc
The students gave the following reason why they watch the programme
It is educative
It is fun and enjoyable
It is full of lessons etc
The media saturated culture we live in has a tremendous influence in developing healthy or unhealthy life messages. Learning to filter our messages is the key word. She concluded
Peer Pressure, Values & Decision- Making: A Cross Point in Youth Development-By Mr. Henry Adenigba, Executive Director, Humanity Family Foundation for Peace & Development
Mr. Adenigba in his paper define peer to mean those your acquaintances whom you often say Hi to, they include the people you meet every day at schools, sports events or community activities. These probably are the group from which you choose potential friends, and later, dates. These people may influence the way you dress, your hairstyle, behaviour, and even goals and achievements. Human persons are social by nature. We need other people to be happy, challenged, and healthy. Therefore, an important element for success in life is establishing friendship. However, negative peer pressure is like Fair Whether Friendship built on selfish interests, insincerity, compromising your values, lack of trust, lies and using others. Building a lasting relationship involves sharing activities and time, showing kindness, knowing about the other person, their family, and other friends. It includes caring about what is best for the other person, displaying loyalty and trust, and
being able to be yourself.
Applying the Trouble Rule check which includes the following helps young people manage peer pressure;
Does it break the law?
Will an authority become angry?
Does it seem unreasonable?
Regardless of what other people say does it fail to make sense to you?
Will it harm a relationship or hurt someone?
Will the friend do the activity only if you participate?
Will you think well of yourself when you look back at what you have done?
Are you nervous you family or friends might find out?
He said that if you answer yes to any of these above then there is trouble. Mr. Adenigba observed that teen years are exciting and challenging, a time for making good choices for life. This is also a time things happen that you didnt intend to happen, these can negatively affect young peoples life and the life of people you care about even people you havent met but will deeply care for later. These happenings are often called non-decisions. Non-decisions like drifting into smoking, alcohol, drinking, drugs, or sexual behaviour has grave consequences, this happen when one does not want to deal with the pressures of life or is shying away from his responsibility. Your goal is to be in charge of your life. Learn to manage stress positively, know your values, talk to your parents or other trusted adults. Cultivate true friends who support your values and goals. Be ready to handle negative peer pressure, dont shift responsibilities, give positive support, learn to be a
good decision-maker.
Community Empowerment & Mobilization: Effective Tool for Mentoring Young People- By Mr. Michael Nwafejoku, Executive Director International Foundation for African Children (IFAC),
The third paper was presented by Mr. Michael Nwafejoku, Executive Director International Foundation for African Children (IFAC), said the need for this workshop can not be over emphasized given that young people depend on the community for lasting impact and refral resources in their transition from childhood through adulthood, so mobilizing and empowering members of the community is an imperative, if we must talk of mentoring young people for change and sustainable growth, he observed that it is out of what you have that you give out and advised adult participants to also learn from the early presentations and serve as community role models for young people to emulate.
Interactive Session
Millennium Development Goals & National Economic Empowerment & Development Strategies
Leading the discussion on the MDGs, Mr. Kenneth Okonjo, Executive Director, African Centre for Youth Development & Action Research (AFCEYDR), said that the MDGs is an acceptable frame work for achieving sustainable growth in the world. He listed the MD Goals to include;
· Goal 1:Eradicate Hunger Extreme Poverty
· Goal 2: Achieve Universal Primary Education
· Goal 3: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women
· Goal 4: Reduce Child Mortality
· Goal 5: Improve Maternal Health
· Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Other Disease
· Goal 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability
· Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development
He said the Millennium Development Goals are 8 aggressive goals that make up the Millennium Declaration that was signed at the 2000 UN Millennium Summit. 189 Heads of State and governments from all over agreed to this plan which hopes to end global extreme poverty by the year 2015. He further said that the MDGs sets out targets for each goals and these serves as a parameter for assessing performance. Also, he explained that the National Economic Empowerment & Development Strategies (NEEDS) is Nigeria s development strategy, it is the National plan for prosperity and the peoples way of letting the government knowwhat kind of Nigeria they wish to live in, now and in the future.
NEEDS works through 4 achievable goals as inspired by current challenges for chage and growth, these include;
1. value Re-orientation
2. Poverty reduction
3. Promoting Private Enterprises
4. Changing the way Government does its work
Participants raised the following concerns;
· How does the MDGs concern the ordinary man?
· What is Nigeria s position towards the achievement of the MDGs?
· How can individuals be involved in these programmes?
· Many people dont know about these programmes, what is government doing to carry people along this and other programmes?
· Can you expatiate on the term value Re-orientation?
· Does the common man have choice as to what kind of society he wish to live in?
Responses and Recommendations
Nigeria has taken a leading role by developing and implementing the NEEDS as its own strategy for development
Both the MDGs and NEEDS are people oriented and allows individuals, groups contribution to the process of economic growth and development
By Value Re-orientation we mean changing mindsets, perspectives
Ignorance of the law is never an excuse, we all have choices to protect our collective interests through leadership or face the consequences of our negligence
This programme organized by African Children Renaissance Project (ACRP) is a typical example of awareness creation, individuals, and corporate entities can also promote programmes along this line.
Conclusion
Given the above backdrop the African Children Renaissance Project (ACRP) organized this One-Day capacity building workshop on Transformational Leadership Skills In Youth Work: Pathway To Youth Transformation, Development & Social Change, as part of its contributions to build a culture of transformational leadership amongst community youths and we hop that the contributions in this report will serve as referral materials to youth organizations across the globe and help them develop programmes on transformational leadership.
Jefferson Okocha
executive Director
ACRP Lagos
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