Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN)

Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN), in partnership with Union Bank are teaming up to empower the lives of fifty (50) girls from various regions of Nigeria for the sixth (6) installment of LEAD Camp taking place July 17 th  -23 rd  in Lagos. The mission of LEAD Camp is to nurture young girls to become high-achieving women leaders while addressing Social Development Goal (SDG) 5: Gender equality and empowerment of women and girls. In order to achieve this mission, the participants are taken through series of activities, which include leadership workshops administered by HOD Consulting, a global leadership development company serving fortune 500 companies globally. To be eligible beneficiaries must have previously participated in JAN’s flagship Company Program; recommended by the teachers and volunteers who run the program and maintained a leadership role in the Company. JAN Company Program provides training in the different facets of setting up and running a business. Skills develope

INTEGRITY THRIVES AT JA NIGERIA #COY2016 COMPETITION, LAGOS REGION Junior Achievement Nigeria’s Regional Company of the Year Competition (South-West Region) held on Tuesday 14 th , June 2016 at the Coral Hall, Victoria Island Lagos. The event kicked off at 10:30 am with a welcome address from Mrs. Efua Edeh, Executive Director, JAN. Eighteen schools across the region, from the Centre of Excellence to the Pace Setter City have been trained since September 2015 for the competition by JAN staff members and thoroughly mentored through the entire process of setting up a company, creating a product (production, branding and sales), selling shares, engaging in CSR, and having an annual financial report by JAN Volunteers. The judges for the competition are key players in their various fields. We had Mrs. Obianuju Akanbi, Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainability First Bank Nigeria LTD., Mr. Oluwole Oluyemi, Partner, Rodl & Partner and Mr. Innocent Oboh, President, Dij

For over a decade Citi has partnered with Junior Achievement Worldwide in empowering thousands of beneficiaries globally. However this event was a little different as JAN came on board to support Citi’s Global CSR initiative, Global Community Day on June 11 th , 2016 with Citi employees, partners, and friends. Citi in partnership with The Lagos State Government and IHS joined forces on  Project 350, a private-sector driven initiative to build libraries and ICT centres in secondary schools across Lagos State, and the creation of an online library which will serve as an Education Portal and a repository of knowledge. Mr. Obafela Bank-Olemoh, Special Adviser in Education for Lagos State was there to shed some more light on this groundbreaking initiative.  Citi adopted Government College, Waziri Ibrahim, Victoria Island Library under a five year partnership and renovated the school’s library with internet enabled computers, furniture and books. The library is also self-sustaining as i

I began my National Youth Service (NSYC) in Cross-River Sate and the first thing I noticed at my school was that the pupils; especially the public school pupils, usually went to school without sandals, books in hand, torn uniforms and in worked in environments not conducive for learning. I had to do something about it. Bearing in mind that I might not be able to reach every child who needs a better school kit or classroom,  I still believed it was better to do little than to do nothing. I went ahead to share my intentions with my Local Government Inspector who advised i focus on one school. Having searched through some parts of the city, I decided to adopt Army Day Primary School II. There was a heavy downpour of rain the first day I visited the school, and the pupils in the kindergarten were perched on their chairs and tables because their classroom flooded due to the leaking roof. The Head teacher's office was not exempt, as she had bowls lined up to retain the heavy downpour

Last week, JAN Associate Director Mr. Harrison Ozuruonye, and Programs Officer Mr. Titilade Adeniran traveled to Maidugruri and Yola State respectively to do a hands on assessment of IDP camps to asses their needs. We've all witnessed the tragedy inflicted on these regions by Boko Haram and we believe we can play a vital role in enabling our Northern family rebuild their lives. The situation on ground is not completely hopeless, but there is still alot of work that needs to be done. The Nigerian military and Aid relief agencies are working very hard and we applaud their efforts and sacrifice. JAN would like to give these afflicted people access to our free programs and impart them with skills and an education nobody can take away from them. Donate, volunteer and support our efforts to impact these regions and other regions across Nigeria. If you think your community could benefit from JA Nigeria programs, please contact us www.ja-nigeria,org #IDP #Community #JANCa