By Mrs. Aisha Bangura,  SALNAM Secretary General,   Winnipeg, Canada. January 16, 2024.

SALNAM is pleased to announce the launch of a new initiative designed to enable our community youths to master foundational knowledge skills in leadership, interpersonal and social connections.

As a first program of its kind, its primary goal is to empower aspiring young community leaders to exercise essential leadership and interpersonal skills while embracing inclusion and diversity as they seek to play a more active role in various economic and cultural development projects in our community.

Our aim at the end of the program is to motivate our future young leaders to increase their engagement in leading projects and programs that will help bring the community closer and preserve rich cultural values.

The program will also provide a unique opportunity to train our youths and build the necessary connections that will lead to productive relationships and interactions vital to sustaining the community in the future.

The preparation of the program is at an advanced stage.

A renowned leadership training expert has been identified, and the contract has been signed. We plan to commence the program in early February 2024 and end in mid-March.

The program embraces a training workshop and post-training mentoring activities of our successfully selected youth participants.

Participants chosen will receive a certificate of completion at the end of the program and an allowance of 50 dollars for participating.

To be considered, participating youths must be between the ages of 16 to 30.

Please submit your son’s or daughter’s name to Mrs. Aisha Bangura or Halimatu, our social secretary. Spaces are limited to fifteen maximum.

The condition for the participants is to meet the age requirements and be committed to attending all the sessions, which will be spread over two-hour weekly sessions for between 4 and 6 six weeks. (on a weekend).

Thank you, and I look forward to hearing back from you.