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DISCOVER YOUR POTENTIAL

10/17/2014

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On the 1st October 1960, Nigeria a country in the sub – Saharan Africa gained Independence from her British colonial masters. This is 54 years of independence, Nigerian nationals are very optimistic that the situation of things will get better as the country is currently faced with security challenges, unemployment and so on. To say that 33.1% of Nigerians are living below the poverty line is not an exaggeration (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_Nigeria). Every Nigerian has a part to play in making Nigeria a better place, more so, youths are seen as agents of change everywhere. To contribute to making this change possible, the SELL Resource team did not go for the public holiday that is marked for the Independence, but committed to working with youths on that day. Students of Abubakar Tafawa Belewa University (ATBU), Bauchi experienced the SELL Programme, titled; ‘Discover Your Potential’. It was indeed an awesome experience as 48 students participated in the programme. One of the learning from that programme was that when people unleash and maximize their potential they can become useful to themselves and their community. 

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SELL COMMUNITY LEADERS MEETING

Leaders of SELL community team in the North-East and Plateau State of Nigeria convened for a meeting at the SELL Foundation office on the 27th October 2014. The meeting with the leaders is bi-annual and this was the last for this year. All the communities were represented and vital issues for the growth of SELL were. Indeed the challenges that SELL is faced with were not left out in the discussions, we look up to the creator for grace in all we do.

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AN EXPERIENCE ON ‘STRENGTH BASED LIVING; CHOOSING HAPPINESS’

The SELL Foundation hugely appreciates the St. Patricks Missionary Society in Nigeria, west African region, for her immense contribution towards youth formation and development. Over the years, the SELL Foundation has benefited from their generosity. Most recently, they invited an expert facilitator on Child Safeguarding; Fr. Hugh Legan of the Society Missionary of Africa (SMA). Fr. Legan is from Northern Ireland and works in South Africa. The primary focus of the experience was on living positively; being optimistic; having cheerful countenance; knowing what makes you happy; living your life not someone else’ life (doing what you know how to do best); being honest with yourself…. . I can go on and on and on. I will like to share some of my insights which include; 

 Getting comes from giving;

 The happiest people are people who give freely without looking back;

 Happiness is a conscious choice not an automatic response; 

Don’t let your dream become so self-focused, consider the need of others as well; 

Be careful what you pray for because you may actually get it (an Irish Proverb); 

We spend too much of our lives correcting our deficiencies than building our strengths;

Spend time each day in silence to gain perspectives and we cannot be anything we desire to be than who we already are.

 On the child safe guarding aspect, it was so disheartening knowing that at least 18 percent of females and 8 percent of males are being abused at a young age. Also sad to know that child abuse is carried out more by close persons in the lives of these young ones, the whole experience shared by Legan was worthwhile. The programme took place at the Catholic Social Centre in Kaduna, Nigeria on the 6th October, 2014.

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UPCOMING PROGRAMMES

On the 16th – 19th October, 2014, a second round of SEL Mentoring training will kick off. SELL has trained a set of her facilitators to support with the mentoring of trainees of the programme. The next set will begin this week, we wish them every blessing they need as they go through another experience of SELL’s process.

Next week will be a continuation of training for SELL Community trainees. Two community teams will be coming together to take the training at the youth formation centre in Bauchi, Nigeria. 

You shall be feed more with information of these activities as they happen.

Thanks for Staying with us on this page, see you again soon.

Maria

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