LEAD Camp : Leadership, Empowerment Achievement & Development Camp for Girls

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 developed include market research, writing a business plan, creating an annual report, raising capital, managing all aspects of running the business while keeping adequate financial records, liquidating the company and returning profits to shareholders as dividends, and perform an act of community service. 

As indicated in the name, LEAD Camp will consist of activities in leadership, empowerment, achievement and development. These activities will be supported by leading women from the private and public sectors in Nigeria serving as mentors.

Summary of activities:

Leadership – HOD Consulting, a leadership development and executive coaching firm based in New York, will deliver leadership workshops including Strategic Thinking and Visionary Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Habits of Highly Effective Leaders, Communicating with Confidence, Goal Setting, Time & Energy Management and Executive Presence. 

Empowerment – Leading women from various sectors, industries and non-profit initiatives (including government) will be invited to share their unique stories in order to empower the girls to dream big and pursue whatever they are passionate about to fulfill their full potential. 

Achievement – Mentors from the media including will help teams of girls craft messages on the Nigerian girl-child for presentation on their various platforms. 

Development – Finally, self-development sessions will include career planning, financial literacy and topics on staying healthy including nutrition, exercise, sexual reproductive health and HIV/AIDs, which will be delivered by health professionals and a Board member from the Dangote Foundation.  

Press Conference

Date: July 15th, 2016

Time: 10:00am -12noon

To participate in our press conference or partner with us, please email Tobe.Ifeanyi@Ja-nigeria.org 

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