One Million Leaders Africa Project

Right from mid-April 2022,  OMLA Fellows have gone back to their communities and recruited over 500 young people (OMLA Stars), whom they are currently training on leadership, sustainability, social innovation, and social entrepreneurship skills after they (OMLA Fellows) have received these training from the OMLA Fellowship since January till date; alongside, preparing their OMLA Stars to execute community change projects in their localities.

Moreover, fellows are rounding off their training with the Stars and making preparations to launch into the next phase of the fellowship, THE STARS CHALLENGE. In this phase, OMLA Stars will execute the community-change project they applied for through their project proposals after receiving approval and support from the OMLA secretariat and recruit other young people that are passionate about change in their communities for the next 5 months. Some of the projects they would carry out include:

• IMPROVING THE NUTRITION OF UNDERNOURISHED SCHOOL CHILDREN THROUGH MUSHROOM FARMING
• MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE WITH CHILDREN AT THE FRONTLINE.
• REDUCING THE INCIDENCES AND CONSEQUENCES OF RAPE IN THE MOLYKO NEIGHBOURHOOD, SW CAMEROON 
• SETTING UP INDIGENOUS SEED BANKS TO COMBAT THE LACK OF QUALITY CROP SEEDS AMONG FARMERS, amongst others

Progress on this phase will be shared in the next report, so stay tuned.

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