LEAP believes that young people can and should serve as positive change agents in the society. As a result, it works with youth who serve as community reformers, artists, rights activists, environmentalists, health practitioners, peace builders, women entrepreneurs, volunteers for civic initiatives, as well as youth who have demonstrated a strong interest in developing leadership skills and commitment to community service. These youth, who are between the ages of 18 and 30 are identified with the support of companies, community based organizations, nonprofits and educational institutions.

Through the programme training, skills workshops and one-on-one coaching sessions, which is modelled after international best practices and emerging lessons from Ford Foundation's youth leadership efforts across the globe, LEAP enhances the life and leadership skills of these young participants.

During the course of the programme, LEAP challenges participants to identify and commence positive change projects geared towards improving the lives of people in their immediate communities. LEAP also provides cash and in-kind support to the youth participants to initiate these change projects. In an effort to ensure wide spread impact and sustainability of projects, participants are encouraged to partner with one another or with existing initiatives.

To date, the programme has been offered in Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones, reaching one thousand and thirty nine youth. In turn, beneficiaries have implemented change projects that have positively impacted over four thousand six hundred and seventy (4670) lives in areas including Environment, Education, Health, Business and Economic Development, Law and Human Rights, Science and Technology, as well as Media, Arts and Culture.

For further information on the Youth Leadership Programmes, please contact Oje Ivagba via email at oivagba@leapafrica.org

Youth Programmes
Annual Nigerian Youth Leadership Awards
Employability Programme
Integrity Institute
Leadership Ethics and Civics
Youth Leadership Programme

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