Taofeeq Fareedah
The Lagos State University, LASU has once again received the spotlight in the international world with the recent selection and appointment of her recent best graduating student Olademeji Shotunde as a YouthLead Ambassador .
The YouthLead program is organised and initiated by the United State Agency for International Development, USAID. YouthLead is a program for self-directed and motivated change makers with a proven record in supporting and mobilizing other youths in the communities and at the local, regional or national level as advocates or social impact entrepreneur.
Olademeji is the only Nigerian selected out of the 3,134 applicants from over 200 countries, having passed the tedious selection process which started on August 31st 2020 and ended September 25th 2020.
The YouthLead Ambassadorial Program is a 6 month profession development and leadership opportunity for young change makers between the ages of 18 years and 35 years with a proven track of impacting the community positively. The ambassadorial program plays a key role in bringing the benefits of YouthLead to local, regional and national groups of change advocates creating awareness and visibility about the platform as a networking hub for people.
As part of the program, ambassadors will design and implement awareness campaigns on critical issues impacting young people; hosting events that contribute to skill-building knowledge and peer-to-peer networking.
Benefits of the program include a nominal stipend of $300USD, a feature on the YouthLead platform, newsletter or social media and many more.
Congratulations Lagos State University.
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