The leading skills project (lsp), 0.001 [intro]
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The Leading Skills Project, initiated by Nathaniel Msen Awuapila, focuses on enhancing the personal growth and development of children and youths by emphasizing the importance of skill application over mere knowledge. It aims to inspire its audience to cultivate skills that contribute to a happier youth, peaceful communities, and global collaboration. The project offers resources such as PowerPoint presentations and face-to-face training to help participants fully realize their potential.
The leading skills project (lsp), 0.001 [intro]
- 1. BY Nathaniel Msen AWUAPILA, MIAM
- 2. LSP? The LEADING SKILLS Project is a product of Nathaniel Msen Awuapila’s commitment to contributing to the enterprise of human growth and development with priority attention on the personal growth and development needs of children and youths. The LEADING SKILLS Project, August 2011 by Nathaniel Msen Awuapila, MIAM 2
- 3. How LSP hopes to serve its audience The LEADING SKILLS Project seeks to present in an easy-to-learn form, key capabilities that stand one person well ahead and apart from his/her peers.The LEADING SKILLS Project, August 2011 by Nathaniel Msen Awuapila, MIAM 3
- 4. Why LSP? The LEADING SKILLS Project is designed to inspire the target audience and motivate them to act in the interest of their total growth and development, the obvious expected outcome of which is a happy youth, a peaceful neighbourhood, and a community of highly motivated, caring and collaborative persons, who jointly seek to build a global community that protects the freedoms and dignity of each human person, a community that also protects their environment. The LEADING SKILLS Project, August 2011 by Nathaniel Msen Awuapila, MIAM 4
- 5. LSP key motivation The LEADING SKILLS Project seeks to persuade children and youths to realize the power of skills. You know, it’s said that knowledge is power. Truth is, the POWER in the body of knowledge resides mainly in the SKILL to apply what is known. So, knowledge without know-how is dead! The LEADING SKILLS Project, August 2011 by Nathaniel Msen Awuapila, MIAM 5
- 6. How to benefit from LSP The LEADING SKILLS Project comes to you via Slideshare as easy-read power point presentations with priority focus on the learning and self-development needs of children and youths. LSP leader, Nathaniel, may also be contacted to offer face to face training services or provideThe LEADING SKILLS Project, August 2011 by Nathaniel Msen Awuapila, MIAM 6
- 7. We value your feedback! The LEADING SKILLS Project welcomes the thoughtful remarks of those that read Nathaniel’s presentations and will be willing to make necessary modifications to serve the target audience better. LSP Contacts: awuapila71@gmail.com GSM: +2348066559669 Skype: nathaniel.awuapila1 The LEADING SKILLS Project, August 2011 by Nathaniel Msen Awuapila, MIAM 7
- 8. About LSP leader Nathaniel Msen AWUAPILA, MIAM is the initiator of The LEADING SKILLS Project and a trainer/facilitator on project management, governance, peacebuilding and conflict resolution. He has studied at the Claretian Institute of Philosophy (CIP), Maryland Nekede, Nigeria; Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA), Nairobi Kenya; and West Africa Peacebuilding Institute (WAPI), Accra Ghana, among others. He has studied Philosophy and taken various courses in Theology and Sociology, and holds professional qualifications in Project Management and Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution. Nathaniel is also a researcher, public speaker, trainer, youth mentor, disaster/conflict analyst, a practicing project manager and a published author. Some of his works include Understanding Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral (Kenbest, 2002); The Total Educator (CORAF-Network, 2003); Establishing Community Structures for Peace in North Central Nigeria, in I.O. Albert & I.O. Oloyede (Eds), Dynamics of Peace Processes (John Archers, 2009); Unwrap Yourself: peace within and without (I-Proclaim, 2010), Restorative Justice, ADR and Mediation in criminal justice and prison reforms as viable opportunities to break the cycle of incarceration (Published in Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Human Rights and Prison Reform, 2011. www.internationalcure.org). Nathaniel recently presented a paper at the 5th Annual Conference of Society for Peace Studies and Practice (SPSP), June 28 2011, on Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution Practice in North Central Nigeria: Risks, threats, and the Urgency of a Regulatory Frameworks. He also facilitated a training for elected representatives from Kuje Area Council, Abuja FCT, on Nigeria’s Draft National Peace Policy (2009), both of which are still to be published. Nathaniel is the initiator of Civil Organisations Research, Advocacy and Funding Initiatives Development (CORAFID) as well as member, International Academy of Management. He supports the implementation of a Misereor-funded project by Health/Justice, Development and Peace Commission (HJDPC) across Nigeria’s North- Central States of Benue, Kogi, Nasarawa and Abuja FCT. He is also Chairman of Benue State Child Protection Network (BnSCPN) and Secretary-General of Society for Peace Studies and Practice (SPSP). Nathaniel lives in Nigeria. The LEADING SKILLS Project, August 2011 by Nathaniel Msen Awuapila, MIAM 8
- 9. LSP leaderLSP leader, Nathaniel Msen Awuapila, MIAM The LEADING SKILLS Project, August 2011 by Nathaniel Msen Awuapila, MIAM 9 The LEADING SKILLS Project emphasises …it’s said that knowledge is power. Truth is, the POWER in the body of knowledge resides mainly in the SKILL to apply what is known. So, knowledge without know- how is dead!
- 10. LSP leader shares! The LEADING SKILLS Project, August 2011 by Nathaniel Msen Awuapila, MIAM 10
- 11. On the left, LSP leader (1st from the right) presents a paper at CPSS Conference, University of Ilorin, Nigeria 2009; on the right, he addresses a traditional ruler on his NGO’s disaster mitigation support to his community in Gwer West LGA, Nigeria, Feb. 2011. The LEADING SKILLS Project, August 2011 by Nathaniel Msen Awuapila, MIAM 11
- 12. On the left, LSP leader (2nd from the left in blue shirt) in a session with traditional rulers to review conflict situation in Agila, Ado LGA in Benue State, Nigeria. Next to him is his colleague in the HJDPC, Christopher Agbo, Peace Officer of Otukpo Catholic Diocese; on the right, LSP leader addresses community women in Gwer West LGA on measures to support their IGA initiatives through CORAFID. The LEADING SKILLS Project, August 2011 by Nathaniel Msen Awuapila, MIAM 12
- 13. On the left, LSP leader (standing) facilitates a team-building exercise with colleagues and volunteers in the HJDPC in Abuja FCT, Feb. 2011; on the right, he (in yellow shirt) provides accompaniment services to the project team in the Catholic Diocese of Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria, April 2011. The LEADING SKILLS Project, August 2011 by Nathaniel Msen Awuapila, MIAM 13
- 14. LSP leader (1st from right) just after facilitating a training session on Nigeria’s Draft Peace Policy (2009) and peace strategies for elected representatives from Kuje Area Council, Abuja FCT, Nigeria. He is an avowed advocate for the promotion of the National Peace Policy principles. LSP leader (middle, front row), and WANEP Nigeria’s National Network Coordinator, Ifeanyi Okechukwu, after successfully co-facilitating a training of trainers workshop on Early Warning and Early Response for officers and volunteers of HJDPC, Abuja Province. Participants were drawn from the States of Benue, Kogi, Nasarawa and Abuja FCT, Nigeria. The LEADING SKILLS Project, August 2011 by Nathaniel Msen Awuapila, MIAM 14
- 15. LSP leader in a warm handshake with Okene LGA Chairman (left); also in a handshake with the paramount traditional ruler of Okene (right), Kogi State, Nigeria. The LEADING SKILLS Project, August 2011 by Nathaniel Msen Awuapila, MIAM 15
- 16. On the left, LSP leader (left) listens to a displaced community leader in Kwande LGA, on circumstances leading to violent conflict in their community; on the right, he (backs cameraman) confers with community leaders in Agatu LGA on conflict situation in their community, Aug. 2011, Benue State, Nigeria. The LEADING SKILLS Project, August 2011 by Nathaniel Msen Awuapila, MIAM 16
- 17. On the left, LSP leader (1st from left) enjoys a meal with colleagues at West Africa Peacebuilding Institute, Accra Ghana, Sept. 2007; on the right, he (1st from left) with CORAFID’s Peer Mentoring Team (PMT) members from Gwagwalada, Abuja FCT, Nigeria, April 2011. 2nd from the right is Magdalene Uche Ekwuye, LSP Team Facilitator , who also oversees PZR Network (PZR Network is a youth mentoring platform under CORAFID). The LEADING SKILLS Project, August 2011 by Nathaniel Msen Awuapila, MIAM 17
- 18. On the left, LSP Team Facilitator, Magdalene Uche Ekwuye; on the right, Team Facilitator with CORAFID’s Peer Mentoring Team (PMT) in Karmo, Abuja FCT, Nigeria. The LEADING SKILLS Project, August 2011 by Nathaniel Msen Awuapila, MIAM 18
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