A one day peace education training program was carried out by me on the theme : "Activating positive peace through transformative pedagogy ". The event was held on saturday the 23rd of April 2022 at the Adonai children's home, barnawa, kaduna south, kaduna state, Nigeria. The peace education project was jointly carried out by a team of four Rotary bespoke peace associates from kaduna state in fulfilment for the award of ambasdador of peace program of Rotary international. The team include myself Mr. Enobong Ekwere (Team leader), Engr. Abdulrahman Hassan (member), Mr. Oche Eche (member) and Mr. Yusuf Musa (member). The project was centred on one of the eight pillars of positive peace, which is good relations with neighbours. Each of us as a team presented a brief interactive peace education and peace building training sessions using transformative pedagogy approach to teach the children the virtues of good neighbourliness and the need for good relationships within the family circle as the smallest unit of the society and to also extend it to the larger community. The training sessions lasted for one hour thirty minutes. As a team, in our own little capacity to support these vulnerable children and the orphanage home, we presented a token as a gift to the orphanage home which include : two cartons of bar soaps, rolls of sachet detergents and toiletries as part of our corporate social responsibilities for the upkeep of the children.
GROUP PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROSPECTIVE AMBASSADORS WITH THE CHILDREN AND STAFF OF THE CHILDREN'S HOME. 23RD APRIL 2022.
SDGs FOR PEACE - THE CHILDREN TAKING ACTION FOR PEACE.
POSITIVE PEACE EDUCATION TRAINING SESSIONS BY THE PROSPECTIVE AMBASSADORS ON GOOD RELATIONS WITH NEIGHBOURS.
A CROSS SECTION OF THE PARTICIPANTS (CHILDREN) IN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SESSION.
THE BANNER OF THE PEACE EDUCATION TRAINING PROGRAM.
INFOGRAPHICS BANNER FOR THE EVENT FOR PUBLICITY AND VISIBILITY OF THE PROJECT. (WITH NAMES OF THE PEACE AMBASSADORS INSCRIBED ON IT).
THE EIGHT PILLARS OF POSITIVE PEACE FRAMEWORK.
THE TEN (10) PRINCIPLES OF DIALOGUE.
CERTIFIED AS AN AFRICAN CIVIC ACTOR - AFRICAN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ACADEMY (ACEA FELLOW 2021) UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, USA.
ACEA BADGE (2021)
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION AS A TRAINED ROTARY BESPOKE POSITIVE PEACE ADVOCATE. 2022.
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION ROTARY POSITIVE PEACE ACADEMY. 2022.
AWARD OF CERTIFICATE AS A NIGERIAN PEACE AMBASSADOR OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL/ INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMICS AND PEACE (IEP) 2022.
AWARD OF CERTIFICATE AS AN INTERNATIONAL PEACE AMBASSADOR OF THE INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMICS AND PEACE (IEP) 2022.
PEACE EDUCATION AND PEACE BUILDING TRAINING PROGRAM IN SCHOOLS ACROSS KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA. 2021.
Children and young people living for peace (CYPLP) Nigeria in collaboration with Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL) South Korea, jointly organized peace education and peace building training programs in schools across Nigeria and Western Africa as part of the HWPL Western Africa peace initiative. This program was carried out by me as the program manager of Children and Young People Living for Peace (CYPLP) Nigeria, in fulfillment for the award of the HWPL peace educator. The peace education training workshop was held at Albright international School, Down Quarters, Kakuri, Kaduna South, Kaduna State, Nigeria, on 2nd September, 2021 in fulfilment for the award as HWPL Peace educator.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS WITH THE STUDENTS BRAINSTORMING ON STRATEGIES TO DEVELOP FOR A PEACEFUL SOCIETY.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SESSION.
GROUP PHOTOGRAPH WITH THE STUDENTS OF THE SCHOOL TAKING ACTION FOR PEACE. 2021.
GROUP PHOTOGRAPH WITH STAFF OF THE SCHOOL TAKING ACTION FOR PEACE. 2021.
HWPL PEACE EDUCATOR EMPOWERMENT TRAINING PROGRAM CERTIFICATE, FROM 8th MAY TO 26th JUNE 2021 AS PART OF THE 2021 HWPL WESTERN AFRICA PEACE INITIATIVE ONLINE TRAINING.
CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT - AS A PEACE EDUCATOR OF THE HWPL PEACE ACADEMY, SOUTH KOREA. 7TH SEPTEMBER, 2021.
HWPL LOGO - SOUTH KOREA, ASIA.
CYPLP LOGO - NIGERIA, AFRICA.
COMPLETION OF A TRAINING COURSE - ENGAGING FAITH ACTORS TO SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS OF THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs). 2022.
COMPLETION OF TRAINING COURSE - INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION. 2022.
Intercultural Communication is a communication that takes place between individuals coming from not only different cultures, but also different religions, ethnicities, politics, genders. histories, nationalities etc.
COMPLETION OF TRAINING COURSE - INTERFAITH PEACE AND DIALOGUE MODELS: A VENUE FOR PEACE BUILDING. 2022.
COMPLETION OF COURSE - KEY CONCEPTS IN INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE.2022.
COMPLETION OF COURSE - INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE IN VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES AND SOCIAL NETWORKS. 2022.
COMPLETION OF COURSE - COUNTERING HATE SPEECH THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF IRD AND CO-OPERATION FOR PEACE. 2022.
MY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE OBJECTIVES AND GOALS OF THE ROTARY INTERNATIONAL.
Iam presently a strong candidate for one of the slot, out of the 80 fellows to be selected worldwide for professional development program of the Rotary Peace Fellowship for the year 2022/2023, to pursue a professional development certificate in peace in one of the outstanding universities (Chulalongkorn university, Bangkok, Thailand and Makerere university, Kampala, Uganda) affiliated with the Rotary Peace Centres (Rotary Foundation). My contributions as an advocate of Rotary lnternational that has been trained on positive peace frameworks and as an ambassador of peace, iam committed and dedicated through selfless service, service above self to humanity and my community to come on board and add immense value to the ideals of Rotary lnternational through the establishment of a Rotary Community Corps (RCC) Program in my community, which is presently not available, so as to create an avenue and a laudable platform for non- Rotarians, associates and friends of Rotary lnternational who share out commitments to come on board and leverage on this platform to changing the world through service projects. The Rotary Community Corps (RCC) will be established to work with the local Rotary club of kakuri, Kaduna state, Nigeria (District 9125), to recruit RCC members to ensure that local needs are met, and that projects impact lives in the community long after Rotary's direct support ends for scalability and sustainability. RCC members will be committed to this cause to ensure sustainability of projects. The essence of the establishment of the Rotary Community Corps (RCC) in my community is to add up and increase the already existing and more than 11,000 corps in 105 countries and 257 districts worldwide and also to increase the number of approximately 47million volunteers hours each year.
MY QUEST FOR KNOWLEDGE ON PEACE AND SECURITY STUDIES FROM ONE OF THE BEST UNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD.
CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY, BANGKOK,THAILAND. TOP 16 BEST UNIVERSITY IN THE WORLD. AND THAILAND'S BEST UNIVERSITY FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS (SOURCE - GLOBAL IMPACT RANKING 2022.
MAKERERE UNIVERSITY, KAMPALA, UGANDA. TOP 20 BEST UNIVERSITY IN AFRICA.
THE ROTARY PEACE CENTRE
THE ROTARY INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION.
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 9125 (KAKURI, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA).
Iam committed to join Rotary lnternational District 9125, Kakuri, Kaduna State, Nigeria, as my local Rotary lnternational district, upon the completion of my fellowship program, to become a Rotarian and to step down the knowledge and skills gain through the fellowship program to other Rotarians, Rotaracts and associates of Rotary club at my community level for knowledge transfer and exchange through peer to peer learning and for a lifelong learning. And also to use the knowledge and skills gain through the fellowship program to contribute to my community development through initiated social change projects.
CELEBRATION OF THE ANNUAL ROTARY INTERNATIONAL DAY (23RD FEBRUARY).
As an associate of Rotary lnternational, and an aspiring member that will add up to the 1.4million membership worldwide, it has always been a yearly ritual and tradition for me to join in solidarity to celebrate Rotary day on 23rd February each year alongside with other Rotarians, Rotaracts, associates, peace practitioners, actors, and advocates of peace in my community to converged and share stories, experiences and to celebrate the laudable works of Rotary lnternational over the years.
SCALING UP HUMANITARIAN PROJECTS IN MY COMMUNITY TO TOUCH LIVES AND REACH OUT TO THE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN NIGERIA.
As an associate of Rotary lnternational and a development expert working with a local non-governmental organization based in Kaduna State, Nigeria, my core values and organizational thematic areas of focus aligns with that of the Rotary lnternational. These thematic areas of focus includes;
1. Promoting peace. (SDG 16+)
2.Fighting disease. (SDG 3)
3. Providing clean water. (SDG 6)
4. Saving mothers and children (SDG 3)
5. Supporting education. (SDG 4)
6. Growing local economies. (SDG 8 and 9)
7. Supporting the environment. (SDG 13 14 and 15).
There is a nexus and strong connection of Rotary lnternational focus areas with the Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. My tasks as an advocate of peace and sustainable development, l work assiduously to scale up humanitarian projects to the most hard to reach local communities in Nigeria, touching the lives of the most vulnerable, marginalized, unserved, underserved, underrepresented communities and disadvantaged populations of youth, girls and women using entrepreneurial skills development and vocational skills as a veritable tool to train vulnerable populations on trades and soft skills to make them become self reliance for sustainable livelihood, in other to enhance job creation and wealth generation that will stimulate local economies sustainably. I dedicate my time, energy, knowledge, skills, expertise and resources to scale up project initiatives and activities at the local community level for greater social impact to ensure that these goals are achieved by the global mandate of 2030 in Nigeria.
SCALING UP ADVOCACY CAMPAIGN TO ERADICATE CANCER IN NIGERIA AND TO ACHIEVE THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 3 (GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING) BY 2030 IN NIGERIA.
As part of my mandate to fight diseases and ensure a world free from diseases, l have embarked on project initiatives that brings into light the much needed sensitization awareness campaign programs both online and offline for public education. I initiated a community based initiative called "Community health based volunteers program" to train young people at community level on the sustainable development goal 3 (Good health and well-being) and goal 6 (Clean water and sanitation) to scale up advocacy on cancer and other related diseases and to take action as social change agents and as gatekeepers and advocates of health in their various communities to amplify their voices for the achievement of the universal health coverage in Nigeria. I also used my personalized blog to write compelling, educative and informative articles on health related issues and diseases for visibility. This can be viewed here below;
https://enobongekwere.blogspot.com/2022/02/world-cancer-day-2022.html
https://enobongekwere.blogspot.com/2021/12/universal-health-coverage-day-2021.html
THE "COMMUNITY HEALTH BASED VOLUNTEERS PROGRAM". GROUP PHOTOGRAPH OF VOLUNTEERS.
THE CUSTOMIZED ROTARY LOGO ON A RIBBON SIGNIFYING THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER.
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL SUPPORTS EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY PROJECTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
WORLD POLIO DAY - ROTARY'S GOAL IS TO ERADICATE POLIO WORLDWIDE BY 2030.
World Polio Day was established in 1985 by Rotary lnternational to commemorate the birth of Jonas Salk, who was the led medical researcher of the team that developed a vaccine against polio. He developed the inactivated polio virus vaccine, which first came into use in 1955. This was further developed as the oral polio vaccine by Albert Sabin, which came into use in 1961.
Today, the polio vaccines are recommended all over the world, particularly for children under the age of five, who are the most vulnerable to the infection. Every year on 24th October, World Polio Day is observed to raise awareness of the importance of polio vaccination to protect every child from this devastating disease, and to celebrate the many parents, professionals and volunteers whose contributions make polio eradication achievable. World Polio Day highlights the global efforts to end poliomyelitis (polio) worldwide. Polio is a life threatening disease caused by the polio virus. To ensure a polio free future for everyone, efforts must continue to maintain high immunization coverage, implement high quality surveillance to detect any presence of the virus, and prepare to respond in the event of an outbreak. The theme for this year's World Polio Day 2022 is: "A healthier future for mothers and children".
HEEDING TO ROTARY'S " SERVICE ABOVE SELF " MOTTO:
"Service Above Self" is the motto adopted by Rotary lnternational, which signifies the belief that Rotarians would put their duty to help others before their own needs.
THE ROTARIAN PLEDGE
Iam a Rotarian, l will always uphold the truth. Iam a Rotarian. I will always strive to be fair in all my dealings with my fellow human beings.
ROTARY CONNECTS THE WORLD WITH LAUDABLE COMMUNITY PROJECTS THAT TOUCHES LIVES.
ACTIVATING POSITIVE PEACE IN NIGERIA THROUGH PEACE EDUCATION AND PEACE BUILDING PROCESS TO ENHANCE TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
WE NEED PEACE IN KADUNA STATE AND NIGERIA.
Kaduna state, Nigeria has been bedeviled with incessant ethno-religious conflicts among various local communities in Kaduna state, Nigeria, these ugly scenario's has caused colossal loss of life and properties worth hundreds of millions of naira in losses. The existential threats of insurgency, militia groups, kidnapping for ransom and banditry has exacerbates the level of insecurity in Nigeria. Hence, there is a greater need for peace education and peace building processes to be establish in local communities in Nigeria to build unity, tolerance and social cohesion among community members in a pluralistic society like Nigeria to bring an end to this henious crime against humanity.
KADUNA STATE, NORTH WEST, NIGERIA.
WE NEED PEACE IN OUR COMMUNITIES TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL OF US TO LIVE IN.
War is not the answer. We need peace. Peace for the world. Peace now. The world and humanity has had enough of wars and communal conflicts, so there is every need for all of us in our own little spaces to contribute our own little quota in building blocks of peace through peace education in our society for peace to prevail. If we all can do this, l think we can achieve world peace for a better and safer world.
THE MEANING OF PEACE
P - Protection of
E - Environment for
A - Achieving
C - Clean
E - Earth.
I WAS INAUGURATED AS A MEMBER OF THE ROTARY INTERFAITH MEDIATION COMMITTEE ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS AS AN ASSOCIATE OF ROTARY - KADUNA STATE PEACE COMMITTEE, NIGERIA ON THE 21st OF SEPTEMBER, 2022.
THE "KNOTTED GUN" SCULPTURE AT THE UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS (UNHQ) IN NEW YORK, USA.
The "Knotted Gun" sculpture is a universal symbol of non- violence on display at the United Nations Headquarters (UNHQ) in New York, USA. The United Nations (UN) promotes, peace, tolerance, inclusion, understanding and solidarity around the world.
THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION (UNHO), HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK, USA. AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION WITH 193 MEMBER STATES THAT SUPPORTS AND PROMOTE PEACE AROUND THE WORLD.
A BRIEF PERSONAL BACKGROUND OF MR.ENOBONG EKWERE (PEACE ADVOCATE) 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. 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) and (SDG16+) 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, 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 and SDG16+ 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 training 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
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