WORLD NGO DAY 2022.

World NGO day is an international day dedicated to recognize, celebrate and honour all non-governmental and nonprofit organizations and the people behind them that contribute their time, efforts in making the society a better place to live in all year round. Each year World NGO day is celebrated on the 27th of February. World NGO day is celebrated in more than 89 countries and in over six continents. World NGO day honours the non-profit organizations and volunteers who give their time and resources to help make a difference in the world. World NGO day was officially proposed and recognized on 17th of April 2010 by 12 countries of the Baltic sea NGO forum in Vilnius, Lithuania. The member countries of the Baltic sea NGO forum were Belarus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, lceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Norway and Sweden. On 23rd April 2012, the world NGO day was accepted by the Baltic sea of NGO forum committee under the German CBSS presidency at the Humboldt university in Berlin, during the X Baltic sea NGO forum: social capital for a sustainable Baltic sea region. First time marked by the UN, EU, Nordic council leaders and international organizations in 2014. The first global inaugural event of World NGO day was hosted by the ministry for foreign affairs of Finland on 27th February, 2014 in Helsinki, Finland. The international guests were leaders from UNOPS, UNESCO, UNDP, European union, Nordic council and international organizations.

World NGO day is to inspire people to become more actively involved within NGO sector and encourage a greater symbiosis between NGO's and both the public and private sector. This day is a day for NGO's around the world to share their knowledge and experiences with one another. An opportunity for education, enabling individuals worldwide to understand more clearly what NGO's are doing for society, locally, nationally and internationally. An international symbol to display the efforts and achievements of all NGO's from all sectors. An opportunity to inspire people to consider a career within the NGO/non- profit sector. It is an opportunity for individuals to learn more about the people involved with NGO's. An opportunity for NGO's to discuss the issues that affects their work and form partnerships that can resolve a mutual problem for societal good. World NGO day aims to celebrate the successes of the more than 10million NGO's worldwide and to allow many small grassroots organizations to gain the recognition they deserve.

Today, as we celebrate all those who leave the world a little better place than they found it, we use today to acknowledge their good works here on earth. We celebrate those whose constant efforts help in creating lasting change in the society through their social works. Today, we pay tribute to those whose tireless contributions leaves an indelible legacies and lasting impacts on the sands of our time through their meritorious social works that benefits humanity. I say BRAVO!

WORD ON THE MARBLE (QUOTE)

" We make a living by what we get.

But we make a life by what we give"

- Winston Churchill.

#WorldNGODay2022 #GlobalGoals #UnitedNations 

BRIEF PERSONAL PROFILE OF ENOBONG EKWERE - SOCIAL ACTIVIST/ DEVELOPMENT EXPERT IN NIGERIA.

Comrade Enobong Ekwere is a social influencer, blogger, vlogger, human rights activist, peace practitioner, grassroot social mobilizer, SDGs advocate and a global citizen. Enobong Ekwere also have vast knowledge and professional expertise in copy writing, content creation, online and offline media campaigning. He is the program manager of children and young people living for peace (CYPLP), an organic, volunteer of experts, youth focused and a think-tank non-governmental organization based in Kaduna state, Nigeria. A Higher National Diploma (HND) graduate of Public Administration (Upper Credit) from the Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Niger State, Nigeria. Enobong Ekwere holds a proficiency certificate in management from the Nigerian Institute of Management, Chartered (NIM) Lagos, Nigeria. He is also a graduate member of the institute (Associate member in view). He works with young people in local communities across Nigeria localizing the sustainable development goals (SDGs)  (SDG16+ SDG4 and SDG5 in particular) and positive peace frameworks in Nigeria, accelerating action online and offline, engaging duty bearers and policy makers to be accountable for it's implementation by 2030. He is a strong advocate of peace, good governance and democracy, accountability in government, freedom of information, freedom of expression, access to information, free press, social justice and social inclusion. As a youth advocate and a global leader who loves to see social reforms in the society, he uses his personalized blog to write compelling stories on developmental and topical issues on national and global concern that shapes and transform people's lives and impact the larger society for knowledge transfer and lifelong learning. He engages in community service and volunteerism, community outreach, social mobilization and advocacy tours to hard to reach local communities in Nigeria advocating and advancing the cause of the SDGs (SDG16+ SDG4 and SDG5 in particular) so that no community and youth in Kaduna state and Nigeria at large would be left behind. CYPLP as an organization works primarily in serving vulnerable population of children, youth, elderly persons, people living with disabilities (PLWD's) and women in unserved, underserved, underrepresented and marginalized local communities in Nigeria.

My areas of competence in peace education and peace building process includes;

1. Conflict mapping, sensitivity and analysis

2. Negotiation, mediation and reconciliation

3. Interreligious and intercultural dialogue

4. Protection of civilians

5. Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR)

6. Security sector reforms (SSR)

7. Mainstreaming gender in peace keeping

8. Mainstreaming gender in peace and state building

9. Crisis management/resolution

10. Media and conflict

11. Conflict and natural resources

12. Conflict prevention

13. Peace support operations (PSOs)

14. Post- conflict reconstruction and development

15. Humanitarian action

16. Transnational organized crime

17. Piracy and maritime security

18. Preventing violent extremism (PVE) etc.

Enobong Ekwere has an extensive professional working experience in projects such as;

1. PRELT (Prevention of radicalization and extremism leading to terrorism)

2. BRAVE (Building resilience against violent extremism)

3. iDOVE (Interfaith dialogue on violent extremism) in local communities across Kaduna state and Nigeria at large.

I have initiated two projects to counter religious and violent extremism among the youths in local communities in Nigeria, and one empowerment program, these are;

1. CAARE ( Countering Attitudes Against Religious Extremism)

2. CAAVE (Countering Attitudes Against Violent Extremism)

3. NEET (Not in Education, Empowerment or Training) an empowerment training program aimed at training vulnerable population of young people in local communities in Nigeria with leadership skills, entrepreneurial and vocational skills acquisition.

He can be reached via:

Tel/WhatsApp: +2347082558952

Email: julyenobong2020@gmail.com

            : enobongekwere825@gmail.com

MY PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES:

FACEBOOK: 

https://www.facebook.com/enobong.ekwere.372

TWITTER: 

http://www.twitter.com/Enobongekwere2

INSTAGRAM: 

http://www.instagram.com/enobongekwere825

LINKEDIN: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/enobong-ekwere-3271b116b

MY ORGANIZATION'S SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES:

FACEBOOK: 

https://www.facebook.com/cyplp.net.ng/

TWITTER: 

http://www.twitter.com/youngpeoplefor/

INSTAGRAM: 

http://www.instagram.com/cyplp/

WEBSITE: 

www.cyplp.net.ng

INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER - INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION (IHRC) GENEVA, SWITZERLAND.