Victor Onyekwelu
Project Officer, Girl Child Advocate, and Servant leader in Ogidi, Anambra State Nigeria
VICTOR ONYEKWELU is a dedicated servant leader and the current Program Officer of YALI Anambra Network. He's also an SDSN Youth Alumni, one of the leading SDGs organizations in Nigeria.
He has served as an Ambassador for esteemed organizations like the International Model United Nations (IMUN); the International Global Network (IGN); and the Red Dot Global Foundation, an organization that advocates for women's rights and combat child sexual abuse.
He was opportune to be among the recipients of the Ingressive For Good online social media management scholarship, where he got first-hand knowledge of Social Media Management and is now excelling at it.
CHIBUEZE VICTOR ONYEKWELU has a proven track record of successfully implementing projects and initiatives.
In 2020, he together with other Ogidi Students Union executives organized a campaign against Rape, Cultism, and Drug Abuse in his hometown, Ogidi where he's still serving as the Director of Social and Welfare. And in 2022, he organized an online skill acquisition training that succeeded in empowering over 150 secondary school students with graphic design skills as a way of reducing the high rate of unemployment in his country, Nigeria. He also leveraged the program to learn graphic design skills and he's now a certified designer.
He served as a team member to the Creative Ladies Global Resources, an NGO that distributed over 300 sanitary pads to secondary school girls in rural areas of Anambra state, Nigeria, as a way of celebrating the 2022 International Menstrual Hygiene Day.
Furthermore, VICTOR ONYEKWELU together with the team of Anambra SDSN (Sustainable Development Solutions Network) trained the primary school students of St. Fatima Primary School Enugwu-Agidi, on the importance of SDGs and as well planted trees around the school compound as a way of curbing climate-related issues.
VICTOR ONYEKWELU also served as a volunteer for the 2022 LEAP Africa Youth Day Of Service. He was part of the organizers of the boot camp "The Roles of Youths in National and Global Development." The program focused on sharing insights on how to contribute to society and aid in Nigeria and Global Development."
The young passionate leader derives joy in organizing and volunteering for community services because he firmly believes in achieving a SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY.
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