Oguntoyinbo Stephen Yinka
The 28 year old Stephen is the brain behind the Talk Village, with a focus on using the media and training as strong strategy of getting young people attention in getting empowered and informed about current happening in their environment both at the local and International platforms
In the past year, he has been a partner in the Student Summer Camp 2008 (a project design to give a free holiday tutorials for young people within the Ebutte-metta axis in partnership with Talk Village International a project where we had over 300 students in attendance in partnership with Nation Builders, Save Our Community Africa), he also organizers an International Youth Day Celebration on August 12 2009 Tagged Photo For life (a project design to use Photography as a toolkit of advocacy) in partnership with the British Council/VSO.
He also trained Babcock University Ilesan Remo English Student May 2007 on the use Media as a toolkit of Advocacy, had his organization partner with the West African Youth Entrepreneur Summit 2008 Ibadan Oyo State, hosted a Generation for Peace Youth Step down project lagos Nigeria December16th 2008 and hosted a Youth Media Summer Training tagged: Youth-Rewire (a Youth Media training for Media expert from major radio and TV stations in Nigeria and the use of new media technologies as a strong toolkit of advocacy.)
He has hosted a Youth Step Down project For the British Council on an International Youth Multi-cultural Exchange to the UK (African-UK Exchange) Belongings Project. A step down project was hosted by talk Village International in Otta Ogun State Nigeria funded by the British Council UK September 11th -15th 2008 with over 400 Participants allover Ogun State in attendance and hosted a Youth Weekend Summer Leadership Camp Otta Ogun State with over 330 Participants in attendance November 20th -23rd 2008. He is currently putting up a National Youth Media Summit 2010.
Nwodi Daniel Chinedu
The 28 year old, based in the Benin Republic, represents Etudiants Sans Frontieres/Students Without Borders as the International Coordinator. The group is non-political, non-governmental and non-profit organisation that advocates youth leadership skills; tourism as an avenue of education, promoting ethnical standards and striving to create positive change in the society by providing our members the opportunity to be united, and seeks to create international relationship among African students for unity through a framework of friendship and services, to enhance the knowledge and skills that will assist them in their personal development.
In the past year, he organised a seminar Integrity Institute themed “The Role of Nigerian Students in the fight against Corruption” at the Nigerian French Language Village in Lagos, marked International Youth Day with an excursion themed “Youth Are the Leaders of Today” in partnership a Non Governmental Organisation called MercyShip that arrived in Cotonou, Republic of Benin and marked World Tourism Day: with an international excursion to the Republic of Benin for young people.
From 30 September to 4 October, he marked Nigeria’s independence in Republic of Benin with a Nigeria Independence Eve Candle Light, Nigeria Independence Celebration on 1st October, a novelty football match, and a Green and White Fiesta. Then on 17 November 2009, he marked International Students Day held at University of Abomey Calavi Republic of Benin Themed: “Drug Abuse and its consequence”. It was a talk show and a concert, and had authorities of the university, the NDLEA Seme Border, various NGOs in Nigeria and the Republic of Benin and the South African Ambassador to the Republic of Benin.
Ndubude Ekene Matthew
This 23 year old is vice chairman of Nigeria Youth Fight Against Malaria (NYFAM), a change project and organization founded in November 2007 with a vision to reduce maternal and child mortality and morbidity caused by malaria incidence by 60% in the rural areas and malaria endemic zones in Nigeria, to give complete and free medi-care especially on malaria to one million children in Africa by 2015 and to give complete and free medi-care on malaria to one hundred thousand women especially pregnant women by 2010.
In the last one year, they have conducted health seminars, enlightenment campaigns and community projects in rural areas, corporate sectors and malaria endemic zones which involve medical tests, treatment and donation of health products to the community. These include: Zenith Bank Plc, Ogui Road and Okpara Avenue branches, Oceanic Bank Plc, Market road branch, Umudike, Nnewi north Local government, SWET Enugu. Free health care to more than 5000 (Five Thousand) Persons, these services include malaria, dental care and surgeries, HIV test and counseling and other preventable disease, and gave out 550 (five hundred and fifty) mosquito nets to pregnant women and nursing mothers. In total, this organization has impacted on more than 5000 persons in Enugu State (Nkanu East, Enugu North, Enugu South Local Government areas), Anambra State (Oba, Idemili South, Umudike, Nnewi North Local Government areas), Isuochi, umunneochi Local government area in Abia State, and Warri in Delta State.
They have partnered with the Society For Family Health, UNICEF, RISTI Dental Associates, SWET, Health and Life Int’l, House On The Rock, Enugu, Rotract Club of ESUT and Ranbaxy Nigeria Ltd. Ndubuisi was a semi-finalist nominee in the LEAP Africa annual leadership awards and was a panelist in the Rise ‘ Dare to be Different’ National Youth Interactive Forum 2009 Enugu Edition.
Emmanuel Odiase
Born in 1982, Emmanuel runs a tobacco control organization, SmokeFree Foundation, which has raised awareness about the deadly effects of tobacco smoking through seven peaceful rallies around the country in court premises, the National Assembly, market
squares and bus parks. Their focus is educating audiences about the deadly effect of tobacco, preventing teens from the uptake of smoking, providing support for smokers who intend to quit and supporting government in enacting policies to protect the rights of non-smokers to breathe clean air.
They were part of the team that drafted the National Tobacco Control Bill which has now gone through 1st and 2nd readings, public hearing and now advocating for the government to pass the bill speedily and took part in the Abuja Public place smoking ban situational analysis where Emmanuel was with other activists strategising on how to
effectively implement the smokefree policy in Abuja. They recently organized Nigeria’s First SmokeFree Youth Symposium on December 11 and 12, 2009 where youths from all over the country were present to discuss the problems of tobacco and proffer solutions. From the Symposium, coordinators of all six geopolitical zones and their assistants were
inducted into tobacco control.
The organization also increased its reach for the Children Adolescents for a SmokeFree Environment-CASE project which it began in 2007. They have now visited additional 5 states in addition to 6 states earlier visited making the number 11 states. Through the CASE project, they conduct seminars around secondary schools in Nigeria where the students who are most vulnerable to smoking fill up questionnaires, are presented
with Nigeria’s first anti-tobacco education book and then they make tobacco free pledges. The organization has trained 102 new passionate project officers that are now piloting their school programs in several cities and states in Nigeria and they have carried the anti-tobacco message to over 328,400 thousand young people around the country.
Emmanuel’s highlights include making a poster presentation at the 14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health-Mumbai-March, 2009; making an oral presentation at the St.Gallen Oncology Conference-March, making a poster presentation at the World Dermatology Congress-Prague-May, 2009, being selected as a British Council Global Changemaker- June, 2009, and winning the YouthActionNet Global Fellowship-July, 2009. He was the only West African speaker at the 13th World Lung Cancer Conference, San Francisco-July,2009, made an oral presentation at the AORTIC cancer conference in Dar es Salaam-November, 2009, and presented a paper at the Child and Family Law Conference in Italy-August,2009. His foundation’s work has been featured on Time Magazine and the New York Times. A finalist for this award last year, he has won the LEAP Africa Awards 2009, and the World Dermatology Society-Young Investigators Award-2009
Light up Nigeria
This is a movement advocating for consistent power supply in Nigeria. It was formed on July 14 2009 in response to the power supply in the country to provide for alternative voices to the world youth and the new generation.
In the past year it has focused on awareness and generating momentum, featuring on most media and networks in Nigeria, and the CNN. It has a strong online presence amongst social networking websites for young people and has held town hall meetings on electricity across the country and in other parts of the world e.g. London, New York and Washington DC.
Tolu Sangosanya
Born in 1982, Tolu’s organisation, the Dustbin Children’s Foundation, teaches street children how to read and write, feeds them twice every week, gives health care and takes them sightseeing. Her belief is that it is important to give these children hope so as to reduce the number of miscreants in cities.
Funded mostly by individuals and then with support from USAID, she has been able to teach 75 kids how to read 3 letter words; the kids are 2 – 14 year olds on the average.
David Babatunde Ayoola
This impressive 18 year old undergraduate founded and runs Youths for Generational Change-Africa (YGC-Africa) which believes that one young person at a time, one state government at a time, with dedication and a commitment to being the change we want to see; a New-Nigeria will emerge.
Appointed last year one of the ambassadors of the Microsoft Internet Safety, Security and Privacy Initiative in Nigeria (MISSPIN), he has been able to organize two seminars/discussion forums to further enlighten young people and other members of the Nigerian society about cybercrime, internet privacy and safety. The first seminar was organised for the Davidic Youth Academy and the second for the Good Shepherd secondary school. He also hosted the annual Change-Africa summit which was geared towards equipping youths with life skills, information and developmental tools for building their future and our nation Nigeria. The 2009 edition, tagged ‘Building the future today’ was held on August 15, 2009 in Lagos and had speakers like Gbenga Sesan, Niyi Adesanya and Chude Jideonwo and Jummai Umar-Ajijola.
YGC-Africa is presently in the process of partnering with the World Youth Alliance, International (WYA) – a renowned youth advocacy organisation. He has been corresponding with the director of the African office in Kenya, Mrs. Irene Nyambura Mwangi after YGC-Africa was recommended at WYA’s headquarters in New York as the best fit for expanding their advocacy work in Nigeria. He will also be embarking on a 6 months internship at the United Nations headquarters in New York from March1, 2010 to August 31, 2010 to strengthen his competence by acquiring international experience in youth advocacy.
Isoke Aikpitanyi
A role model in the most practical sense, Isoke was trafficked to Italy at the age of eighteen. She worked the streets for some years before breaking free and setting up Casa de Isoke, a half way home for girls like her who want to escape the trade.
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