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2004 Calendar

January/February

Select 2004 class of YWL Program

March

YWL Program, session 1

April/May

KIND Leader Newsletter

June

Forum on Oil Deregulation for labour and civil society coalition
YWL Program, session 2

July

KIND Leader Newsletter
Web Design Training (in collaboration with NIIT)

August/September

Launch of Book on Kudirat Abiola
YWL Program, session 3
Forum on Women and Employment
Web design Training (in collaboration with NIIT)

October

Global Youth Employment Summit in Mexico

November/December

KIND Leader Newsletter

 

KIND Activities 2003 - 2004

Leadership Development

YOUNG WOmEN'S LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

In order to foster an empowered population of young women, in November 2002, KIND introduced the Young Women's Leadership Development Program. The program seeks to discover, develop, support, and lift up the next generation of women leaders that will serve their communities using modern, innovative tools and methodologies.

2003 Leadership Sessions - tentative dates: April and July

We are still selecting dynamic young women for the 2003 class of the leadership program. Please click here for our Call for Applications.

Skills Building

COMPUTER TRAINING PROGRAM

KIND offers five-month intensive computer training to unemployed college graduates. The goal of the program is to enhance the employability of youth by empowering them with skills that are in high demand in the Nigerian economy.

2003 CTP Session - July to November

Interested applicants should stop at the KIND office for more information.

Outreach

Outreach is about reaching out, educating people about the issues KIND works on, and inspiring them to get involved, either with the organization or in their communities. The channels used to reach out include mass media (radio, television and newspapers), educational workshops, events and conferences.

SPEAKING - March 8 2002: International Women's Day, Washington DC, USA

September 17 - 21 2003: Institute of Noetic Sciences Bi-Annual Conference, Palm Springs, Florida, USA

Interlink

Connecting International and Local NGOs

YOUTH EMPLOYMENT SUMMIT (YES) CAMPAIGN: As a partner organization to the Global Youth Employment Summit Campaign, KIND serves as a link that connects international NGOs working on youth employment issues with the Nigerian Youth Employment Summit Network.

SUMMITS - June 8 - 12 2003: National Youth Employment Summit in Abuja, Nigeria.

December 2003: Regional Asia Summit.

TRAINING - May 2003: Global YES Campaign Secretariat organizes a delegation of youth and relevant institutions to attend a training on youth employment being held by the Swarminathan Foundation in India.

REVENUE GENERATOR: Internet Cafe.

KIND is establishing an Internet Cafe in the KIND Center.

June 4th Awards Program

The June 4th Program, held on the anniversary of Kudirat Abiola?s assassination, highlights and celebrates women leaders who work to strengthen democracy and development in Nigeria. The inaugural program honored Dora Akunyili, the Director General of Nigeria's National Food and Drug Commission, and Kemi Nelson, former Lagos State Commissioner for Women Affairs. The program also provided a forum for each woman to reflect on women's leadership in Nigeria. Dora Akunyili's paper was published in the Vanguard, one of Nigeria's national newpapers with the largest circulation among women.

Dora Akunyili, one of the women honored, is now famous in Nigeria for the successful campaign she waged against fake drugs that were flooding the local pharmaceutical markets. For her work, Dora received Transparency International's Integrity Award, also in 2003. However, her work also made her more vulnerable: in December, she survived an assassination attempt, laying bare the danger that nips at the feet of those that seek to make a positive difference in Nigeria.

Kind Activities 2001 - 2002

Skills Building and Economic Empowerment Projects

COMPUTER TRAINING AND JOB PLACEMENT PROGRAM

KIND is partnering with an IT firm in Lagos to set up an intensive computer training and job placement program aimed at unemployed college graduates. Bechtel Corporation, San Francisco donated the computers used in this program.

ARTS AND CRAFTS CENTER

KIND is partnering with arts and crafts instructors to provide training to high school students looking to gain practical skills that will be useful for setting up small-scale enterprises.

Leadership Development Workshops and Projects

NATIONAL YOUTH SUMMIT

In February, KIND co-convened the National Youth Summit where over 100 young leaders from around the country gathered to review and suggest amendments and implementation priorities to the National Draft Policy for Youth, a document sponsored by the federal government. The youth also attended seminars on conflict resolution/prevention, health, employment, good governance and the environment and in breakout sessions discussed strategies for raising awareness in their communities and across the country on these issues. The Canadian Commission in Lagos as well as State Governments supported this project.

NATIONAL YOUTH FORUM

As a follow up to the Summit, KIND seeks to convene a small focus group of young leaders working on diverse issues and in different parts of the country to examine the thematic issues from the Summit and, through presentations from experts and the youths themselves, begin to develop a clear understanding of the issues and propose solutions.

YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE

Will offer gender and development education, management and organizational development training, and media (radio and photojournalism) training to women aged 18-25. As part of the program, the students develop radio programs and campaigns on HIV/AIDS, female genital mutilation and other development issues.

ANNUAL MEDIA AWARD

A young journalist selected by an independent panel of distinguished journalists is given a monetary award and a laptop and printer.

Education & Health

KIND’S ORPHANAGE PROJECT

KIND is developing a case for sustainable support of orphanages to be presented for various groups of Nigeria’s Diaspora. The case will identify interventions that could most effectively support the growing number of children and youths in orphanages across the country, emphasizing educational support. Possibly, KIND may help interested sponsors to set up a pilot project in Lagos.

YOUTH SECTOR OF THE AFRICAN/AFRICAN-AMERICAN SUMMIT

The largest gathering of African-Americans to the continent, the AAA Summit will bring together 10,000 people (half of them African-Americans) to Nigeria in 2002. As the Nigeria-based partner on the coordinating committee of the Youth Sector, KIND will be coordinating logistics and developing sessions on Employment and Health.

HIV/AIDS WORKSHOPS

KIND co-organized a meeting of HIV/AIDS workers in Africa held in Benin from May 23-24th. The meeting was used to assess prevention methods, develop new campaigns and establish a network of youth to address HIV/AIDS in Africa. The World Bank Institute webcast these sessions into 5 other African countries and the United States.

YW Magazine

KIND publishes a bi-monthly magazine that provides information on events in the NGO community as well training opportunities and conferences for youth .

Interlink

Connecting international and local NGOs and fostering collaborative projects. We host several international NGOs and help them identify NGOs doing work in their area of interest, organize meetings and set up media interviews. The groups we have done this for range from Women Waging Peace, a public policy initiative based at the JFK School of Government in Harvard University, to researchers from international institutions.

Kind Activities 1999 - 2000

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