Volunteering is a social development concept and an active expression of civic participation, rendering services by choice or free will to organizations, individuals and groups. Volunteering helps to build relationships and foster social inclusion and solidarity. According to Statista, the efforts of volunteers worldwide are equal to 109 million full-time
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Volunteer Spotlight: Bukola Ibrahim
Bukola Ibrahim volunteers with Junior Achievement Nigeria to teach the JA Career Success and BE Entrepreneurial in Abuja. Bukola shared in JAN’s vision of raising young people to become business leaders and this has been her motivation for volunteering as she’s an entrepreneur herself. Read more about her below: What
Volunteer Spotlight: Oscar Agugua
Name: Oscar Agugua Location: Port Harcourt Organization: FirstBank Designation: Regional Product Manager What was your motivation for volunteering with JA Nigeria? I love young ones that are technologically inspired. Coming from an engineering background, I am passionate about teaching young ones how to be innovative and solution-driven. This spurred me
JA Nigeria trains new Volunteers in Lagos
As part of our commitment to expanding our reach in Lagos and its environs and grooming young people to own their economic future, we welcomed a new set of volunteers to join our ever-growing volunteer family. The volunteers, who are from different backgrounds and sectors were trained to teach our
Volunteer Spotlight: Kayode Faluyi
Faluyi Kayode Mofolorunsho, a Business Development/Marketing Officer at University of Lagos Business School, volunteers to teach JA Company Program in Lagos. He’s volunteering with JAN because of his shared vision for education in Nigeria which aligns with the JA Nigeria vision and mission. Read excerpt below: What was your motivation
Volunteer Spotlight: Comfort Oladeji
Comfort Oladeji is a student of University of Lagos and she currently volunteer with JA Nigeria teaching JA Company Program. What is your motivation for volunteering? I don’t totally believe in the general notion of change through the activities of the government, I believe that for us to achieve the