Eagle River High School Students Creating Change
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| Organization | Leadership Initiatives |
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| Region | Nigeria |
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| ProjectLeader | Marshall Bailly |
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As members of Leadership Initiatives' [LI] International Internship Program, Matthew, Katie, Evelyn, and Malina from Eagle River High School have been working with LI to help create & publicize human rights campaigns for various rights issues in Bauchi State, Nigeria. To transform lives, the team & LI are working to connect with local nonprofits in Bauchi to research, document, and advocate for various human rights issues within the area.
Challenge
Human rights violations are very common in the developing world, but not many are aware they ever happen. Leadership Initiatives has worked with the Bauchi community for over fifteen years and continues to grow our relationship with other activist organizations that are local to the area. A lack of funding for research, campaigns, and basic training has left many of these organizations unable to assist victims of various rights abuses and work to create proper prevention programs.
Long-Term Impact
We will create a community with the ability to identify and fight human rights abuses, that will remove the stigma of victims and instead create a vehicle for advocacy adding to the growth of Democracy within their country.
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