Closed: Youth Peace Champion for STRIVE Juvenile in Nigeria (2023)

Funded by the European Union (EU) and implemented by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), in close partnership with the Government of Nigeria, the project ‘STRIVE Juvenile: Preventing and Responding to Violence Against Children by Terrorist and Violent Extremist Groups’ is launching its youth-led awareness raising campaign in Nigeria.

The campaign aims to build the resilience of children and their communities in targeted local government areas of Borno state as a key component of support for reintegration and reconciliation efforts. It will contribute to the:

• prevention of the recruitment of vulnerable children including re-recruitment of those that have already reintegrated into their communities.
• acceptance and reduced stigmatisation of reintegrated children.

The campaign will benefit from the support of key stakeholders, including children, youth, traditional leaders, religious leaders, persons with disabilities, Almajiri (Traditional Qur’anic students), women’s groups, youth groups and local government within Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC) and Jere Local Government Areas, state and federal authorities.

WORTH

• You will have the opportunity to act as a positive role model and agent of peace in your community
• You will make a valuable contribution to the dialogue on preventing and responding to terrorism and extremism affecting children
• You will have the opportunity to network with key stakeholders driving peace and reconciliation in Borno State and beyond
• You will benefit from the knowledge and expertise of the UNODC STRIVE Juvenile team
• You will receive branded souvenirs and
• You will be issued a certificate of participation after the successful completion of the programme

Please note that these will be voluntary (i.e. unpaid) positions; and that Youth Peace Champions will not be considered to be staff or personnel of the United Nations.

ELIGIBILITY

• You are between the ages of 18 and 29 years old at the time of application.
• You are a resident of the MMC or Jere Local Government Area of Borno State.
• You can speak and understand Kanuri or Hausa. Fluency in English is an advantage.
• You are willing to commit from March to December 202

DEADLINE: March 18, 2023

To apply and for more information visit here