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Lateefa Musah’s Biography
Read Full Bio →Lateefa Musah Communications Consultant, Peace Builder, Community Development Practitioner, Writer, Storyteller, and Engineer. She has over 4 years of professional experience working in the development sector to promote peacebuilding and economic development in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria. As part of her work to promote peace, she has supported the developing and implementing more than 20 peacebuilding interventions. She has contributed to projecting the impact stories of various regional…
Lateefa Musah’s Journalist Portfolio
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A Day in the Life of a Niger Deltan - Lateefa, the Peacebuilding Amazon - Linking Partners for Ni...
Avid Readers: Changing the Reading Culture in Port Harcourt - Linking Partners for Niger Delta De...
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Awards
See all 4 awards →IVLP Impact Awardee
2021 - Human Rights and Community Impact
The IVLP Impact Award is given ti IVLP Alumni who can design projects to cause social change in their communities. I was selected as an awardee. I applied and received a grant to implement the ‘The HELM Project.’ The HELM Project aims to teach skills in Health, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, and mentorship to kids between the ages of 13 and 17. The project features a one-week boot camp and an opportunity for the kids to implement a project to resolve a community problem. The kids would design the problem and solution with support from the HELM team and mentors.
US Department of State International Vistor Leadership Program
2021 - Human Rights and Civic Engagement
I was nominated to be among the first set of visitors under the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) to be invited to the United States by the US Department of State in collaboration with World Learning since the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the program, we visited 4 states in America; the capital, Washington DC, Charleston, Columbia, and Atlanta, and learned more about the culture in America, its governance structure, civil and community engagement. We also visited various civil society organizations, authors, historical human rights locations, museums, and the Charleston State House. The program was centered around, ‘Human Rights and Civic Engagement for Youths’.
Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Fellow
2021 - Leadership
The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) was launched by the United States government as a signature effort to invest in the next generation of African leaders. The need to invest in grooming strong, results-oriented leaders comes out of the statistics: nearly 1 in 3 Africans are between the ages of 10 and 24, and approximately 60% of Africa’s total population is below the age of 35. Who will empower and lead these young Africans? Who will shape the future of business and entrepreneurship, civic leadership, and public management? In order to answer these questions, YALI promotes three models designed to identify and empower young leaders: the YALI Mandela Washington Fellowship,YALI Network and now the establishment of Regional Leadership Centers across Africa.
Youthlead Turning Point Contest Winner
2020 - Young Changemaker Essay Writing Competition
"YouthLead “Turning Point” Writing Contest winners! These young changemakers have demonstrated how one moment or a series of events can change their life’s trajectory, and how these moments, role models or and support from mentors have turned them into the changemakers they have become."