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BASKETBALL FOR PEACE COMPETITION IN KADUNA, NIGERIA.

The "basketball for peace" initiative of children and young people living for peace (CYPLP) Nigeria is an annual basketball competition organized by CYPLP team that brings together youths and community members from different communities in Kaduna state, Nigeria through basketball to foster unity, tolerance, peaceful coexistence and social cohesion among the diverse communities, and to strengthen bonds and severed relationships between conflicting communities in Kaduna state, Nigeria to enhance sustainable peace and development. This initiative is aimed at achieving SDG16+.

GROUP PHOTOGRAPH WITH THE PARTICIPATING TEAMS AT THE "BASKETBALL FOR PEACE" COMPETITION IN KADUNA, NIGERIA. 2011.


GROUP PHOTOGRAPH WITH THE PARTICIPATION YOUTH TEAMS AT THE "BASKETBALL FOR PEACE" COMPETITION IN KADUNA, NIGERIA. 2011.




PARTICIPATING TEAMS IN ACTION AT THE "BASKETBALL FOR PEACE" COMPETITION IN KADUNA, NIGERIA. 2011.




WE NEED PEACE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND SPORT (BASKETBALL) IS ONE OF THE DRIVING FORCE IN ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE POSITIVE PEACE.




                THE MEANING OF PEACE

P - Protection of
E - Environment for
A - Achieving
C - Clean
E - Earth.



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 headquarter (UNHQ) in New York, USA. The United Nations (UN) promotes peace, tolerance, inclusion, understanding and solidarity around the world.





THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION 
(UNO) HEADQUARTER, NEW YORK, USA. AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION WITH 193 MEMBERS STATES THAT SUPPORTS AND PROMOTES PEACE AROUND THE WORLD.









A BRIEF PERSONAL BACKGROUND OF 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, voluntary, 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 using sport as a veritable tool to enhance positive peace frameworks in Nigeria, accelerating action online and offline, engaging duty bearers and policy makers to be accountable for its implementation by 2030. He is a strong advocate of 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





1. ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION(S):

HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA (HND) CERTIFICATE ( 2014).




NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE CORP (NYSC) SCHEME CERTIFICATE (2015/2016 YEAR).



2. PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION(S):


PROFICIENCY CERTIFICATE IN MANAGEMENT (NIM) 2016.



GRADUATE MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATE (NIM) 2016.







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