A UK Based Diaspora Led Development Agency Working In Nigeria

A UK Based Diaspora Led
De velopment Ag enc y
Working In Nigeria
England & Wales Charity
Commission No. 1091028
2 Young Adult Volunteers teaching dance and
drama to children at our orphan and
vulnerable children summer camp August 2011
Children at the Ipaja Community Link’s
[ICL] 2011 Summer Camp
ICL is one of DIFN’s long standing
Nigerian partners
For information contact DIFN
at:
UK
HCVS, 84 Springfield House,5 Tyssen Street,
London E8 2LY.
Tel: 020 7923 1962
Email: admin@difn.org.uk
Nigeria
Yomi Oloko, DIFN In Country Manager
C/o Community Link Network,
Ipaja Community Link, 213 Ipaja Road, Ipaja,
Lagos State. Tel. 0809 678 3177
Email: yomioloko@hotmail.com /
yomi@difn.org.uk
MISSION STATEMENT
Young Adult Volunteering Scheme
Creating Opportunities for Participation
MISSION / VISION:
Development Impact For Nigeria [DIFN] is a UK
based Diaspora led development agency working in
Nigeria. DIFN’s ambition is to create opportunities
for the UK Nigerian Diaspora [and other interested
friend of Nigeria] to actively participate in development related issues in Nigeria.
DIFN’s Diaspora Trainers /
Working Holiday Scheme
DIFN is keen to work with UK based young adults [18
to 24 years] who want a productive, rewarding and
affordable volunteer placement in Lagos, Nigeria.
Are you a UK based professional
especially of Nigeria or African heritage?
Placements will be with our partners and at the
moment will mainly be in Lagos.
Can you volunteer 1 to 4 weeks of your
time as capacity building trainers in
Nigeria?
Placements are self funded and are available all year
round and can be on an individual basis or as a group.
Can you self fund your placement?
Placements run from 4 weeks to 12 months.
VALUES:
Main placements will include
DIFN is a non discriminatory development agency
open to all irrespective of race, tribe , ethnicity,
gender and religion
•
Working in local government primary schools
constructing nursery play units and supporting
early years education through play.
We also endeavour to operate under the principles of
•
Working with community youth groups on
personal and community development projects
•
Working with local government vocational
training centres as a skills instructor teaching
ICT, Web and Graphic Design, Music Production, Art and Drama and other vocational
skills.
Accountability
Transparency
Developing Effective Partnerships & Collaborations.
2 of DIFN’s Teacher Trainers Volunteers
We particularly want to hear from:
Teachers, teacher trainers, social workers,
counsellors, early year professionals,
development practitioners and vocational
skills instructors.
DIFN PROPOSEDVOLUNTEER
DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2012 - 2015
We have 2 main volunteering programmes that we
are presently running:
1]
Diaspora Volunteer Scheme -
2]
Young Adult Volunteering Scheme -
One of the
Young Adult
Volunteers
training youth
on Web Design
and Desktop
Publishing at
Agege Local
Government
Council
Vocation
Centre.
June 2011
One of DIFN’s Skills Training Partners