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 […]
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 […]
Vision Boarding and Strategic Planning Masterclass 2022
One of our objectives as a Foundation is to equip leaders with the resources and tools necessary to lead themselves and others. As part of our drive to make this goal achievable, we organized a Vision Boarding and Strategic Planning Masterclass which took place on the 22nd of January 2022 […]
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 […]
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 […]