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Henry had experience as educator, journalist, activist and facilitator in the fields of participatory development, ICTs and leadership, Gender, Education, HIV/AIDS, Human Rights and Environment. He is also a writer of everything from children’s books to satirical columns, poetry and articles. His works has led him increasingly to the conviction that the solution to many development challenges lies in an integrated and resourced based approach to the capacity development and empowerment of young people, based on their own participation and protection. Such an effort, Henry believes, would have gone far to arrest the spread of the HIV/AIDS epidemic that continues to cut a fatal, but largely preventable swathe through a whole cohort of youth in Africa and across the world. Such approach would also enable the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. UNICEF, Speak Africa Challenge Award winner, Henry Ekwuruke is a Unite For Sight International Humanitarian Service Award Winner, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) recipient and World Bank Institute and United Nations Institute for Training and Research, (UNITAR) Geneva alumini. Henry is also the Programme Coordinator of Student Participation Empowerment And Knowledge initiative (SPEAKi), a project dedicated to giving students voice, empowerment and skills; and was a member of the Project Advisory Committee of Creating Local Connections – West Africa. Henry is a Volunteer Editor here in TakingITGlobal.org, dedicated to Articles Review and Publication, and editing of the TIG website and materials. I was raised on optimism by my parents with the strong belief that Nigerians were destined for a good life and prosperity, being one of the richest countries in Africa but I grew up to see orphanages, to see villages of graves, to read reports, to meet with and work with people all over Nigeria and Africa, whose lives and futures have been truned upside down - and I have to stopped and get ready to contribute to change! Sometimes, someday in our lives, we have to stop and reassess the situation and begin to think. Ask this question: "Am I doing anything to change this reality?" This question should start ringing in our ears. This is what I have come to believe: "This is not our inevitable future." This is a battle for our nation's and continents's survival. It is a battle for our true transformation. We carry inside, each and every one of us, the potential to increase the problems or the potential and talent to help solve the problems. This is not a policy issue, hence, the global financial crisis impend you, this is ourselves, our families, our communities, our hopes, our today and ultimately our future. And this is our decisive moment, because we are the first generation that can end poverty and we have to collectively refuse to miss this historic opportunity. And because accountability counts, we recognize it's our world and our future where no president, no leader, no king, no emperor...nobody's going to change this, except the people, powered by youth! My mentor, Alh. Maitama Sule will always say that "leadership is the issue." Professor Chinua Achebe and former President Nelson Mandela believe "the centre can hold with accountability" and I believe with President Musa Yar'Adua of Nigeria that "achieving these goals is our sacred duty." Contact Henry Ekwuruke: Email: henry.ekwuruke (at) gmail (dot) com Tel: +234 703 979 1470 Web: http://www.dgai.webs.com
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