On the 17th and 18th February 2012, the SELL team from Kabba in Kogi State Nigeria comprising of Taiye and James, facilitated a leadership programme of SELL for a group of youths in Okene town of Kogi State. According to James, they had 20 participants present 8 of whom are female. Reading through the evaluation from the workshop, most of the participants said that the SELL Programme is very enriching and they will love to have it frequently.
In Kumasi, Ghana, four members of the SELL team from Adokurum Leticia, Augustine, Bernice, and John evans had a SELL workshop with the students of SMA Senior High School Kumasi, the Unit of the SELL Programme that was delivered there was the Peace Building unit, number of participants at the SELL Programme were 25.
UPCOMING EVENTS
• I informed you that a SELL Programme is going to take place in Kwa town of Qua’an Pan Local Government of Plateau State. The forum will be facilitated by 2 members of the SELL Team in Shendam (Dajan and Fidelis) on the weekend of 24th – 25th February 2012 the unit that will be delivered is the Social Justice unit of the SELL Programme. Moses a member of the SELL Resource team will be there to mentor and support them.
• Mary a member of the SELL Resource Team and the Coordinator for the Youth Formation Centre is going to have a meeting and planning with some selected young Adults from Bauchi State on their availability for the next facilitators training coming up in April 2012 in Bauchi. This meeting is coming up on the 25th February 2012.
• On Tuesday 21st February 2012, the Irish Ambassador to Nigeria Mr. Paddy Fay went to Yola town the capital of Adamawa State Nigeria, to give a lecture at the ABTI American University of Nigeria, Yola. The lecture was on the Comparative Analysis of the Northern Ireland crisis and the conflict scenarios in Nigeria. Leo of the SELL Resource team attended the lecture and also gave his experience of the situations since he is from the North Ireland and now lives in Northern Nigeria.
A SELL programme was suppose to hold in Jos, Plateau state Nigeria on the 24th – 25th February 2012 but due to some logistics in planning it has being rescheduled to a weekend in March.
Have a wonderful time until next week.
Maria DAGOGOT
Communication Desk, SELL
SOCIAL JUSTICE UNIT OF THE SHARING EDUCATION AND LEARNING FOR LIFE, (SELL) PROGRAMME EXPLORED IN KWA COMMUNITY