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Board of Directors We are committed to the democratic involvement of all participants as the Institute continues to grow and evolve - with the goal that we can more effectively serve our students and the transformation of the planet. For this reason, in addition to the Board of Directors, we have created an Advisory Council which works in cooperation with the Board in guiding the growth and development of the Institute. The Advisory Council is composed of Sponsors (financial contributors) and Students. Leadership Team (Voting Members) Imoh Colins The United Nations Organisation of Youth (UNOY), international Secretariat in Netherlands, I worked as the Africa Desk Coordinator till 2003. I was actively involved in the International Young Christian Student (IYCS), and held various positions. I facilitated various projects for organizations like: Africa Youth Parliament, Nairobi, UNOY Foundation, Freetown, Africa Renaissance Network, Makurdi, Child Rights Organisation, Aba, Children of the Earth, Inc, USA, Apeadu Peace Center, Aburi, among many others. I have attended training programmes in various parts of the world. This includes Peace Building Institute of Eastern Mennonite University, Virginia, USA. The course educating for peace in formal and informal education at Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace & Development, Israel. Currently, I am the Executive Director of Centre for Human Development and Social Transformation (CHDST). I hold a Masters Degree in Environmental Management from the University of Cape Town. I have experience in grassroots work for local development and youth empowerment. I have received advanced training in project management, communication, accountability and leadership. My vision is: 'An empowered youth capable of being the voice of the voiceless and a beacon of light. I enjoy travelling meeting people and making friends. I have been to about 30 countries. In my interactions I have come to the knowledge that people want to be understood and appreciated. The bases for most conflict are our inability to understand ourselves. I am outgoing, love reading and listening to classical music. I live
among the people of the Niger Delta who produce the oil wealth. Everyday
these people are faced with the uncertainty of the future and the
frustrations of the present. The people are mostly unemployed or not
meaningfully employed. Their land produces the wealth, yet they are poor.
Living among them is a challenge to build hope and a belief in the future. I
love life and I intend living it to the fullest. However, nobody can live in
a vacuum. We need each other. Wanda Gail Campbell Olita Talent Nyathi Kathleen Oweegon Lisa Kiebzak,
Emmanuel Osuoza Lilly Ann Advisory Board (Non-Voting Members) Gillian Keen
Felix Iziomoh
I am member of International Council for Health Physical Recreation Sport and Dance (ICHPER.SD), Virginia, USA and Futbol Against Racism in the Americas, (FARA), California, USA. I have attended several training and seminars which include Citizenship and Leadership Training, Sea School, Apapa, Lagos, Nigeria, First International Schools Physical Education Conference, American International School, Lagos, Nigeria, Nigeria Association for Sports Science and Medicine, (NASSM), University of Ilorin, Nigeria. I have volunteered as a Soccer Coach with American International School, Lagos, and other Organizations. My greatest passion is to see that youths develop in all dimensions of life; Personal, Intellectual, Growth, Spiritual, and Emotional, this is what I live for. I want to be among the world’s celebrated brands. Brands are always alive whether living or dead. People like Dr. Nnamdi Azikwe of Nigeria, Mahatma Ghandi of India, Nelson Mandela of South Africa, Bob Marley, Martin Luther King Jr. Abraham Lincoln and Mother Theresa. These people mentioned are known for service of humanity, they discovered themselves, developed themselves and delivered themselves. Lynne Murguia
Bikundu Onyari
I have a passion working with young people since they possess untapped potential that can be used to advance a nation. I feel purposeful working these kind of people realise and nurture their potential. My expertise has been more of hands on and practical as opposed to theory and this has grounded my knowledge on the needs of clients. I haave been a life long student of life and got an opportunity in 2002
to study with the International Institute of Global Leadership (IIGL). I
graduated in 2009 after intensive study and support from the faculty of IIGL
where I established himself as an astute leader who saw opportunity in every
challenge I faced. Elizabeth Tepper
I am dedicated to teaching and facilitating personal and organizational processes. I am a Genuine ContactTM Professional, an NLP (NeuroLinguistic Programming) Coach, Trainer and Master Practitioner; and recently graduated in Family Constellations (Systemic Therapy). All of this plus other things that have made me understand that there are many ways of reaching the same goal of being a whole person. I met Michael Lightweaver in 2002 and decided to become a student of IIGL. Being a part of the Institute as a student gave me a chance to see that education can also work differently: How useful is what we are learning?? How does it influence your life?? Those are some of the questions we have to answer in our assessments. As of Dec. 2005, I took on the responsibility for developing the Spanish Division of IIGL, which has been transferred to Carlos Leiton in Costa Rica. I believe change comes from within, we can only create changes around us when we are willing to do so in our personal lives. Then, can we influence our families, then our friends and those closest to us, and then the community as a whole. If we can provoke this consciousness in one person, only one, we will have been able to start a change. This one person is 'I'. Am I peaceful enough to ask for peace? Am I fair enough to ask for fairness and justice? This is where my present work aims at; awareness of the responsibility we have on every choice we make for our lives and those around us. It's the small stuff that make the difference, greeting those around us, giving a helping hand whenever we can, asking for help when we need it, understanding we have rights, as well as responsibilities. We can make a difference in remembering that WE are to ones we are waiting to make a difference!!! www.elisabethtepper.blogspot.com Website: CoCreation: Erick Omari
My parents passed away on 23rd March 2003 in an auto accident. This left me being responsible for my young brothers and sisters. Before they got the accident I was a member in one of the youth group (ICYE, International Cultural Youth Exchange), in Nairobi, the organization is based in Westland, and during that time I was supposed to travel to Finland for an exchange programme. We had to contribute for our traveling expenses and stipend. Being that I am from a poor family background, my parents tried all the best to get some money from all sources, including well wishers, but all in vain. After my parents death I started facing life squarely. I was now the sole bread winner of my little siblings, Circumstances forced me to look for a job, (any job), I got a job in a pharmaceutical company (P.M.C), as a casual laborer, I use to work on the basis of two weeks and given off duty of one week, but the one week could be extended depending on the demand of the work, my pay was less than a dollar for eight hours. During my off-duty I started doing volunteering in various organization, New Life Christian brothers in Kibera, a catholic organization, whereby we used to visit the sick and the prisoners, with one of my friend who is a catholic brother by the name George Dev (Indian). We gave the sick & prisoners hope and purpose of life, this gave me strength and reason of living, and I accepted my situation, we also educated the prisoners on behavior change. I met also one of my friend on the social field, a Benedictine brother, by the name Augustine who also became my best friend, he used to give me some support in every aspect of life, He is ministering in the social science field in Nanyuki at the moment whereby we network with him, he is also teaching African bible on the ground, which covers a five hectare, with traditional huts (houses) elaborating different values of African teaching, in Christianity. When I was free (not working in P.M.C) I could team up with him, for various activities, in one of the organization called Ruben Centre in Mukuru Slum, indeed he also gave me some light on the reality of life. I could assist him in coming up with youths activities such as, songs, poems, Theater for development , discuss proposals and writing, work plan, write social cases and Proposal Budget and at the end of the day he could be generous enough to give me something for my upkeep. These activities inspired me very much, and gave me courage to face people infected and affected in HIV/Aids pandemic, orphans, whereby I am one of them. We could make visits to home ridden patients and offer them some moral support and clean ups, visit to children homes, like St Thomas Banardoes. And do volunteering services. Most of the Youths in Kibera slum are jobless, and do all evil activities, immoralities, drug abuse, rape, robbery with or without violence, among others. The children are being misused and mistreated, a lot of child labor, child abuse and neglect, child abandoned is paramount in the slum. I thought deeply on what I can do to curb the situation, there is a lot of potential in the people of the slum what they lack is opportunities, exposure, information and chances, that is when I thought about ALFA, I came up with few individuals whom we had common goals including that Benedictine Friend of mine. So we came up with the name ALFA NETWORK, which stands for A better Life For All. Indeed people need a better life especially in Kibera Slum. I am educating the children on their rights in the slum, I have been assisted some teaching materials with ANPPCAN KENYA. (AFRICAN NETWORK FOR THE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION AGAINST CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT), the information as been very handy and useful to me. Usually what I am doing I am not paid for, it is out of good will and sharing experience on what I have undergone., as the saying goes “Indeed whoever who assist now may need to be assisted tomorrow”, who knows! The kids I am dealing with now may be prominent people tomorrow, assist them willingly, for there is blessings in giving than receiving. Thanks. I have an award in behavior change course from Riara Health projects, Project leadership from (KARDS) Koinonia Advisory Research and Development services. Noeline Kirabo
I am currently the coordinator for IIGL student’s body and the book distributor for Uganda. I find pleasure in serving and inspiring others to reach their full potential. Over the past one year, the student body in Uganda is steadily growing as more young people are challenged to reach for more than the formal education program can offer. I am also a correspondent student with Uganda Institute of Family Counseling which is affiliated to the Australian Institute of Family counseling as a second year student pursuing Bachelors in Christian counseling and family therapy. I am currently the students’ guild president for the Ugandan chapter. I am passionate about helping people and making a difference in the lives of others. Counseling is one way I can help others reach their full potential. I am currently practicing my counseling skills as a volunteer at Watoto church counseling department which is based in Kampala, Uganda. I currently work with Viva Africa network which is Christian child focused organization working towards helping small indigenous organizations and churches to become more child friendly and to have internal structures and policies. Our aim is to see all children at risk reaches with the love of God and offered a safe as well as protective environment in which they can thrive and flourish to reach their full potential. I have been on the Board of directors for the past one year; this will be my second year. I am pleased to be able to serve my fellow students and humanity at large. I am a people person; I easily get along with others and enjoy traveling. I am into pen palling as a hobby and I enjoy hearing from others as well as learning about other places. IIGL is truly making a difference all over the world. The truth is people do not care how much we know until they know how much we care. It is not just about the books, it is about making tangible difference in the lives of others. The world needs a new breed of people that will dare to think beyond their own interests. I challenge you to be one of us! |
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I
was born in the Igbo ethnic group after the Nigerian civil war. The Igbos
lost the war and great fortune. I was christen "CHUKWUDOZIE" meaning: "let
God repair" a reflection of my parent's hopes and aspirations. I realise we
are the architect of our destiny and shape our future! We have an obligation
to work for the development of our race. I have a strong vision for peace,
poverty reduction and sustainable development in Africa. I have offered
myself to be vanguard of this change. This I do through various
organisations I collaborate with.
I
was born to be a peacemaker. Most of my childhood was spent in rural
Alabama- the southern part of the United States of America. This was during
the turbulent birth of civil rights activities. In a strongly codependent
community, I learned the strength of personal integrity and dedicated work
ethics. Now I am astutely aware of our family's ignorance of and isolation
from the global arena. I see our sheer unawareness of how our actions
affected the bigger picture. We seemed to be mostly spiritually asleep and
focused on physical survival with weekly attention to fundamentalist
religious dogma.
I
am a 46 years old mother of three children, two boys and a girl. I am
Zimbabwean by birth, currently living in South Africa. As a Christian I have
worked for social justice all my life. Starting with the Lutheran church
where I was a Sunday school teacher at 12 and a youth leader at 15 years of
age.
My
life work is to help restore Harmony - within the individual, within
relationships, and within systems. I do this through facilitation,
mediation, coaching, training, and the practice of alternative healing arts.
I
have a Bachelor's degree in Anthropology from the University of South
Florida, and a Masters degree in Social Work from Barry University in Miami,
Florida. I have worked with many diverse populations, including: Hospice
patients and their families, at risk youth and runaways, the HIV/AIDS
population, LGBT's, Substance Abusers, and those afflicted with mental
illness. I also had a private practice in Florida where I counseled
individuals and couples on improving relationships, communication, and
conflict resolution, among other things. I have conducted many workshops and
trainings on how to work with children, how to deal with grief and loss,
opening to and expressing ones creativity, and drumming and percussion.
Judith
Royer 
I
was born in Lagos Nigeria. I majored in Accounting as an undergraduate and
i'm currently working with Guaranty Trust bank Plc (Transaction Services
Group). I am also, a regsitered student member of the Association of
Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).
I
share the beliefs that this institute supports through this wonderful
program. I have learned so much about what IIGL can do for the youth of this
world by being a mentor for the past 5 years. I recommend that all people
associated with this wonderful program become a mentor to one of our
students for at least one year. Be the difference in someone's life.
Based
in London, where she servers a trustee of the Dandelion Trust (
I
hold a BSc in Human Kinetics from the University of Lagos, Nigeria and a
Degree in Social Entrepreneurship and Leadership Studies from the
International Institute for Global Leadership, Asheville, NC USA. I received
an award for Exemplary Work and Achievement from IIGL, a scholarship award
from the American Women’s Club Lagos, Nigeria, during his Undergraduate
study, and an honorary award as a distinguished ‘Corper’, where I did my
Compulsory National Youth Service Corp (NYSC).
My
background includes having taught Spanish in the New York City high school
system, having coordinated micro-credit projects based on the credit-model
of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh & having served as the USA Servas
Alternative Representative to the United Nations. My volunteer activities
have included working with the international office of Habitat for Humanity,
Amnesty International and Lucius Trust. I have traveled and worked worldwide
and have a keen interest in the cultures of the world. I am also a student
of ancient wisdom teachings, astrology, meditation and spiritual
development. 
I
have been involved in development work for the last eight years and have had
first hand experience in training and raising awareness to both youth and
adults. I have been more involved in developing learning materials and
trainings young people. I also design entrepreneurship projects and coach
upcoming youth entrepreneurs. I am a self taught social entrepreneur and
apart from working on development issues I run a small training firm known
as aNDE Coaching Kenya. 
I've
learned that Happiness, Peace and Freedom to express myself are my goals and
those of all human beings, but we are usually unaware of this. I was born in
Denmark and live in Caracas, Venezuela. Two continents apart, but a lot of
love in common. Venezuela is home, here I gave birth and raised two
wonderful men. I've loved and cried my heart out in this beautiful country.
However, I know I am truly a World citizen!.jpg)
My
names are Erick Kebeka Omari, I was born on 15th January 1982, in Kibera, My
ethnicity is Mkisii from Gucha District, Nyamache Location and Nyoera
Sub-location. We are Six in our family and I am the elderest.
Noeline
Kirabo Mulongo is my name. I joined IIGL in 2005 and I sought for something
to spur me onto my next level. I have learnt a lot along the way and my life
is getting better and better by the day. Five years down the road and there
is tangible evidence to the difference that the IIGL studies have made in my
life. My perspective of life has totally changed for the better and has
affected the lives of those around me in several ways.