6 weeks of unique multicultural eXPerience
December/January/February Realizations
PROJECT BOOKLET FOR VOLUNTEERS
CONTENT 1. IT-fy 2. EDU-Support 3. Supporting JD 4. SPECIAL EVENTS 5. COST OF LIFE 6. CONTACTS
PROJECT IT-fy IT-fy:
the idea behind this project is to make every youth in the state savvy in information technology and in delivering this we would be recruiting Eps who have IT backgrounds and they would be having a platform to impact their knowledge into other youths and at the same time improve their own personal proficiency. This project would be run alongside Leah foundation, an NGO and their well equipped resource center would be the venue for this delivery. IMPLEMENTATION: Eps would be responsible for mobilizing students. Eps would be involve in campaign at target areas (churches, mosques, study centers, secondary schools). Eps would work in groups to deliver the 5 weeks intensive training to students and each group would have their students. Eps would be responsible for retention for the purpose of project sustainability. Focus topics: Basic Microsoft office Usage, computer usage, graphics (photoshop, corel draw etc.), Web development. We hope to add more topics base on Eps skills and students needs. Target Age group: 15 – 25 years Project Location: City of Ilorin
PROJECT EDU-SUPPORT This project introduces highly talented international students from the top universities in the world with leadership experience and international perspective to do an internship in Nigerian primary (Elementary) Schools during a period 6-12 weeks. During this period, volunteers would be supporting in specific teaching and support teaching capacity. Volunteers would be able to connect with kids and use their personal experience to facilitate specific learning to the kids. Intern would either be taking a class or supporting in a teaching capacity. Intern would innovate to create proper learning environment for students using extra curricular activities.
SPECIAL (SUPPORTING) PROJECT PROJECT SMILE: This is a community development project which is focusing on helping children living with cleft lip and cleft palate deformity, in getting the corrective surgery needed in correcting this deformity. The power of a SMILE can never be overstated. So therefore, we also aim at putting a “good smile� on the faces of the people faced with this concern. A cleft lip or palate can be successfully treated with surgery, especially so if conducted soon after birth or in early childhood AND together with our partner, SMILE TRAIN and AIM AFRICA we would be facilitating a free surgical operation for affected people + orientation program for people in the target community in other to control future occurrence. For more information on the issue: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleft_lip_and_palate
SUPPORTING JD LC ACTIVITIES OC CAREER FAIR: The LC would be hosting career fair by march 2015 and planning starts from January. Interns that are present during this period would be opportune to be on the organizing committee team and this would enable this interns gain more knowledge of AIESEC activities and gain practical work experience. OC RECRUITMENT: AIESEC Ilorin recruits students for the team member/team leader program between the period of January and February and interns present in the LC during this time would be opportune to be part of the organising committee. OGX SALES DRIVE: This is the team that drives Outgoing exchanges sales and raising peak for the LC is between February and April so interns who are present in the LC during this period can be part of the team and in turn be able to even attract potential Eps for their entity. NOTE: This supporting projects are our Innovation towards making this exchange experience impact-full. After looking at the work load of the two projects of which intern would be picking either and the need to adhere to XPP’s 5 hours working period per day rule, we decided to give Interns the option of choosing from any of this two supporting projects to make up a complete experience.
SPECIAL EVENT GLOBAL VILLAGE : This will be an opportunity for volunteers from different countries who are working on our projects to showcase their different cultures , opportunities of cooperation in their various countries, each country represents must perform a presentation to raise awareness of participants. In fulfilment of this activity, each represented culture and country must present something that is unique to their culture or country. A documentary of those represented culture and country would also be filmed afterwards. All volunteer are thus expected to come with attires, artifacts and any other thing to represent their culture and country. SPECIAL TOURISM VISITS: Nigeria is known as a country with numerous tourist center so to make this experience more fulfilling we would be mapping out some base on intern’s preference and visits to this places would be fixed to weekends for the internship duration. Examples of this places include Emir of Ilorin Palace, Land of No return Badagry Lagos, Obudu Cattle Ranch Calabar, Ikogosi water falls, Sobi Hills Ilorin and many more. SOCIAL NIGHTS: In the city of Ilorin, nights are always spent in a relaxation mood, friends meet to work out stress through different fun activities so integrating you into the Ilorin lifestyle means that every evening is planned for interns hangout. Location include clubs, relaxation centers etc. INSPIRE KWARA: This is a closing conference which would be for two days. At this conference all our Interns would be gathering together with other project stakeholders and top dignitaries of the state to discuss models of education systems in the interns’ countries and they would be compared with ours to lead a greater change in the education sector.
COST OF LIFE There are two possible options; COOKING: Cooking utensils would be made available at the house and interns would be given a detailed guide on how to go about getting food items during integration. Price for food items can not be perfectly be predicted but items are priced against quantity. If an intern wants this method, he or she should just budget 200 Naira per meal. RESTAURANT: There are two categories of Eateries (restaurants) in Ilorin and this grading is done base on branding and quality of service but know that both categories are safe and you can choose from any at any time. Category 1: 250 – 400 Naira per meal Category 2: 500 Naira and above You can get any type of food from this category be it swallow, grains or cereals Note: You can also patronize mini fast food joints for meals like noodles, bread and tea etc. This categories would also be pointed out during integration. EXPERIENCE COST: Accommodation is provided for FREE TRANSPORTATION WITHIN ILORIN costs a minimum of 50 Naira and other additional charges are base on distance. TRANSPORTATION TO ILORIN from Lagos costs 2500 Naira and from Abuja costs 3000 Naira. Transportation to all Tourism visits and other special event including any other required charges would be covered by volunteers. Prices VARIES
LIVING CONDITIONS and Others ď ą EQUIPMENTS : You need to bring sleeping aids, lamp , sweater clothes and city clothes , pharmaceuticals, camera, vaccination, something that represents your culture and another that represents your country. ď ą Other needs would be communicated during matching and feel free to bring any other thing that can support project.
OUR CONTACTS BAMIDELE ADEOLUWA (LCVP IGCDP AIESEC ILORIN) MOBILE - +2348132084838 +2348186385267 SKYPE- bamidele.adeolu EMAIL- bamidele.adeolu@aiesec.net
BIMBO OLANIYAN (PROJECT DIRECTOR, EDUSUPPORT) MOBILE-+2348114509598 SKYPEEMAIL- Abimbola_olaniyan@yahoo.com
AYOWALE OBINEYE (LCP AIESEC ILORIN) MOBILE- +2438092993263 SKYPE- ayowale.obineye EMAIL- ayowale.obineye@aiesec.net
LEMO GBENGA (PROJECT DIRECTOR, ITify) MOBILE-0706339939 EMAIL-