The Foundation facilitated a training workshop and planting exercise on the LAFARGE agriecology oil palm farm – Corporate social responsibility projects for 6 host communities – Mfamosing, Ekong-Anaku, Akansoko, Abiati, Mbobui, and Akwa Ikot Effanga. Professionals guided the exercise to ensure sustainable farming methods were adopted and approaches for maximizing […]
MENTEES’ ONBOARDING
The mentors in the 24 programme schools have successfully onboarded mentees, with cohorts consisting of a minimum of 30 students each. Following the onboarding, branded notebooks were provided to the selected mentees, who were then introduced to positive affirmations through the “Success Creed,” sparking enthusiastic participation. In some schools, mentors […]
2023 TEACHERS SUPPORT PROGRAMME
The Teachers Support Programme aims to equip teachers with critical thinking, problem-solving, leadership, and psychosocial skills to establish better connections with students and facilitate the desired transformation. During the one-week training period, participants engaged in value-driven content tailored to address identified gaps. Led by Mr Rotimi Eyitayo, an experienced education […]
THE EMERGING POLITICAL LEADERS FELLOWSHIP PRE-TRAINING IMMERSION FIRESIDE CHAT PANEL DISCUSSION/ VIRTUAL TRAINING
We are thrilled to announce the induction of 25 fellows into the 2023 Emerging Political Leaders Fellowship cohort on May 26th. This fully-funded, non-partisan Political Leadership development project aims to nurture and prepare young Nigerians for leadership roles at the local, regional, and national levels. The fellows embarked on their […]
Empowered by a Scholarship: Emmanuel Ukam’s Transformation into a Visionary Leader
In 2015, we had the pleasure of making our initial connection with Emmanuel Ukam during an essay competition held under the prestigious Leadership and Community Development Programme organized by The Bridge Leadership Foundation. His essay on “My Life In A Democratic Nigeria” left us astounded, and captivated by its brilliance. […]
TRAINING OF TRAINERS WORKSHOP
“As the saying goes: if you don’t know what you stand for, you will fall for anything”. Mentorship is a one-to-one relationship between the Mentor and the Mentee which often requires a lot of skills and experiences that can trigger meaningful growth and development. During the 3-Day Training of Trainers […]
SCHOOLS MAPPING AND IDENTIFICATION
The mapping of schools took place for two weeks, during which our team conducted visits across various communities. The primary objective was to identify the local government areas and assess the unique challenges in each terrain. Additionally, we aimed to locate the actual positions of public secondary schools where the […]
School Fees Payment for 2023 Scholarship Beneficiaries
The Foundation undertook a week-long activity from February 6 – 10, 2023, targeted at the payment of school fees for selected students who have demonstrated outstanding qualities in leadership, academic performance and community development, across 7 Local Government areas. A total of 50 students under the Leadership and Community Development […]
ADOKIT PROGRAMME – UNICEF
In the month of October, the project team was able to engage with the selected students -“One-mind Champions”, as they prefer to be called, of the ADOKIT Programme. The sessions were held at least twice every week and by this, the first two phases of the intervention which are structured […]
TRANSFORMATIONAL MENTORING PROGRAMME (TMP)
SCHOOL SESSIONS As the programme begins to wind down on all activities, the TMP sessions at the various schools were held with high energy and speed as the respective Mentors increased their pace in a bid to cover the 20-Modules sessions alongside other planned actions before the current term is […]
Leadership and Community Development (LCD) Programme
The month of October saw an increase in students’ participation in knowledge transfer through peer-to-peer activities on the modules they have learned from the Leadership and Community Development Programme. This was done through sensitizations on assembly venues and during social activities and club meetings of the various schools across the […]
THE EMERGING POLITICAL LEADERS FELLOWSHIP (EPLF) VIRTUAL TRAINING
“Being privileged to hear directly from well-experienced people from different fields and backgrounds share their stories and advice on the challenges they faced and how they overcame them. Also, getting to meet and speak with people that I would perhaps never get to meet on my own or that would […]
Leadership Advocacy Programme (LAP)
The Bridge Leadership Foundation’s October edition of the Leadership Advocacy Programme Radio Talk Show was centered on the theme “MEASURING THE PULSE OF CIVIC PARTICIPATION: HOW CAN NIGERIANS BE INVOLVED?” and our guest on the show was Bernice Abeku (EPLF 2022 Fellow and Technical assistant to the Executive Chairman, Kaduna […]
“Green Circle Conversation” – EPLF Fellows Begin their Civic Engagement Activity Online
As part of the fellow’s civic engagement activity during the fellowship, they started a Green Circle Conversation which seeks to deliberate on key critical issues in Nigerian politics and make recommendations on possible solutions. The first conversation was in August which took place on Twitter Space with fellows such as […]
School Fees Payment – 2021 TBLF Beneficiaries
A round of school fees payment for 2021 Bridge Scholarship beneficiaries was conducted for students in Abi, Yakurr, Biase, Akamkpa, Calabar South and municipal Local Government Areas of Cross River State. During the above activity, the parents and principals of the beneficiaries were reached via phone calls to ascertain the […]