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Posted on June 16, 2020

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Lead Change With Me by Jude ‘Feranmi

8 YEARS have now passed since I started organising to bring change to my country. READ REVIEWS, PRE-ORDER The Book or DOWNLOAD a FREE Chapter I remember vividly in 2012 when I and my childhood friend Tolu Taiwo brought young people together to discuss the issue of post-secondary school education and how young girls were getting pregnant and young boys were becoming fathers in Ilesha. We started organising to change that. Since then, I have worked with more young people than I can count on different issues to say, “This...

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Posted on May 12, 2020

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Raising New Voices’ Training On ‘How To Get Involved Politically In Nigeria’

With the advent of COVID 19, many Nigerians have begun to see the essence of governance and why the government is so important to the everyday lives of citizens. This understanding or revelation (as you may) has brought up people wanting to get involved as the little aspect they can and be able to influence the decision making machinery of the state post-COVID 19. In line with our mandate at Raising New Voices, we are inviting the general public to join...

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Posted on March 9, 2020

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Crowdfunding As Tool For Changing The Face Of Elections

AUTHORED BY DENNIS AMATA Across the globe, contesting for political positions involves key strategies, proper planning and execution. Consequently, funding such operations remains a germane consideration, as a result, political candidates/political parties employ diverse means and as well, solicit for donations from individuals who believe in their vision. For years, this has been the traditional method of funding political operations until the early 2000s when political candidates began to place much focus on the digital space. In the early 2000s, only the...

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Posted on November 6, 2019

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GIRL CHILD; NVCF Fellow Aderemi Queen Fisayo, motivates and encourages young girls with her organisation

Queenstouch global initiative is an advocacy group run by Fisayo Queen, they advocate on issues bothered around sexual and gender-based violence, the mental health of teenagers and fundamental human rights for young people. The organisation creates a safe space for young people to talk about their mental health. ...

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Posted on October 6, 2019

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ENHANCING DEMOCRACY; NVCF fellow, Babawale Popoola advocates for enhanced democracy

New Voices Fellow Babawale Popoola and his organisation AllForOne tackles the issue of 'A Fair Society For All' and enhanced democracy. The organisation known as OneForAll Initiative is a youth-led organization that advocates a fair-for-all society and enhanced democratic practice. They work to ensure democratic accountability, inclusive governance, corrupt-free society, advocates for human rights as well as facilitating civic engagement and policy advocacy. At 'OneForAll Initiative', they have been empowering young people and communities to make vital changes that tackle the root...

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Posted on September 20, 2019

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To Build A Nation Initiative Executive Director, Jude ‘Feranmi to facilitate the third New Voices Citizenship Fellowship

The third edition of the New Voices Citizenship Fellowship will take place on the 21st of September 2019 with the Director of TobuildANation Initiative Jude Feranmi would be facilitating this class....

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Posted on September 5, 2019

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EDUCATION; NVCF Fellows Begin advocacy in their communities as One Pen, One Book distributes books to Primary Schools in Otan, Osun state

A few months ago, the Raising New Voices with the support of Friedrich Ebert Stiftung started a fellowship in the ancient city of Oshogbo where 10 young Nigerians are being educated and encouraged to participate in community advocacy in their various communities. Few months along the line, these fellows are already using their knowledge to speak up for their communities and others who have been doing that before now have upscaled by engaging more members in their communities. Here is the work...

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Posted on July 6, 2019

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HUMAN RIGHTS; Rasheed Adeyeye advocates for Security through Human Rights Education and Empowerment

Rasheed Adeyeye is a Human right activist and he mainly deals with young people who are in the secondary and post-secondary school ages group. He organizes free training on different work which can be started with low capital for the less privileged. He has been visiting secondary schools across Osun and has engaged various student organisations. ...

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Posted on July 6, 2019

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SDG & WASH; Oke-Baatimo Jumoke advocates for water for local community in Oshogbo

Months after the pioneer class of NVCF in which CEO of Connected Development spoke about Advocacy in Nation building, Several of the New Voices Citizens Fellows have started working on various projects in their communities. One of them is Ladoke Akintola University of Technology student (Lautech) student, Oke-Baatimo Olajumoke who is a SDG enthusiast and big advocate of WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene). She is very passionate about humanity and how we can come together to solve problems. she considers herself a...

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Posted on June 6, 2019

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RNV to host second class of the New Voices Citizens Fellowship in Osogbo

The second class of the New Voices Citizenship fellowship will be taking place on Saturday, June 15th 2019. The resource person is Aderonke Ige, a development lawyer. Special Thanks to Friedrich Ebert Stiftung for supporting us....

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