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SELL NIGERIA CONDUCTS TRAINING FOR INTERNAL DISPLACED PERSONS AT JABI LAMBA, ADAMAWA STATE

4/25/2023

Sharing Education and Learning for Life Foundation had a two days training with internal displaced persons at Jabi Lamba, Hong Local Government area of Adamawa State.
The training which was conducted on Child Safeguarding and protection aimed at empowering them with the necessary skills on the need of safeguarding and protecting the rights of children and vulnerable in the camp.

During the training, participants were made to understand their roles and responsibilities towards children, how to recognize abused as well appropriate channels to report the issue of abused.
At the end of the two days training, participants agreed and came up with a policy that will aid them in safeguarding the children and the vulnerable in the camp.
The training took place in the month of February, 2023.

SELL VOLUNTEERS CONDUCTS WORKSHOPS IN THEIR VARIOUS COMMUNITIES

The pool of SELL volunteers across the communities in North East and Plateau reached out to various groups through its formative and transformative programmes.
Out of seven SELL communities, Resource Centre has received a report of workshops on different thematic areas, Leadership, Self awareness, Entrepreneurship, Child Safeguarding and Protection and Peace building from some of the communities.

To begin with, Jos and Jalingo communities, the SELL facilitators in these communities have conducted workshops on Leadership, Child Safeguarding and protection as well as Peace talk to different youths and women groups in their respective States.

Gombe community on the other hand has also carried out advocacy visit to the parish priest of St Andrews Catholic Church, Billiri to inform him of the SELL activities, similarly, the volunteers in Gombe conducted two Entrepreneurship workshops to the undergraduate students of Federal University Kashere, Youths of St Andrews Catholic Church Billiri and also had a self awareness workshop with the students of Diocesan High School, Gombe.

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SELL PROGRAMME MALAWI MONTHLY REPORT (MARCH 2023)

4/17/2023

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In the course of helping young people in the Northern region of Malawi, the SELL Programme Malawi conducted the following activities in the month of March:

Workshops in Chiwavi and Katoto Communities

On the 10th to 12th of March the SELL Programme Malawi visited Chiwavi and Katoto communities in Mzuzu for a workshop on the leadership unit. Taonga amd Tommy were the two Resource Persons that represented Sell Programme Malawi at Katoto community, while Isaac and Noel were at Chiwavi community.

Figure 1 during one of the sessions at Chiwavi

Figure 2 participants at the end of the workshop at Katoto

SELL Meets Students of Lusekelo School of Computing

On17th of October, the SELL programme Malawi conducted a leadership unit with the students of Lusekelo school of computing at the Ungweru compound. Two Resource Persons from Sell Programme Malawi Isaac and Taonga were there to help the four facilitators at Ungweru to present the unit. The youths enjoyed the programme as they had a chance to recognize their leadership styles.

Figure 3 the Lusekelo school of computing students

Step down workshop in Nkhata-bay

Two Resource Persons from Sell Programme Malawi Taonga and Leo visited Nkhata-bay district for a step down workshop on leadership which was also a platform to mentor four SELL facilitators in Nkhata-bay.
The workshop was conducted from 24th to 26th March 2023 and was hosted at Pastoral Center hall. The workshop attracted 54 young adults from the district and four SELL facilitators based in Nkhata-bay facilitated it while two Sell resource persons mentored them.

Figure 4 participants in Nkhata-Bay doing there morning greeting

SELL Visits Kanyerere Community

On the 25th of March 2023, two facilitators from Mzimba community Lusungu and Veronica conducted a step down workshop in one of the zones in Mzimba district at Kanyerere community. In attendance were 44 young people who were very much interested in the programme and were looking forward to the presentations of the other units.

Figure 6 Lusungu, one of the facilitators on his way to a workshop venue

Step down workshops in Katete and Edingeni communities

Two stepdown workshops on leadership took place on the weekend of 31st of March to 2nd of April 2023 in Katete and Edingeni communities. Katete community comprised of 64 participants from 8 zones namely Khorwa, Lojwa, Chizani, Phembe, Kasambakholi, kamatawo and katete while Edingeni community comprised of 20 participants from Embangweni community and Edingeni community itself. Leo together with Taonga from the resource team were at Katete as mentors, while Tommy and Isaac went to Edingeni. Again there was an opportunity to mentor the two teams of trainee facilitators from both communities.