The workshop started by 10:30am with an opening prayer. We thereafter entertained an opening remark from Dr. Chris Ugwu (The ED of SIRP). He pointed out that Enugu state has passed the law against FGM and whoever that is still engaging in this practice is violating the law against women and girl's right in Enugu State. He went on also to say that FGM is a gender based violence and should be ended. This is because; we are all humans, created by the same God and should be given equal rights.
After the opening
remark, the participants introduced themselves and the training began with the
first facilitator in the person of
Dr. Daniel Ugwu who trained us on fundraising. This session started with a
definition of fundraising.
Fundraising as he stated was the seeking of financial
support for charity, cause and other enterprise. He went further to
explain various ways of fundraising such as; organizing donation events, placing donation boxes in strategic areas,
using social media, being in the spotlight i.e. constantly posting about
your organization and what they advocate for.
He also trained participants on the importance of
mapping and how to build strong and effective relationship with donors.
After this session, there was a 5 minutes game to energize the
participants. This was done to usher in the next facilitator. The next facilitator Ms Nene Florence trained
participants on social media management. She began by defining what social media
is and the importance of using social media to End FGM.
Social media as she said was a means of
communication and one of the easiest ways to pass a message to a large
audience. The participants were thereafter trained on the management of the 5
most used social media platforms. This includes: Facebook, Instagram ,
Twitter , WhatsApp , LinkedIn and how to effectively use them to reach your
audience.
There was also another 5 minutes game after this session. Thereafter the
participants were grouped into 5 and given questions to answer collectively. These
questions bordered on fundraising and social media management. Afterwards there
was one person from each group who came out to present their answers to the
rest of the participants.
We later had refreshments and a closing
remark from Barr. Somtochukwu Nnamdi (The Gender/Partnerships Head at SIRP).
The workshop thereafter ended at 3:30pm.
Reported by
Rita Chinyere
