Skill2Rural Bootcamp was a Wrap (90 Students, 11 Teachers and 20 Volunteers) Matogun - Olambe Community, Ogun State


DAY 1

The camp started at exactly 9:00 am with the registration of students and their teachers from various schools in the community. Students were briefed on the importance of the bootcamp and network with each other. 



The lecture commence at 10: 00am with Mr Toheeb Abdulsalam who took a session on ‘Entreprenuership’.



The second session was on ‘Emotional Intelligence’ facilitated by Mr Taiwo teaching the students and other participants to be aware of other people’s emotions.
Brunch break was by 11:57am during which the participants were involved in various fun exercises and icebreakers.



The sessions continued after the break with Miss Victoria Ibiwoye, the founder of One African Child on ‘Servant Leadership’.



The fourth speaker, Mr Hammed Kayode Alabi spoke on ‘Design Thinking’. The participants were divided into a group of ten with at least seven members in each group and they were given assignments to design think solutions to identified problems using cardboards, pencil etc. The participants were to continue with the assignment the next day.



Our participants were taught using videos/Audio visual to facilitate learning and improve performance. Students watch videos on Good and Bad Leadership, Servant Leadership, Skills needed in the 21st century, How the world will look like in 2050 etc.



The first day came to a creative conclusion with participants anticipating what the boot camp had in store for them the next day.

Day 2
The day started on a rainy note but that did not stop our anticipating participants from coming back to the boot camp.

Various sessions were taken on topics such as ‘Sustainability, Money Management, Philosophy and Value System, Future Readiness panel session,Vision Boarding Computer Appreciation and many others.




There was a brunch break after which the participants picked up from where they stopped on their design thinking assignments. Various groups designed solutions to identified problems such as poor education, bad roads, bad electricity, poverty etc. Their solutions which range from having Mobile Hospitals, Community Health Centers, Skill Acquisition Centers and Mechanized Farmlands were presented on group by group bases.





Parents were also present to see what their children have created. In the voice of one of the parents, she said, "We have never seen such training before, We pray God gives you strength to do more"




The prize giving session was next with a total of six students presented with prizes for active participation.




The boot camp came to an exciting conclusion with the announcement for the establishment of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Clubs by the students in their schools to continue and practice what they learnt in the boot camp, then participants and the organizing team members took pictures to commensurate the close of the boot camp.



We appreciate all our amazing volunteers, sponsors and facilitators. 
We thank Peace First for the Mini Grant Award and One African Child for the opportunity to access the grant.





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