Youth YouthBank Project vacancy

Dear Young Nigerian Professionals,

Youth YouthBank is seeking a Programme Officer to manage its first YouthBank Center in Surelere. This is a high-profile position that will report directly to both the International and Nigerian Board of Directors, manage a core media business, and supervise 8-10 youth trainees. The organization has high-growth potential and international support.

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YouthBank is a high-growth small business incubator for street youth in Lagos, Nigeria. Currently in its start-up phase, it is a nonprofit that will be run with business discipline and international monitoring and support; international board members hail from the US, UK, and Canada as well as the most esteemed circles of nonprofit and political leadership in Nigeria. YouthBank has developed an innovative business model that will teach entrepreneurship skills and social responsibility to Lagos youth, invest in their business ideas, and equip them to become business leaders. It has attracted the attention of officials at corporations, universities and international organizations, including supporters at the World Bank, Oxford University, and Seventh Generation Corp.

Role of the Program Officer

The role of the Program Officer is to deliver and evaluate YouthBank programming, paying particular attention to the needs of the youth. The Program Officer is expected to be or will have to be multidisciplinary in approach and able/willing to act as business manager/executive, social worker, teacher and mentor.

Reporting

This position reports directly to the Board of YouthBank Nigeria as well as the International Board of Directors.

Responsibilities

1.) To supervise and mentor 8-10 YouthBank fellows (aged 15-25)

• Coordinate fellow recruitment with partner nonprofits
• Organize training/orientation sessions
• Conduct weekly evaluations of YouthBank fellows
• Receive feedback from YouthBank fellows and document impact for the Board
• Supervise YouthBank fellows and encourage them to take leadership roles in YouthBank
• Administer payment of stipends to YouthBank fellows

2.) To manage and monitor the core YouthBank business

• Review transactions daily and accurately enter results into financial records
• Take weekly inventory and manage level of supplies/equipment
• Report regularly to both the local and International financial team and alert team to issues as they arise
• Pay any bills and ensure the proper maintenance and upkeep of the YouthBank Center
• Enforce YouthBank procedures and accounting rules at the YouthBank Center

Qualifications

• Experience working with, counseling and motivating youth in Lagos (ages 15-25)
• Must be computer literate, familiar with MS Word , MS Excel, emailing, and calculating/budgeting
• Experience effectively managing money in a business, formal or informal
• Dedication to mission and core values of YouthBank; willingness to put in extra effort and time to ensure YouthBank succeeds as a start-up
• Demonstrate leadership skills
• Ability to work with limited supervision and tight deadlines Excellent team building skills

Typical Workweek

~ 35-40 hours per week; flexibility required (e.g., for evening and weekend work)

Salary

Competitive and negotiable.

We are looking for a talented individual who can deliver both financial results and social impact in a start-up environment. The key ingredient we are looking for is a dedication to Lagos young people. If you are willing to go above and beyond to help youth succeed, we are excited to provide you with a meaningful work environment, international mentoring, and an exciting opportunity for growth in your position. Therefore, please send your application with your resume / CV to gotebs@gmail.com not later than July 5, 2009 with the subject "YB JOB".Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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Victor Gotevbe
Country Director
YouthBank
www.youth-bank.org


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ALL NIGERIAN AMERICAN CONGRESS (ANAC)
Immediate Press Release
July 1st, 2009
ANAC Passes No-Confidence Vote, Martin Okafor Emerges ANAC National
Chairman as Akeem Bello is removed.

Largo, MD - July, 1st, 2009 - ANAC Board of Trustees in a special
session held on Thursday, June 25th, 2009 called by Hon. Paul Oranika of
Georgia (Trustee representing ANAC USA At-Large District), and seconded
by Hon. Samuel Isokpunwu of Texas (Trustee representing ANAC USA
At-Large District), in accordance with the ANAC constitutional
requirement for calling a special session, voted to remove its Chairman
for numerous issues, paramount of which is conflict of interest as it
pertains to his creation and direct participation with other
organizations in direct competition with the interests of ANAC.

VISIT WWW.ANACWEB.ORG FOR FULL REPORT

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Busy weekend

As i finally finish the last of the numerous things that has touched my table for this week, i get to discover that silence and proper scheduling of thinking and time would facilitate the smooth running of any task.

During the last week i pursued a couple of highly desired initiatives that I would love to work on and i put into practice two very great laws that guide human achievement and success.

1. Determination- this makes it possible to pursue something one considers vey important and pertinent. i have always been of the school of thought that your skills and talents would speak for you especially when it is so obvious but i developed a strong urge this month to work and lobby towards achieving my goal.

2. People- the way you treat people would determine how far you go in life.., so if your people skill is not good then you might as well forget about going far in life. As i walk through the ministry..... i started to see people i had met four year before, worked with under a very different capacity and fortunately whose capacities have now changed to positions that are key to my achieving my goal. it is important to note that four years ago this people were not in positions that could directly affect my life, but now they do.

it is imperative to live a life of reference to the importance of time and people as these two are the gifts of God to the earth...and the links to achieving and fulfilling one's vision.

this week is going to be a lovely and favored one.

Bi-Annual Review of '09

It seems as though it was yesterday when we entered into the year 2009,I feel as though January 1 was a click away, yet I look and realise that we have spent almost half of the year already and for me a lot is yet to be done and a lot has been left undone. A few minutes ago myself and a friend of mine went to the Ministry of Youth Development in Nigeria to see the special adviser to the minister to discuss some crucial youth development issues in the country and I realize that in life you create the situation you desire, though your expected result might not be exactly what you want but a lot of times the natural challenges of nature that face the objectives and goals of humans give way in the face of determination and courage..., boldness seem to have become an essential ingredient in the achievement of victories or should I say development. So my question to most people has been how do you see the past 5months and a few days of the year 2009? Do you have a measuring yard stick to which you can measure yourself against? This year I found out also that not everything is about planning..., I love to plan so much so that the changes that has occurred to my life in the past three months has thrown me off balance so much that at one point i began to ask myself and those close to me to define who they think I am so that I can get a sense of direction as to who I am. Some of us will walk through this year as though we have been shocked by electricity...,especially financially..., this is evident in Nigeria with the drop in youth development initiative around the country and the cry of a lot of young people is how government policy is putting Eba (a cassava meal) on their dining table (if you happen to own one!) So shall we then say that the year is all gloomy and depressing, NO!..., definately not..., however it is time to look through, pray through if you are person of faith, re-strategize and factor in the dynamic situations happening around the world..., I caught a glimpse of the news a few minutes ago on CNN and they were outlining the increase in unemployment in European countries and my thought was..., Oh GOD! more people are leaving this side of the world for the same places where unemployment is on the rise..., Nigeria and its dynamic government and the cry of the masses on the street about the dormant nature of the government makes one wonder if there would ever be acceleration in growth rate of the country...,I believe true national growth rate is constituted by individual growth rate of its people...,how well are we growing as Nigerians?....,Now thats a million naira question. So I say to the brave hearted ones...,'take the bull by the horn' a lot of people are waiting for your brain child. That talent lying dormant within you might be what will save your household, community, state, country and just maybe the world.

world and opposite

World and Opposites
The International Youth Forum in Sham el Sheikh organized by Susan Mubarak’s Women’s International Peace Movement, brought together young people from over 100 countries around the world and certain things became obvious.
In Africa, root problems of leadership and poverty has eaten deep into our lives that l wonder if the hope of bridging the North and South divide is possible.
My reasons for feeling this way can easily be traced to the fact that in Zambia almost 85 percent of Zambians live below the World Bank poverty threshold of a dollar a day.
Darfur region of Sudan more than 3.5 million affected and 2 million people displaced by the war.

Yet in this same world in which we exist, two countries have spent 450 Billion Dollars on the war in Iraq but l ask. But l wonder what would have happened if this money was spent on development in Iraq, Sudan and Liberia.
Why we create new problems in the world when we have not solved the root problems that exist in South America, in Africa and Asia.
My focus: SOLVE ROOT PROBLEMS BEFORE FOCUSING ON ITS FRUITS.
I feel we are in a lost world and am sure that this is not about me but about that child in Darfur who has not eaten today and would have a better health if given half the subsidy that is allocated of American or European cows. The young lady in Iraq who is not sure that she would be alive by the end of today, the child solder turn civilian in Liberia who is lost and confused about what would happen to him next and millions of children who die of malaria and HIV/AIDS every year. The view should move from me to us(the whole world at large)
The world today has a lot of suffering as a result of conflict, lack of dialogue, terrorism, wisdom of weapon as compared to wisdom of peace.

It’s time to mobilize the youths, the celebrities, the politicians, the private sector and the public sector to realize that it is becoming ‘cool’ to promote peace and development.
The Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD) has failed us all it’s time to adopt the Wisdom of Peace (WP).
There is a beauty and uniqueness about being a young person and it creates magic, even when the system does not work, even when the challenges are great.
Don’t be a penguin whose life depends solely on eating fish and being with other penguins only. Do something today. Be the magic of your country
Thank You
EwaJesu Asala

My Desert Experience

On the 31st of August l left lagos Nigeria for Sham el Sheik for the International Youth Conference and the first thing that struck me about egyptians is their jovial nature.

Right from the crew members of Egypt air in Nigeria to the ones in cairo it was a beautiful encounter all through which is quite contrary to what l use to believ about arab countries.


The passion and desert experience shows the beauty and the natural force associated with the desert and its people which shares a similar attribute with young people around the world.

l was extremly glad when it was announced that l was the prize winner for the Cyber Peace Contest Theme: Youth Dialogue. I owe the Susan Mubarak International Women's Peace Movement my beautiful wide screen Laptop which was the 1st prize.l felt like Alice in Wonderland yesterday...so many pictures and interviews by various media oganisation at the conference.

Today's experience at the youth and media session where we examined the topic 'Is the Media Youth Friendly' showed very clearly that young people have a lot of work to do to change and reverse the current distructive trend around the world

Young people can create majic and l hope that when I represent Africa at teh plenary closing ceremony I would be able to shed that enthusiastic light on the majic that young people have.

I love everything I have seen of Egypt

trials

trying it out