The Bridge Leadership Foundation sponsored ten (10) Mentees from its Transformational Mentoring Programme all of whom are secondary school students within Calabar. The workshop was powered by Teen Speak Academy which featured 5 speakers in 8 sessions including that of the keynote speaker – Khai Nguyen. Teens were trained […]
Transformational Mentoring Programme (TMP) Holiday Session
The Transformational Mentoring Programme (TMP) holiday sessions were fully packed with a 7-weeks learning experience for the Mentees, beginning from July 20, 2021, to September 6, 2021. The various sessions were well facilitated by programme Mentors and a few guests on specific days scheduled for the respective schools. Mentees were […]
International Youth Day (IYD) 2021
The Bridge Leadership Foundation carried out several activities to mark International Youth Day. The activities ranged from creating awareness on radio, youth interaction and interviews – seeking their knowledge on the IYD and their opinion on this year’s theme, with a lot of insightful responses. As we drew the curtain […]
IT’S ABOUT TIME TO ACT
When you look at the news headlines on papers and TV, The happenings in the world; The perplexity and fear surrounding lives, Surely a bell rings, And here is its interpretation; ‘It’s About Time You Began to Impact Lives’. Why bottle an idea when you only know of a strategy […]
2021 Teachers Support Programme
The 2021 Teachers Support Programme was a week-long engagement with Educators which started from Monday, May 17 to Friday, May 21, 2021, in five Local Government Areas of Cross River State including Abi, Yakurr, Biase, Akamkpa I and Akamkpa II, respectively. The programme, as endorsed by the Cross River State […]
2021 Leadership and Community Development Programme Student Workshop
The 2021 Leadership and Community Development Programme for students was held across the 5 Local Government Areas – Abi, Yakurr, Biase, Akamkpa1 and Akamkpa2, where we are currently implementing the programme this year. The host schools included; Community secondary school, Itigidi, Community secondary school, Ugep, Akpet Comprehensive secondary school, Akpet […]
Mapping of schools across 4 LGAs for LCD and TSP programs
In March, school visitation and mapping was conducted across Abi, Yakurr, Biase and Akamkpa 1&2 local government areas. The activities include stakeholder engagement with executive secretaries of each LGA education board as well as principals of the public secondary schools. The Teachers’ Support Programme (TSP), aims at equipping teachers with […]
Capacity Building; Panacea for Youth Unemployment in Nigeria
According to the recently released Labour Force Report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Nigeria’s unemployment rate as at the end of 2020 was 33.3%, an increase from the 27.1% recorded in Q2, 2020. The underemployment rate declined from 28.6% in Q2, 2020 to 22.8%. The unemployment rate among […]
7 IMPORTANT THINGS YOU SHOULD DO WHILE WAITING FOR OPPORTUNITIES
Opportunities don’t always come when you expect them. You may have to wait for days, weeks, months or even years before one shows up, but what should you do while waiting? How can you make your waiting period an interesting and productive one? 1. Maximize the opportunities you already have. […]
Call for LCD Programme 2021 Facilitators for Corps Members in Cross River, Nigeria
The Leadership and Community Development (LCD) programme builds the leadership skills of youths aged 10 – 18, in public secondary schools with skills to develop their innate leadership potential through self-improving, participatory, action-oriented and problem-solving training activities. Designed in a 15 modules curriculum, it inspires these youths to personally lead […]
Bridge Awards 2020 – Education for All: Access, Quality and Technology Adoption!
Education in Nigeria continues to face a myriad of challenges in Nigeria as it is in most African countries. This is made more complicated with the COVID-19 pandemic which is awakening us to certain realities that shows that Nigeria is not well prepared and equipped to deal with the immediate […]
Update: 2020 Teachers Support Programme Virtual Training
In times like this, where professionals of learning are meant to showcase integrity and directly contribute to the quality build-up of their students especially as academic activities gradually returns to near normal, the Foundation, through its Teachers Support Programme, is deliberately making effort to raising resilient Teachers within the public […]
The Jack Syndrome #WSPD2020
Jack and I have been friends since teenage days. We started and finished the same high-school. We were in a group of 6 that bonded into something beautiful. On getting to know ourselves better, we discovered that he had mood swings on a regular – once he got into that […]