African ChangeMakers Fellows Cohort 2 Meet-Up (Akwa-Ibom- Nigeria).

AFRICAN CHANGEMAKERS FELLOWS COHORT 2 (ACFELLOWS).

AKWA IBOM STATE – NIGERIA

MEET-UP HELD AT WACKY’S EATERY PLAZA IKOT EKPENE

ON THE 29^TH SEPTEMBER, 2018

The meeting started with the arrival of the ACF fellows at 1pm

THE MEETING: The meeting was moderated by the convener, Akaninyene Obot

OPENING PRAYER: Cletus Ogbodo staid the opening prayer

INTRODUCTION: All the fellows present took the time to introduce themselves

OPENING REMARKS: The convener, Akaninyene Obot started by appreciating fellows for turning up for the meeting as agreed during the group’s online what’s app chat. He charged the fellows to strive and complete their online activities. He also reminded the fellows why the what’s app platform was formed and emphasized that any fellow that need assistance in the course of the program should always make use of the platform. Cletus Ogbodo was nominated to draft a report of the meeting and post it on the group’s what’s app platform and on the ACT facebook page. Samuel Akpan was nominated to take the pictures and also post

DELIBERATIONS

The convener asked the fellows to share their experiences on the program so far. Each of the fellow took the time to share their experiences, the challenges and the opportunities. Afterwards, the following deliberations were made:

On the community project, we agreed on a thematic topic (Youth violence in Nigeria) after much deliberations on different topics
We agreed that the target populations will be two Secondary Schools, one in Uyo and the other in Ikot Ekpene. The classes will be the SS1 to SS3
The topic were divided into six (6) areas:
1. Introduction to youth violence
2. Youths as instruments of violence
3. Causes of youth violence
4. Effect of youth violence
5. Measures of tackling youth violence
6. Human capacity development as a panacea to youth violence
7. Questions and answer

Kenneth Bako was nominated to post the topic on the group’s platform and that the convener who is also the what’s app admin to request that fellows pick out the area they want to talk on and research on same.

The meeting listed the materials that will be needed for the school outreach as: flex, customized t-shirt, rented projector, letter to the choose schools, incentives for the best participating students and the topic materials for the school’s library. Samuel Akpan was nominated to do the market survey on the listed materials
On mentorship, fellows agreed that contacts will be given to the students at the end of the outreach
We agreed that it was the responsibility of the fellows as alumni to sensitize others Akwa Ibom people about the ACF and encourage them to actively participate when the opportunity starts
The meeting agreed to have another physical meeting in the second week of Oct, 2018 and that the admin/convener should reach out to every Akwa Ibom ACF fellows