James Okina

Project Manager, Filmmaker, and Photographer in Calabar, Nigeria

James Okina

Project Manager, Filmmaker, and Photographer in Calabar, Nigeria

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I am a social Entrepreneur, filmmaker, and photographer currently living in Florida, USA. My interests range from public welfare to education. I am also interested in travel, photography, and writing.

A firm believer that kids on streets should have the right to live their lives to its fullest potentials, I founded Street Priests Incorporated inspired by a personal episode on the streets; a social enterprise that is transforming the lives of street children through a youth led movement.
Since Inception Street Priests has reached over 3000 kids through various community programs, taken 300 over kids off the streets and facilitated the enrollment of 215 kids back to school. A remarkable endeavor that has been recognized by the British Broadcasting Corporation, National Public Radio, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Zoomin TV and several other local and international tabloids.

A TedX Speaker and a Watson scholar, I have been recognized as "Global Teen Leader" by the We Are Family Foundation, A "Future African Leader ", a "Young Emerging Leader", a "Young Leader to watch" by the Cross River State Government, an “Ashoka Africa Youth Champion” and most recently one of “20 Young leaders to watch in 2018” by Ripples Nigeria, Nigeria’s foremost online newspaper. Over the next decade I plan to educate 2 million out of school children utilizing technology and implementing our innovative community programs for street kids around the world.

In my spare time, I also host conferences and give talks to High school students, inspiring them to achieve excellence and aspire to become better, through this meetings I have impacted the lives of over 20,000 high school students cumulatively.

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