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Ade Sofola's Page
Profile Information
- Source of my passion about the power of business to fight poverty
- I work for a non-government organisation
- Website:
- http://youthact.org.uk
- Industry:
- Educational Charity
- About my work:
- I run a project at the Citizenship Foundation that helps young people engage in politics by helping them identify an issue of interest in their local community and then work to make a positive change by running a campaign that involves their whole community.
- Interested in:
- Professional Contacts, Potential Partners, Potential Investors
- Topics on my radar:
- community engagement, community cohesion, business in the community, funding
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I'll keep you posted about the next New Ideas for Africa meeting. We usually have them every month. I hope you can join us at a future event.
Regards,
Femi
I use the network links to provide an additional perspective for learners many come with preconceptions about certain countries, take for instance Zimbabwe but by linking into local people and getting an alternative view from people living through the problems you get a greater insight on how politics can be controlled by one person or tribe.
I also learnt about the role of NGO's and charities in places like Congo, Brundi and Sudan. Because of the first hand accounts and the verification of information I have stopped supporting some of the major national charities and NGO's and focused on local work it is more productive, in one year more of my students have done something about the political environment through this site than in the 5 years before.
I have found it very enlightening.
Take care and I would love to chat so drop me a line I have a skype address mark.trotter2
Mark T
Interesting combination of topics on your radar, after five years of running and writing citizenship programmes focused on cohesion I am about to embark on a new round of community leadership development for marginalised groups. I have learned much from this forum and the LSN so it would be interesting to hear your views on some of the international topic's.
I teach community politic's to 14 -19 year olds for fun and to get them into the real world, help them see that real politic's in as the greeks always said with the people
Have fun and enjoy the network
Mark T