ONE YOUNG WORLD, NIGERIA- FOOTIE FOR THE FUTURE NOVELTY MATCH
One Young World Nigeria (OYWON) is a movement that was birthed from
the One Young World global youth summit held in London on February 8 to 10,
2010. The summit, conceived in 2009, brought together young people from over
100 countries around the world to engage in discussions with fore-runners from
all walks of life such as Kofi Annan, Bob Geldof, Muhammad Yunus, and Desmond
Tutu etc on issues confronted by present and future generations. As an outcome,
a consciousness was raised amongst delegates that attended the summit to play
active roles in addressing pressing issues faced globally and within their
respective countries.
According to a statement issued
by the group’s coordinator, Kaidi Eddie-Obiakor, OYWON is a joint initiative of
the Nigerian delegates that attended the summit and other young, intelligent and
forward thinking individuals passionate about social justice and development.
It is a platform that seeks to
promote change through projects that integrate principles of creativity,
resourcefulness, measurable impact and sustainability at its core.
He said “the group seeks to
create an avenue where everyone - young and old - can be involved in the
process of positive change for Nigeria by sharing ideas of projects that are targeted
towards improving lives and livelihood. These ideas are built upon and
dissected into simple, practical and actionable activities that are easy to
carry out in collaboration with OYWON volunteers, organizations
with common goals and the
general public”. OYWON seeks to engender
and promote the culture of “less talk, more action”. “We all know the issues so
let us join efforts to confront and overcome; even if one step at a time”, he
said.
In line with its focus and Supported by
the Development Information Centre (DIC) One Young World Nigeria is promoting
its current project “Adopt a Library” through a novelty match. The aim of this
project is to facilitate refurbishment and creation of libraries in public
secondary schools. This is informed by the recognition of the malaise in the
Nigerian education system. By liaising with the general public, volunteers and
alliance partners, One Young World Nigeria seeks to organise collection of
reference books, textbooks, storybooks and all forms of literary works to be
donated for use in these school libraries.
The novelty match aims to raise awareness for the Adopt a Library
project in Ilado high school, Ikoyi, Lagos as well as fundraise for the project.
It will be held on the 17th of December 2011 at Astroturf, Ikoyi,
Lagos, 10:00 am.
To get involved in current and future OYWON projects, share your ideas
or find out more, you can contact us via oyw.nigeria@gmail.com, www.oneyoungworldnigeria.com,
on twitter @OYWON or through the following
numbers: +234 80 3186 1692, +234 80 6007
8028, +23480 5600 4586
No comments
Post a Comment