August has been an exciting month, especially for our 25 Emerging Political Leaders who have been immersed over the last month with context on various modules such as; Government 101, The Emerging Political Leader and Running for Office. Fellows have gotten extreme value from our facilitators so far who have […]
Leadership and Community Development (LCD) Programme – Leadership/Community Project
Whilst the Programme is still ongoing in Public Secondary Schools across 5 LGAs, it was exceptional to see the determination of students in Government Secondary School – Bassan, Obubra LGA as they set out to implement their Leadership Project of “Building a School Assembly Stand”. The drive came in a […]
Leadership and Community Development (LCD) Programme – Quarterly Meeting
The first quarter review meeting was held on Friday, August 5, 2022 on Zoom. The virtual meeting was organized with the objectives of measuring the programme outcomes so far, deliberating on the holiday session plans, discussing the implementation of community Projects alongside weekly Assembly Sensitization by the trained students, how […]
Transformational Mentoring Programme (TMP) – Holiday Monitoring
In the course of the holiday period, evaluations were also carried-out to ascertain the level of process and impact made so far. Activities at West African People’s Institute (WAPI), Estate Secondary School, and Government Secondary School – State Housing were directly monitored by the Programmes Officer – Martha Lawrence. During […]
Transformational Mentoring Programme (TMP) – Holiday Sessions
The Transformational Mentoring Programme ran throughout the five weeks in August at various locations in both Calabar South and Calabar Municipal Local Government Areas of Cross River State. Holiday learning sessions expanded in terms of reach as it began in three schools, to six and then to nine schools. These […]
Implementation of Victims Support Fund – VSF
The Bridge Leadership Foundation was selected alongside five Civil Society Organizations in Cross River State to implement the Victims Support Fund – VSF Programme which kickstarted on Friday 22nd of July with the distribution of food items to 250 indigenous households in specific Local Government Areas in Cross River State. […]
LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
Our Leadership and Community Development (LCD) Programme is ongoing in Public Secondary Schools across selected Local Government Areas in Cross River State. We are pleased to see these young leaders express themselves with confidence and conviction. The LCD programme aims to build the leadership skills of youths aged 10-18 in […]
ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM
20 beneficiaries have been selected from 10 communities in Cross River State to participate and benefit from the Entrepreneurship Vocational skills program facilitated by The Bridge Leadership Foundation, through the corporate sponsorship of the Lafarge-Holcim CSR department. The skills training process provides beneficiaries opportunities to learn; ICT, Branding, shoe/bag making, […]
The Emerging Political Leaders Fellowship Induction/ Pre-Training Immersion Fireside Chat Panel Discussion
On the 26th of July we officially inducted 25 fellows into the Emerging Political Leaders Fellowship, a fully-funded, non-partisan year-long multisite Political Leadership development project which nurtures and prepares young Nigerians for leadership at the local, regional and national levels. The Emerging Political Leaders Fellowship aims at tackling the deep-rooted […]
Teachers Support Programme (TSP) Tour 2022
As it is our tradition every year, the Teachers Support Programme (TSP) workshop was organised for teachers in 5 Local Government Areas of Cross River State; Obubra, Ikom, Etung, Boki-West and Boki-East, from May 23 – 27, 2022. The Host schools were; Community Secondary School – Apiapum, Government Secondary School […]
Leadership And Community Development Programme Tour 2022 – Funded by ACT Foundation
The 2022 Leadership and Community Development Programme for students held across 5 Local Government Areas in Cross River State from May 23rd to May 27th, 2022 – Obubra, Ikom, Etung, Boki-West and Boki-East, where we are currently implementing the programme this year. The Host schools were; Community Secondary School – […]
The Bridge Leadership Club
Mentees who were part of the programme in the previous years (2019 – 2021) have been able to establish and commence the implementation of Leadership initiatives as proposed in the previous year. One of such initiative is that of the Leadership Club at West African People’s Institute (WAPI), which currently […]
Transformational Mentoring Programme – March 2022
The 2022 programme activities kicked off in twelve (12) schools beginning with sensitization of Teachers and students about the objectives and scope of the programme. On the side of the Teachers, the aim was to ensure that the programme is successful and sustainable; while for the students, the purpose was […]
HULT PRIZE – Training & Mentorship MasterClass
The Bridge Leadership Foundation in Partnership with Hult Prize Foundation trained student competitors from the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS) who has business ideas that will employ 2000 persons by 2024. The Training & Mentorship MasterClass was organized from Tuesday 15 – Thursday 17 March 2022 in Calabar, Cross […]
Leadership Advocacy Programme (LAP) – March Edition
In March, the topic “Leadership Imposter Syndrome” was discussed on the monthly radio talk show. Imposter Syndrome is one of the main barriers preventing leaders from reaching their full potential even when they possess other skill sets, experience, or training. Research shows that over 70% of people reported feeling like […]