Uju Silver: Through the lenses of Volunteering.

Are you just like many who are confused about the reason every application asks for volunteer work experience? This was not the case in many countries until recently.

The need for charitable persons especially youths in the world today in the face of emerging and persistent global crisis has never been so profound . To this extent, organizations, schools  and even peer groups have felt the need to recruit people who are willing and ready to give back to the society.

However, many do not understand what volunteering is about, how to secure opportunities or even know what aspects of volunteering they want to engage in. The concept of volunteering stands misunderstood by many today. To this extent, the Nineteen Initiative is organizing an online Question and Answer on Volunteering session.

To kick off this innovation of the Initiative, we are privileged to have an international, renowned volunteer, Okwaraogoma Uju Silver. He will be answering questions on volunteering. The session seeks to highlight the importance of volunteering, the  benefits of volunteering and the intricacies of volunteering.

Uju Silver is no novice to volunteering as he has gained experience through local and international volunteering with organizations such as the United Nations, African Union and CIVICUS among others. He will be sharing his experience as well as answering your questions about volunteering on this platform in the month of May, 2017.

ABOUT  OKWARAOGOMA UJU SILVER

 Uju spent his years while growing up in the busy environment of Lagos State, Nigeria where he acquired his basic education. He proceeded to Babcock University, Ogun State where he acquired his undergraduate education in International Law and Diplomacy. Given his ardent belief in knowledge and skill acquisition, he proceeded to the University Of Ibadan where he had his Masters education in Peace and Conflict Studies.

Uju is well versed in global concerns as has acquired quality knowledge through the finesse of work experience he has acquired while volunteering. In 2011 to 2013, he worked with the West Africa Network for Peacebulding (WANEP) as a volunteer intern while playing the role of an assistant in research drafting, developing project initiatives among others. Upon the conclusion of his service with  WANEP, Uju moved to the GLEEHD Foundation where he worked as a Volunteer Program Associate. at GLEEHD, he helped to develeop work plan in the areas of good governance and social justice.

His strides as a global citizen took a new turn when he served as a United Nations Exchange Learning Intern with CIVICUS; World Alliance for Citizen Participation in Geneva, Switzerland. In the course of his service, he delivered an address at the Human Rights Council on the Gambian UPR
on behalf of CIVICUS.

Uju currently works at the UNESCO Liason office to the AUC and ECA as an African Youth Volunteer in Ethopia.

The fact that Uju Silver is in the best position to give information as regards volunteering admits no further arguments, to this extent we submit that we all are blessed to have him on our first Question and Answer session coming up in May.

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