WSIS Volunteer Family, Phase 1 Report

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Training of Volunteers for Human Capacity Building in Nigeria

Rose Ekeleme, IAVE Nigeria

In a developing country such as Nigeria, Information Technology is at its infancy. We consider Information Technology as a vital and important aspect of developing the human capacity of our volunteers and therefore must be fully utilized. This is the essence of the training programme which helps us develop human capacity for volunteering and to mobilize volunteers for more effective communication.

In Nigeria there are many nongovernmental agencies -- 90% of which are managed by professional and non-volunteers and only 10% by actual volunteers. And because many of these volunteers have not received the training, they abandon volunteering after a few experiences. It is this gap in ignorance and commitment that our training programme tends to fill.

Our first training programme was to train 25 trainers (leaders in their various organizations). The major topics covered are: Who is a volunteers? What are specific roles of volunteers? How do volunteers influence the society? How do they share information? What is the importance of networking? How can Information Technology be used to build up the organization? Dos and donts about volunteering. Problems encountered during volunteering and possible solutions to these problems. Impact of volunteer service on society. Recruitment of volunteers. Sharing of information through technology.

The 25 trainers returned to their various cities and trained 1000 volunteers from 36 states in Nigeria. Information Communication Technology and Procedures constitute an integral part of the training. Because these volunteers belong to various organizations, they will communicate the information to their other linkage organization located within Nigeria in other countries.

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