Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN)

Dear Mrs. K. Wuraola Thank you for going the extra mile to make the Venture in Enterprise and Management Program a success (the best facilitators, sumptuous meals - “enjoy it” etc. it was fun) Thank you for sharing your knowledge on Etiquette with us, it has made me more conscious of what I do both at home and in public. Thank you for the opportunity given me. I will (God willing) go out there to look for the gap, strategize on how to fill it. At the back of my mind I believe that it doesn’t have to be complex and I”ll make sure I maintain good etiquette Thank you for everything. E se pupo! Na gode! Dalu! Rasheedat Arogundade ViEMP 2010   Stay connected to us via this blog: http://janigeria.blogspot.com ; follow us on twitter:   @JANigeria ;  join our group on   Facebook : volunteer  by visiting us at:  http://ja-nigeria.org/get-involved/individual    

Word of the week SUPERABLE Definition: (adjective) capable of being surmounted or excelled Synonyms: conquerable Usage: bankruptcy is unpleasant to say the least but it is a SUPERABLE problem Quote of the week No one's ever achieved financial fitness with a January resolution that's abandoned by February.                               -           Suze Orman                    Article of the week: ENTREPRENEURSHIP DRIVE Realizing both the economic and social impact of entrepreneurship, the need for more entrepreneurs in Nigeria arises. The idea of entrepreneurship spreading so fast in recent time and this could be a major driver for economic growth our country. Entrepreneurs play a vital role in economic development as key contributors to technological innovation and new job growth. Further, entrepreneurs help build communities in ways such as providing jobs, conducting business locally, creating and participating in entrepreneurial network

  Volunteer Opportunity, This is to inform you that Junior Achievement Nigeria is putting together a one-day training for all her volunteers in September 2013. We would like to welcome new people willing to come on board to be part of this training. Junior Achievement Nigeria has reached over 350,000 students in more than eight cities in Nigeria since 1999 with the assistance of 937 volunteers. We need more volunteers and opportunities are open in Lagos, Ibadan, Abuja, Kaduna, Port Harcourt, Jos and Enugu For more inquiries please, send an email to: jan.volunteers@gmail.com or call 01-8446566. You can also sign up to be a volunteer by visiting us at: http://ja-nigeria.org/get-involved/individual Here is some feedback from our past volunteers:   “I learnt how to put skills into work and how to develop it for life. The JA Company program has exposed me to a lot of things”              Mrs. Akinlo Racheal; Community Staff Secondary School Asokoro Abuj

Word of the week: STOUTHEARTED Definition: (adjective) Brave; Courageous. Synonyms: stalwart Usage: undaunted by the storm, the stouthearted ranger proceeded with his intimidating task. Quote of the week I was a hostess in a restaurant in New York when I was 21, and I was too good of an employee. I was putting most of my energy into that instead of acting. But my father told my sister and me to look at whatever needed to be done and do that job well, no matter what it was. Emily Deschanel EXTRAORDINARY EMPLOYEE Emily Erin Deschanel is an American actress, television producer, and film producer. She is best known for her role as Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan in the comedy-crime drama series “ Bones ” and has won so many awards such as the people’s choice awards and the teen’s choice award from the movie. From the quote above, it is obvious that she has also had her own stroll in the park of being an employee and she was as well acting when

Junior Achievement was recently invited to participate in the #Financial Literacy Challenge organized by Co-Creation Hub, sponsored by VISA  http://cchubnigeria.com/financialliteracy-challenge-show-and-tell/   for the localization & digitization of Junior Achievement Nigeria’s Community board game used in JA Program - More Than Money. This is a fun game that JAN students love to play in the classroom, the team of developers did a great job in creating the mobile app and came in second place, congrats! Be on the look out at all mobile app stores for this fun game that teaches about saving, earning, and investing money, we will communicate when it is available and JAN students will get to play it for FREE! One of the developers shares his experience below:   The team was made up of brilliant people who are experts in what they do, which really allowed us to work together in a way that was a joy to be a part of. You could not tell from coming around, as we occasionally were all b