YELI PEACE EDUCATION AND GOOD LEADERSHIP PROPOSAL

Project Name / Youth Education and Leadership Initiative (YELI) International
Project Location
Emails
Phones / YELI PROJECT Office:
Inside Jenvak, No 22B Tudun Wada Ring Road. P.O.Box 13236, Jos,Plateau State,Nigeria.
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08096393404, 07036014740 and 07067654419
Project Theme
Name &Address of Bank
Corporate Account Name
Account Number
Account Signatories / YELI Change Ambassadors for Peace Education and Good Leadership in Nigeria
Guaranty Trust bank (GTB), Opp PHCN Ahmadu Bello Way, Jos,Plateau State,Nigeria.
Youth Education and Leadership Initiative
332 880 124 110
Amedu Monday Amedu (President), Dorothy Senkang Dawam (Secretary) and Atakulu Chukwuemeka John (Treasurer and Vice President).
Target Audience / Young people in and out of Schools in Plateau and Nigeria

FederalRepublic of Nigeria Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) Registration Number: CAC/IT/No 41511

PROPOSAL FOR YELI PEACE EDUCATION AND GOOD LEADERSHIP PROGRAM IN PLATEAUSTATE AND NIGERIA

Theme:YELI Change Ambassadors for Peace EducationandGood Leadership in Nigeria.

PROPOSAL OUTLINES

  1. Definition of Key Words
  2. Project Executive Summary
  3. Background Information
  4. Goals and Objectives
  5. Strategies and Activities
  6. Anticipating Impacts
  7. Target Audience and Marketability
  8. Past Activity and Experience
  9. Project Timeline
  10. Working Budget Analysis
  11. Conclusion and Key Contacts

1.DEFINATION OF KEY WORDS

Education is a conscious action planned and systematically carried out either in schools, homes or other similar settings in order to develop the potentialities that individuals possess, so they are able to live peacefully, efficiently and effectively in their environment.

Developing in the context of this program means the process of growing bigger, stronger or thinking of and producing new ideas, skills and abilities.

Change refers to the process of becoming different or to replace one thing, person, attitude, service with an entirely new one.

An Ambassador is a humanitarian leader whose passion for change and development has been noted and honored by individuals or groups because he designs and implements strategies in solving leadership challenges for his communities and had also been successful at working for violent free societies.

Peace in this context represents a sound atmosphere that respects the co-existence of peoples with different cultures, beliefs and values, but yet living together with tolerable conflicting opinions.

People means a group of individuals with dignity, rights, values and sense of responsibility, co-existing together first for the purpose of procreation and inhabitation, and then, sustainable development.

Election is a process or an occasion on which people officially choose a political representative, government or leader by voting.

Leadership however is the peak of governance whether democratic or not, where a person is vested with the task or responsibility to captain or lead a group of people.

2.PROJECT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The proposed project “change ambassador for peace education and good leadership in Nigeria” is a collaborative effort of many likeminded NGOs within and outside the country. Itis designed to using the strongest societal problem-solving strategies such as education, workshops and advocacy, sensitization and awareness campaign programmes to reach out, mobilize, re-orientate and build the capacity of youth in and out of schools on the ethics and rudiments of peace, mindfulness, good leadership and non-violence, emphasizing on the need for them to be fully involved in the entire process of actualization of this goal in Plateau State and Nigeria.

The project intends building young people within the coverage area: Jos North Local Government Area, which has been known to be a serious crisis flashpoint in the whole Plateau State into Ambassadors of positive change working with youth in their homes, schools and communities to shun violence, refuse to be influenced and used for any form of conflict, but insist on being agents of peace, good governance and better societies.

Effective information dissemination mechanisms already developed and in use will be strengthened and new ones introduced to ensure the far-reaching impact of the proposed project within the primary coverage area and stepping down of same to other 16 Local Government Areas in PlateauState. This means that the present YELI Change Ambassadors for this peace education and good leadership project will use radio, TV, Internet, other powerful media and education activities such as seminars and workshops as tools for training youth to build knowledge, self-esteem and positive attitude to support the set goals of the project.

3.BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Nigeria is perceived as a conflict-prone nation because of her multi-ethnic, religious, cultural, political and economic differences and affiliations. The country however has faced intermittent economic turmoil and political crises since the time of independence in October 1960. The most notable challenge is the fact that the entire Nigeriannation has been scarred by a series of violent acts along ethnic, religious, geographic and political lines, and existence of unwise leadership or poor democratic governance since the graduation from military rule has undermined the worth and rights of the human person, especially the youth, leading to weak states’ apparatus, poverty and un-peaceful environment, injuries and death.

Many studies have suggested that youth are prosecutors of most of the election-related violence in Nigeria and often times; they are at the heart of it because of the vulnerability due to low level of economic status, ignorance and illiteracy among others. The enormousimplication is that young people living in these situations are easily targeted, separated from their families and rational minds, and recruited or trained to engage in carrying out the related violence.

To reduce this negative involvement of the Nigerian Youth, especially inelections and other events that often spark up tension and tendency of violence, this project is committed to redirecting youth potential to productive ventures that empower them with knowledge and skills in peace building leadership development, as they are made ambassadors of change, not onlyon the Plateau but in Nigeria at large.

4.GOAL AND OBJECTIVES

The overall goal of the proposed project is to through peace education and intensive leadership training interventions turn the trend that often makes many Nigerian communities become battlefields for violence during elections and the like, where youth are rather than empowered to promote peace and non-violence, support successful, and or be part of transparent and credible leadership formation, are hired and armed to commit crimes and violent conflicts.

And the objectives are:-

-To sensitize and increase the capacityof youth in peace building and leadership development projects in Nigeria.

-To educate them on their roles and rights to fully participate in democratic governance and assist them to achieve same.

-To offer them life-skill training in the areas of human rights, drug free habit, study technology, the way to happiness,the problems of work, self analysis, time and financial management and other LRH personal development trainings.

-Todevelop these youths into change ambassadors, working to step down to them the message of peaceful co-existence, forgiveness, mindfulness to others and supporting good leadership.

-And to advocate for creation of policies that encourage widespread involvement of youth in the process of peace building and democratic governance.

5.STRATEGIES AND ACTIVTIES

a.Strategies:

The proposed YELI Change Ambassadors for peace education and good leadership project will use the following strategies in ensuring the realization of its various activities:

-Educating and empowering youths to speak as oracles of peaceful coexistence during and after elections.

-Holding of peace education trainings, other slife-skills trainings and conferences.

-Seminars and interactive media exchanges with young change ambassadors, professionals, celebrities, religious leaders, political leaders and models.

-House to house visitation and talks with community heads, youth leaders on release of youths to register, vote and work for peaceful elections.

-Distribution of non-violent, peace building and effective leadership related materials during street walks and road-side concerts.

-And other means of timely dissemination of information on prevention measures to violence and illegal use of small arms/light weapon trading.

b.Activities.

-Training: Young people will be empowered with knowledge and skills as change ambassadors, understanding first their roles and rights, the ethics and ideals of a true democratic leadership process and all the basics of mindfulness, love and peace building.

-Radio and Television programme:Focusing on distinct attractive topics that are pressing and curative methods to a societal state of disorderliness such as ineffective leadership and lack of peace in local and urban communities. This medium will also be used to educate and inspire youth to join our list of change ambassadors in large number,supporting the cause for peace, good leadership and non violence.

-Conference: Within the duration of the present project, trained change ambassadors within main coverage area will form delegations to hold conferences with youth in other local governments, educating and inspiring them to preach peace, promote love, mindfulness and good leadership. Project will also receive delegates from other local governments to Jos the State Capital monthly to engage in interactions that are informative, fun and problem solving, especially to peace and leadership challenges.

-Advocacy program:Will involve many projects such as youth change ambassadors reaching other youth with project related messages, visitations to community heads, churches, mosques, parents, teachers and other opinion leaders to mobilize and encourage everyone working to create positive change.

-Information and Awareness Centers: These centers will be quickly set-up and the existing ones strengthened with ICT tools to enhance communications and timely information delivery to youth,with Jos North Local Government and other Local Government under the coverage area in PlateauState as focal points. Internet and mobile telecommunication based services will be utilized via these platforms to massively reach the youth. Flyers, handbills and magazines etc on peace and good governance will also be made available for distribution to the public.

-Peace Concert:This activity will be carried out in strategic areas, mostly open areas with popular singers, models and instrumentalists as a medium to mobilize and sensitize youth to continue to be agent of peace and good leadership. Buses will also be used with loudspeakers and microphones to implement this activity on busy streets and market places.

6.ANTICIPATING IMPACTS

  • Youth are properly educated and informed on their roles and rights, ethics of good governance and benefits of peaceful society.
  • Institutionalization of ethics and ideals of true democracy and peace in the youth and Nigerian political and religious systems.
  • Cutting down the circulation of small arms in Jos and environs and reduction on youth involvement in election violence.
  • Attitudinal change of many youth within and outside coverage area through radio, T.V and ICT based initiatives.
  • Solving societal problems of civil, social, political and religious unrest that often leads to property damage, injuries and deaths.
  • Building bridges and planting strong culture of living together in peace amongst Christian and Muslim youth, during and after elections.

7.TENTATIVE PROJECT TIME LINE/ IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

S/NO / MECHANISM AND TOOLS / ACTIVITIES / IMPLEMENTATION
1. / - Mobilization
- ID Cards
- Sensitization
- Recruitment
- Certification / Training Ambassadors and workshops/seminars / Day, time and venues: Pending
2. / -Strategic Visitation
- Posters/Flyers
- Buses
- Loudspeakers
- Microphones / Advocacy and peace concert running concurrently. / Day, time and venues: Pending
3. / - Delegation
- Skill Development
- Artiste
- Models
- Open phone calls etc. / Conference
Radio and T.V Programmes / Day, time and venues: Pending
4. / - Facebook
- magazines
- Blog spot
- Text messages
- Flyers
- Posters / Information and awareness centers / Day, time and venues: Pending
5. / - Revisits
- Summary
- M&E
- Reports / Advocacy and protect report writing / Day, time and venues: Pending

8.TARGET AUDIENCE AND MARKETABILITY

a.Target Audience: The target population of the YELI change ambassadors for peace education and good leadershipin Nigeriaare:

-Youth in and out of primary and secondary schools who are 18 years and above.

-Youth in and out of Colleges of education, Polytechnics, Universities and other higher institutions of learning.

-And other Youth who may not be opportune to attend any school but are within project coverage area – Jos, Plateau and Nigeria.

b.Project marketability:

-This project will create a wider awareness on the activities of the donor organizations, partners and implementing NGOs in Nigeria, especially under the current “YELI Change Ambassadors for Peace Education and Good Leadership” programme.

-It will provide opportunity for youth to be empowered, have a say in the nation’s peace building and governance process and enable organizers/partners to create new contacts for future projects initiation and implementation.

-There will be publishing of communiqués from all activities done in both the national and local dallies. Also, periodic reporting papers will be produced for distribution to donors, including videos etc. as follow-up to successful activities.

-Radio and TV shows will open lines for youth to call from homes, ask questions and make contributions on project goal related topics. Other organizations can feature ads and or showcase their products/ideas that are relevant to project focus.

9.PAST ACTIVITIES AND EXPERIENCE

YELI Int’l held an Educational Seminar and conference with the Theme “Effective Leadership, a bane for Literacy and poverty reduction with over 100 youth in attendance – March 28, 2008.

The project organized and hosted 12 primary and secondary schools with about 150 students to a “writing and reading competition” Themed “Developing Writing Skills in the young for confidence building” – 21st June, 2008.

We sent 14 members on Sponsorship to attend World Youth Alliance 4 days 2nd International Youth Conference on “Good Governance for peace, free and just societies in Africa” which took place – 29th November to 2nd December, 2007.

The project participated in the Int’l conference on “Global ethics, values and mindfulness: A quest for peace and Happiness” organized by NEEDCSI, Dalai Lama Foundation, Project Happiness and Between Four Eyes – 21-22, October, 2008.

YELI Developed and held a one year peace radio show on “Youth and violent conflict” in collaboration with Society of Nigerian Doctors for the Welfare of Mankind and the Int’l Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) – January to December, 2008.

We designed and hosted over 300 Christians and Muslims Youth to a “National Creativity Summit on Peace” – 23rd-25thApril, 2009.

Members have been featured on the Nigerian Youth Forum (TV Show), Innocent Mind Radio Show, Youth Power Radio project to Discuss “Capacity building, corruption and leadership, peace and development” – 21st September, 5th October, & 3rd November, 2010.

YELI held “The Way to Happiness Nigeria Million Youth Peace March in Jos” and 3 day peace and educational seminars with Dianetics and Human Rights Teamsfrom U.S.A – 18th-26th November, 2010.

Our coming event is Change Ambassadors Writing and Reading Competition 2011, March 17th.

10.WORKING BUDGET ANALYSIS

S/NO / DESCRIPTIONS / UNITS / UNIT COST $ / TOTALS $
1. / PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
- Staff Training
-Volunteers Training
- Health Services
- T-shirt for Staff
- T-Shirt for Volunteers
-Stipend/Incentives / 12
25
37
12
25
37 / 85
60
55
35
30
400 / 1020
1500
2035
420
750
14,800
SUB-TOTALS P.M / 20,525
2. / TRAINING/WORKSHOP
- Representatives at LGA
- Training Materials
- Refreshments
- Halls rental
- Resource persons / 5x17 LGA= 85
85
85
17
4 / 50
10
17
500
150 / 4,250
850
1,445
8,500
600
SUB-TOTALS T&W / 15,645
3. / PEACE CONCERTS
- Purchase of Buses
- Printing of Materials
- Appearance fee for celebrities
- Purchase of Speaker/mics / 2
10,000
10
6 Speakers/ mics / 12,000
1
200
500 / 24,000
10,000
2,000
3,000
SUB-TOTALS P.C / 39,000
4. / ADVOCACY PROGRAMM
- Fueling cars
- Advocacy materials
- Feeding
- Communication
- Car Servicing/ Maintainace / 3 Cars
7,000
14
14
3 Cars / 600
1
20
15
140 / 1,800
7,000
280
210
420
SUB-TOTALS A.P / 9,710
5. / RADIO/TV PROGRAMS
- Airtime cost (interactive programme) on radio
- Airtime cost (interactive programme) on TV
- Airtime cost (jingles) on radio
- Airtime cost (jingles) on TV / 5 Times monthly
5 Times monthly
5 Times monthly
5 Times monthly / 357
400
300
350 / 1,785
2000
1,500
1,750
7,000
6. / CONFERENCES
- Halls rentals
- Resource persons
- Conference materials
- Refreshments
- Publishing communiqués / 17
5
85 persons
85 persons
4 papers / 450
100
10
17
260 / 7,650
500
850
1,445
1,040
SUB-TOTALS C / 11,485
7. / INFORMATIONCENTER
- Purchase of Laptops
- Purchase of Desktops
- Internet modems
- Phone communication
- Flyers/poster production / 3 Laptops
2 Desktops
3 Modem
12 Staff
10,000 Copies / 1,000
350
70
20
1 / 3,000
700
210
240
10,000
SUB-TOTALS I.C / 14,150
8. / MOBILITY EQUIPMENTS
- Office equipments
- Project vehicle
- Driver salary/ maintenance / 3
1
1 Drivers / 200
10,000
750 for 4month / 600
10,000
750
SUB-TOTALS M.E / 11,350
9. / OTHERS / 9,250
GRAND TOTALS / 138,115 USD

11.SUSTAINABILITY PLAN/M&E

The proposed project will be sustained through local fund raising activities with effect from time of implementation so that it creates more avenues for the youth involved to get busy and maintain the spirit of peace-building and good ambassadorship in their various communities.

M & E: Proposed project will monitor and evaluate every designed activity as costonthe budget, based on the extentto which its objectives are achieved i.e., when, how, and where the activity is implemented and with what.Apart from internal training of our M& E staff, services of well trained professional M&E officers will be hired and used periodically.

-It could be at the main coverage local government or other communities.