· International Youth Day: GIVE received an invitation from Positive Development Foundation to participate in a Conference to mark the IYD and also make a presentation on ‘Volunteering’ on the 12th August 2009. The theme for the event was “Internet as a tool for Sustainable Development”. The aim was to provide a platform for young people to interact and share the various meaningful ways through which they optimize their use of the internet. Some of the Resource Persons at the event were the representative of the Lagos State Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Ogbo Awoke Ogbo of Giant Thoughts, Adeniyi Tabiti, Anwuli Ojogwu of Fate Foundation, Ike Nwibe of GIVE Nigeria and others. Ipaja Community Link and SYDOC were the GIVE member organizations at the event. Ipaja Community Link was represented by 20 volunteers including an international volunteer while SYDOC had one representative. 4 National Volunteers in GIVE and the Program Officer represented the secretariat. Ike Nwibe did a presentation on Volunteering and also seized the opportunity to talk about GIVE Network. GIVE information materials were distributed.
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