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It is one thing to carve a niche for yourself and be known for doing great things while you’re in your motherland; it is another thing entirely to go to a place where no one knows you, build up from the scratch and make impactful waves in diaspora. This is the story of Temitope Fashakin, the founder of Giving Aid International Network (GAIN), who, through GAIN, has made funds for quality education accessible to those who cannot afford it on their own. Asides being able to gather scholarship funds during the pre-COVID period, Temitope was also able to pull this off during the peak of the Covid outbreak and lockdown.
Covid-19 rocked the boat of several organizations and some have been overwhelmed by it. However, this is not the case for GAIN as Temitope was able to harness scholarships of over 130 million naira for 4 students who resumed school last year and are currently students in the US for their undergraduate program. This is a feat worth gushing over.
It is possible to wonder about how passionate Temitope is about encouraging and putting in the work towards educational inclusion. Bear in mind that this was not just some ‘out-of-the-blue’ initiative that was established when he left the country as he has been putting smiles on students’ faces since his undergraduate days at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun state, Nigeria. As an undergraduate student, Temitope raised scholarship funds of over three million dollars ($3,000,000) and with these funds, he facilitated undergraduate and graduate scholarships for students to school in the United Kingdom, the United States and Germany. As of today, the beneficiaries of the scholarship are now seasoned professionals abroad.
One would think that Temitope would bask in GAIN’s success and rest on his oars. Nevertheless, Temitope’s drive for entrepreneurship would drive him to set up a Fashion and Food services brand, Farii Ideas and Concept Services; which has grown into a well-known brand in Victoria Island, Lagos.
He then went back to his first love which is educational services and established Qpat Solutions, a brand designed to provide educational and cost-friendly consultancy services to schools and organisations. He co-founded Qpat with Dr (Mrs) Temilade Sesan, a woman of many parts. Dr Sesan is a seasoned renewable energy consultant, architect and academic.
Temitope Richard Fashakin has been a member of the Stanford Social Innovation Review, the Yali Network and the United States Information Resource Center.

Temitope is one who believes in giving back to his society; and he has dedicated his lifetime in doing so. He is one who believes in developing the future of the country, which are the Nigerian youths. And he does this by providing access to quality education which will help buffer the effects of the Nigerian educational system on young Nigerian talents. Temitope is one who would defy the odds and circumstances such as COVID-19 to ensure that Nigerian students can have a chance at quality education. Temitope is a Nigerian in the diaspora, doing great things both in Nigeria and the United States.

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Giving Aid International Network, an NGO urgently needs NYSC corp members to occupy the position of Book Review and Assessment for Kids reading club.
Applicant must major in English or Literary studies.
Send application to support@bookspals.org
Attach at least two of your literary works to the email address above.
Work is remote, but Abuja and Lagos residents are preferable.

Need an NYSC PPA? Apply.
Position of an educational instructor or Trainer, project manager and research person needed in Giving Aid International Network (GAIN) Africa an international NGO.
Major: Engineering (1st class), English or Mass Communication (1st class or 2/1 minimum 4.0 GPA).
Condition: 3months to 6months probation, confirmation upon satisfactory performance by our organisation.
Benefits: 50k/monthly, 40hrs/wk, 4days/wk, can work remotely from home the 5th day. You also get bonus and allowances for outstanding performances.
2-4weeks of training, stipends(transportation and feeding) may be provided. Materials like hard copies, audio files and video would be given for training. You are tested after the training to be sure the person is competent and is able to meet up with our goal.
Bonus available for performance, including data and calls.
Office Location: Magodo GRA and Lekki.
Advantage if parents or guardian resides in Lagos.
2 slots availabke.
How to Apply:
Send application to recruit.gainngo@gmail.com with subject containing your Major, GPA and Residence state. E.g "Engineering 4.6 Lagos". Attach degree result and CV to the mail.
Application Deadline: 23rd March, 2020 11:59pm.

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SamuelDk, you will surely grow and prosper a hundredfold!


Lazy fuqs, come and see your opposite here. A leader and hard working effective person, and not a wailing lazy fuq like you!

Amen ooo

Championing 5 personal Community Development Service projects in Kwara within 5 months in my service year was a major breakthrough for some communities forgotten in the rural. With the zeal of meeting the 2030 targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) I could lead World Suicide Prevention Day Campaign/Conference/Rally in Kwara which saved lives and hit national newspaper and local radio stations, sensitize over 1200 students across 4 secondary schools in Edu LGA, Kwara, provide school uniforms to indigent pupils and pair of a dozen classroom chairs to LGEA Primary School Ndeji, Edu LGA, in a bit to lift pupils from writing on the floor and provide Sabongeri-Ndeji a borehole within a month.
Under the mentorship of Enene Akonjom Foundation, I was able to meet up with my targets before the termination of my service year. I dedicated the first 5 months of my service year preparing, planning, strategizing and carried out needs assessment in Edu LGA. I pasted over 9 plans on the walls of my room and woke up to them.
World Suicide Prevention Day Campaign/Conference and Rally was the first project which was made possible through collaboration from over 18 organizations in Kwara State. My kind of zeal was unstoppable, I could approach any government and private organizations seeking for partnership. All resources and funds needed were contributed from different organizations. Most of them where people who were readily committed to the cause of Suicide prevention, one of which is Suicide and Depression Awareness Foundation (SADAF) who linked me up freely with what my money can’t afford. My call for volunteers ushered in UNILORIN students with burning zeal for humanitarian services. At this point I could use the power of collaboration with energetic youths to achieve the global goals. The Nigerian Red Cross Society was of a great assistance with their volunteers, technical advice and resources. The Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development offered up their hall for our conference. Linkage from volunteers gave us free airtime to use UNILORIN FM for suicide prevention sensitization. The outcome of the whole event was pushed to feature in the Guardian Newspaper, all for free. Thanks to Mentally Aware Nigeria Initiative (MANI) who gave professional and technical assistance to my team. We utilized online campaign, billboard and radio stations (Harmony Fm and UNILORIN Fm) to reach out to Kwara people and suburbs.
I came across a primary school in Edu (LGEA Primary School, Ndeji), where pupils sit on the floor to learn. I was triggered with empathy for those children and took some snapshots while sitting on same floor with them. I was certain I could lift them from sitting on the floor to learn. I began to seek support from NGOs who could be of help to give these children a more quality education. The advocacy was coupled with the provision of school uniforms to 15 indigent pupils in same school who have no access to it. Enene Akonjom Foundation and Leave Impact for Eternity (LIFE) Foundation made donations which lead to the construction of pair of dozen classroom chairs and 15 school uniforms. The cost of the chair construction was reduced through mutual collaboration with the community Timber Association to assist supply wood at a 50% discount.
October 2019, I set out to sensitize over 1000 students across 4 secondary schools in Edu LGA, on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Teaching the SDGs in secondary schools was a major target to raise the next generation social change-makers, who do not see problems from the perspective of government’s failure but as a global challenge that needs collaborative actions to make the world a better place to be.
December 2019, I volunteered for the SDG Family Activation (World Largest Lesson) anchored by DEAN Initiative, to extend the SDG sensitization to a community in Edu LGA called Sabongeri-Ndeji. The outcome of the sensitization exposed the only source of drinking water which was bad and pitiable. The community pleaded me to save them from the health danger they face with the water. I quickly took snapshots of the situation in NYSC uniform and uploaded to Twitter (@sam_unleash) seeking for intervention. I look it upon myself to advocate for them until it comes across their saviour. I collaborated with Mr Kehinde Akinsola, the coordinator World Largest Lesson Kwara Chapter and we formulated the #ConstructSabongeriWater twitter hashtag. The campaign officially kicked off January 1st, 2020 with the support of the Kwara State SDG Activators Team and a separate WhatsApp group of volunteers dedicated for the cause. My responsibility was to compose daily advocacy tweet while the team make it viral. The viral campaign came across the path of many government organizations and NGOs whose cause is about water. Next Blue Stories, an international storytelling platform about water followed the campaign update and sent me a private message tagging my campaign an inspiring one and requested the inspiring story behind it published on their international storytelling platform. The campaign terminated on the 23rd day of January, marking 23 days of consistency. The #BuildAWell #FixABorehole #WaterTheNeedy twitter team intervened. Within 7 days, construction of a manual borehole was completed on the site and from 30th January, Sabongeri-Ndeji had access to clean water for the first time in the existence of the community.
The actualization of these projects tell how collaboration with people (especially youths) of like-minds can be of great support for local actions towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. I challenge and encourage all corps members to live up to the tenets of their service to our fatherland through implementation of community development service projects and meet up with the main objective of the National Youth Service Corps scheme.
Samuel Dike Omaka (KW/19A/1928)
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