THE AWARENESS FOR A SUSTAINABLE & GREENER ENVIRONMENT STILL CONTINUES. NEWSLETTER VOL. 3A “ We Do Not Inherit the Earth from Our Ancestors; We Borrow It from Our Children “ We have Sponsored Several Green Hangouts Within and Outside Nigeria. Watch out, the next one may be around you? This year kicked off with the call for applicaon into the Africa Green Grant Award 2020 on the 1st of January. How are you promong the Sustainable Development Goals? Remember, this is our Decade of Acon, when no one must be le behind. To spread our tentacles and broaden our efforts to fulfilling our organisaonal goals, we are seng up state representaves across Nigeria and Country Representaves in Africa to oversee the acvies of the foundaon in their zones. Due to the current outbreak of the Pandemic, we have been working on other safer and advanced methods to enable us deliver on our acvies and events for the year.
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THE AWARENESS FOR A SUSTAINABLE & GREENER ENVIRONMENT STILL CONTINUES.
N EW S LE T TER
VOL. 3A
“ We D o N o t
I n h e r i t t h e
Ea r t h f ro m
O u r
A n c e s t o rs ;
We B o r ro w I t
f ro m O u r
C h i l d re n “
We have Sponsored
S e v e r a l G r e e n
H a n g o u t s W i t h i n
a n d O u t s i d e
Nigeria. Watch out,
the next one may be
around you?
T h i s y e a r k i c ke d
o ff w i t h t h e c a l l
fo r a p p l i c a � o n
i n t o t h e A f r i c a
G re e n G ra n t
A w a rd 2 0 2 0 o n
t h e 1 s t o f
J a n u a r y .
H o w a r e y o u
p r o m o � n g t h e
S u s t a i n a b l e
D e v e l o p m e n t
Goals? Remember,
this is our Decade of
A c � o n , w h e n n o
o n e m u s t b e l e �
behind.
To spread our tentacles and
b r o a d e n o u r e ff o r t s t o
fulfilling our organisa�onal
goals, we are se�ng up state
r e p r e s e n t a � v e s a c r o s s
N i g e r i a a n d C o u n t r y
Representa�ves in Africa to
oversee the ac�vi�es of the
founda�on in their zones.
Due to the current
o u t b r e a k o f t h e
Pandemic, we have
been working on
o t h e r s a fe r a n d
a d v a n c e d
methods to enable
us deliver on our
a c � v i � e s a n d
events for the year.
The winner of
t h e 2 0 1 9
Africa Green Grant
Award, Yetunde
Fa d e y i o f R e e s
Africa and her team
members set out to
electrify three rural
co m m u n i � e s i n
Kaduna with no prior
access to electricity. The project delivered SDG 7;
Renewable Energy, working towards ending Energy
Poverty across the globe. They emphasised the need
for energy as a fundamental human right and pivotal
in developing sustainable communi�es.
A�er the comple�on of the project which lasted for 5
days; 28th January – 2nd February, 2020, Rees Africa
in conjunc�on with several organisa�ons including
the Eleven Eleven Twelve Founda�on who was
represented by Damilola Oladiipo electrified 91
households and provided 6 streetlights for these
communi�es.
They have
s h o w n
exemplary
quali�es in
e n d i n g
p o v e r t y
across Nigeria by reaching the furthest behind which
is the answer to leaving no one behind.
The first EETF tweet
chat for the year 2020
was facilitated by Mr
Taiwo Adewole (an
E n v i r o n m e n t a l
C o n s u l t a n t ) w h o
e x p l a i n e d t h e
involvement of stakeholders and individuals in
achieving a circular economy. According to him, the
government has the most important role to play,
coming up with strong policies to sustain the
environment and shu�ng down companies that are
not in compliance with environmental rules and
regula�ons.
In addi�on, all individuals must do away with the
“throw away” mentality and embrace the 3Rs;
Reduce, Reuse and Recycling.
GREEN HANGOUTS
The purpose of the Green hangout is to bring together
young like minds to deliberate on ac�ons that would
further lead to the achievement of our goals; the
three pillars of sustainability. It is �me to create a
working synergy amongst environmentalists and
climate change actors across the con�nent.
The founda�on has sponsored five hangouts within
and outside Nigeria.
Installa�on of solar panels on the roof of a building
LIGHT UP KAGARKO
Representatives at Light up Kagarko
TWEETCHAT
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Oyo State Commissioner for Environment Rt. Hon. Kehinde Ayoola
Addressing the par�cipants
Par�cipants
OYO GREEN HANGOUT
The program was
held on Saturday,
8 t h F e b r u a r y,
2020 at 11:47am
wi th ove r 100
par�cipants present. The host, Miss Boye of Lead
Radio 106.3FM welcomed the par�cipants and
expressed her excitement for being part of the Oyo
Green Hangout 4.0, the first environmental gathering
she is a�ending. Everyone present was asked to
introduce themselves by sta�ng their names, what
they do and why they are passionate about the
environment.
The Opening prayer was said by Miss Balqeez Adebisi
Mr Zadok Adeleye, the Project Team Lead for the
E l e ve n E l e ve n
T w e l v e
Founda�on, gave
t h e o p e n i n g
speech. On behalf
o f t h e E l e v e n
E leven Twelve
Founda�on, he
w e l c o m e d
e v e r y o n e a n d
expressed his
e x c i t e m e n t
concerning the youths ge�ng involved to make the
planet sustainable. He urged everyone to network,
discuss and have fun as the program promises to birth
greatness.
Mr Adetunji Lam-Adesina, the Founder of the
founda�on while addressing the par�cipants pointed
out that there are several opportuni�es in the
environmental sector, most especially for young
people because they are the future of not only the
country, but the con�nent and the en�re world. He
also noted that the sector has been neglected for so
long in this con�nent which is why there is the need to
power up the sector and make sure the leaders and
government directs their a�en�on towards the
sector. Furthermore, he posits that once the sector is
promoted, the three pillars of sustainability; social,
economic and environment will be achieved. He
encouraged everyone to network as much as possible
and have fun and to feel free to ask ques�ons from Rt.
Hon. Kehinde Ayoola, the Commissioner for
Environment.
Several ques�ons such as, what brought about the
name Eleven Eleven Twelve, what we do exactly,
internship and Graduate Trainee program were posed
to Mr Lam-Adesina, which he answered accordingly.
In order to liven things up a bit, the host had a game
session of concentra�on were two winners emerged.
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Par�cipants
Par�cipants
There was also an educa�ve session of ques�ons and
answers rela�ng to the environmental sector and the
SDGs. All the winners went home with branded gi�
items. A�er having so much fun with game and
random answering of ques�ons, the Commissioner
for Environment, Rt. Hon.
K e h i n d e A y o o l a w a s
introduced by the host and
brought forward to a�end to
ques�ons being posed to him
by par�cipants.
The commissioner started by
introducing himself and his
team members. He expressed his excitement to be in
the midst of the young ones. He stated that one of the
things youths should take control of now is the
environment because it's our world.
A lot of ques�ons ranging from Waste management,
genera�on of data for easy approach to waste
management issues, law governing the issue of burial
g r o u n d s , m y t h s a n d
tradi�ons as it affects the
environment, enforcement
of laws were asked from the
c o m m i s s i o n e r . T h e
c o m m i s s i o n e r w a s
magnanimous enough to
give answers to all ques�ons
asked. Among such answers he gave was that Oyo
State is working on transla�ng the regula�ons
governing the environment to Yoruba language which
will give a be�er understanding to the populace. He
also pointed out that His Excellency, Engineer Seyi
Makinde, the Oyo State Governor recently launched
the new solid waste management ini�a�ve which
pinpoints the exact things to do in waste collec�on,
storage and conveyance which will also give chance to
weighing of waste. This will
help monitor the PSP, waste
they carry and how they will
be paid.
The commissioner further
explained that poor a�tude of
people to proper waste
management is mostly caused
by myths and tradi�ons. He sighted an example of a
slight flood that occurred at Olodo last year and how
one of the residents said the reason for the flood is
their refusal to make sacrifices/lack of quality sacrifice
to Yemoja. He stated that there is already a plan to
incorporate the solid waste component into the
Ibadan flood management scheme and the
government is focusing on
Educa�on, Enlightenment,
p ro v i s i o n o f a d e q u ate
informa�on among other
things.
Rt. Hon. Kehinde Ayoola also
noted that the government
prohibits incinera�on and
now encourages recycling. He further men�oned that
the State will be banning single use plas�c very soon
but it can only be brought out if a replacement can be
provided which has actually been provided but halted
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a bit because of the present epidemic issue in China.
The commissioner ensured he gave good answers to
every ques�ons asked and it was obvious that
everyone was sa�sfied.
A group picture was taken with the commissioner. The
last round of game was tagged the green basket and
was anchored by the host with many branded
materials won by those that answered the ques�ons
picked correctly. As part of our vision to support like-
minds in the industry in fulfilment of SDG 17;
collabora�ve effort, opportunity was given to
Recyclegarb a recycling ou�it opera�ng in Ibadan to
speak about their upcoming ac�vi�es and enlist
people to join them in those ac�vi�es.
The General Manager of the founda�on, Barr. Adanna
Kalejaye gave the closing speech, encouraging
everyone to always ensure they engage only in
environmentally sustainable acts. The event ended at
3:44pm with a short closing prayer led by Peter
Salako.
VOYAGE A AKURE
The Eleven Eleven Twelve Team Members embarked
on a trip to Akure on Thursday, the 13th February to
pay the First Lady of Ondo State, Her Excellency,
Arabinrin Be�y Anyanwu-Akeredolu a courtesy visit.
We appreciated her passion for the girl child and
women in general and how she has included
environmental ac�vi�es in the lessons being taught to
the girls.
She was happy to see us and made remarkable
comment about our involvement in the environment
sector. She engaged us by sharing her stories on how
she has impacted the society through the girl child.
She has trained several girls from across different
states in Nigeria in different skills and how they can be
problem solvers within their socie�es which debunk
the no�on that the abili�es of the girl child are limited.
We sought for possible collabora�ons between Her
Excellency's founda�on “Be More” and the Eleven
Eleven Twelve Founda�on to which her response
shows she is always available to partner with us as we
make moves towards a hea l thy and safer
environment.
Eleven Eleven Twelve Founda�on Team Members
in a group photograph with Rt. Hon. Kehinde Ayoola.
Her Excellency, Arabinrin Be�y Anyanwu-Akeredolu
exchanging pleasantries with Mr Adetunji Lam-Adesina
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DURIAN VILLAGE:THE NEXT
We made a stopover at Durian Village to see the great
work Tony Joy and her team members are doing in
Imafon Community, Akure. They are taking great
ac�ons to promote the United Na�ons Sustainable
Development Goals and create a sustainable and
greener environment.
From the tour, we discovered the act of reusing
a g r i c u l t u r a l w a s t e t o c r e a t e h e a l t h i e r,
environmentally friendly products, teaching women
the art of cra�s to help them become self-employed.
The village also serves as a pla�orm for educa�ng
young minds and crea�ng a welcoming place for
women to come together and discuss a be�er future.
This is purely a way of contribu�ng to her
environment. We appreciated her efforts towards
implemen�ng her ideas to solve environmental
problems with resources most people consider as
“waste.”
CLIMATE STRIKE
“The love we give away is the only love we keep” -
Elbert Hubbard.
In showing our love to the environment we engaged
on a climate strike on Friday, 14th February 2020 at
Preboye's junc�on, opposite the University of Ibadan.
There were a total of 11 par�cipants including climate
ac�vists, team members and passersby.
We observed a silent strike for the environment with
our placards high in the sky with the words that plead
for the protec�on of our planet.
SPONSORSHIP AND COLLABORATION
In a bid to support efforts and ini�a�ves towards a
sustainable planet, we embrace ideas that are keen
and aligned with our goals and objec�ves.
EETF Team during the presenta�on of gi� to Her Excellency
At Durian Village
C l i m a t e S t r i k e r s
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ACTION GX, an organiza�on that seeks to improve the
quality of the environment and create awareness
among the young people especially in schools and
ins�tu�ons on the local environmental problems and
opportuni�es to create innova�ve solu�ons was one
of our partners this quarter. On the 18th of February,
2020, we supported the organiza�on by contribu�ng
waste drums which are to be distributed to schools.
This is to enhance and encourage children to imbibe
the act of a �dy environment and further include them
in environmental affairs as they grow.
ONE DAY ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIZATION
The United Na�ons SDG 17 seeks to strengthen global
partnerships to support and achieve the 2030 targets.
That is collabora�ve effort in reaching the 17 goals. In
line with this, we joined the serving corp members in
sensi�zing the Market women at Owode Market, in
Oyo town, Oyo State on the 20th February, 2020
The Oyo State Commissioner for Youths and Sport
Hon. Seun Fakorede addressed the par�cipants
assuring them of the government's support in keeping
the environment clean and �dy. Upon the comple�on
of the Honourable Commissioner's speech, the team
moved into a community that has zero knowledge
about waste management. The youths cleaned up the
community and sensi�zed people on the effects of
plas�c pollu�on. They got recyclables from the market
women and encouraged all par�cipants to get
involved in walking the talk and becoming change
agents in their various environments. All recyclables
were bought by recycling companies. We supported
this ini�a�ve through financial dona�on and our
team's presence. The founda�on was ably
represented by Zadok Adeleye and Yemisi Adeegbe.
AKWA IBOM GREEN HANGOUT
The Akwa Ibom Green hangout was held at Discovery
Park, Udo Umana Street, Uyo on the 22nd of February,
2020. The Director and Head of Department and
Climate Change and Awareness, Elder (Mrs) Comfort
Asuquo whi le address ing the par�cipants ,
emphasized the need for youth's involvement in
taking ac�ons to reduce the effect of climate change.
She further encouraged that every change that we are
clamouring for must start with the par�cipants
present. The li�le things w do have a long way in
affec�ng either posi�vely or nega�vely, the
environment. The program was a success with
par�cipant asking that the next green hangout comes
up in a short �me. The hangout was solely funded by
EET Founda�onMiss Yemisi Adeegbe and Mr Zadok Adeleye
at the Environmental Sensi�za�on
Par�cipants6
GRADUATE TRAINEE/INTERNSHIP
On the 2nd of March, 2020, the
first set of Interns joined our
team from the Pan African
University resuming to the
department of Research and
Development, EET Founda�on.
Their names are George Kofi
Owusu and Obateru Ro�mi. Our
doors are open to students who
are willing to intern with us. To
be a part of our Internship
program,
kindly send a mail to
enquiries@ee�ounda�on.org
with the subject of the mail as
INTERNSHIP/GRADUATE TRAINEE
THE IBADAN SDGs HANGOUT
On the 5th of March, 2020, Eleven
Eleven Twelve Founda�on was
represented at the Ibadan
Sustainable Development Goals
Hangout by the following team
members; Adetunji Lam-Adesina,
Zadok Adeleye, Oyinkansola
Sosanya, Bolanle Sobowale and
Yemisi Adeegbe.
The hangout exposed youths to
the knowledge of the Sustainable
Development Goals as well as to
awaken in them the zeal to drive
home these goals.
The convener, Mr Mayowa
Olayomade posits that we should
all do our best to come together
by establishing new contacts and
suppor�ng each other.
Mr Joseph Owan focused on the
h i sto r y o f t h e S u sta i n a b l e
Development Goals, highligh�ng
o n e a c h o f t h e g o a l s a n d
emphasised on the need for all
hands to work together in
ensuring that no one is le�
behind.
The SDGs gives us a pla�orm to
create a universal call to ac�on to
end poverty, protect the planet
and ensure that everyone enjoys
peace and no poverty.
The Oyo State Senior Special
Adviser on SDGs, Hon. Kunle
Yusuff was in a�endance as he
talked about the government's
interest and their plans towards
ensuring the ci�zens of Oyo State
live a peaceful and prosperous life.
He encouraged the youths to keep
sensi�sing people about the 17
goals which are key factors in
p r o m o � n g s u s t a i n a b l e
development in the na�on. As he
said, his office is always opened to
i n i � a � v e s t h a t s e e k t h e
eradica�on of poverty and
hunger, reduced inequality and
the fulfilment that no one is le�
behind.
At the Panel Session which
included, Hon. Yusuff, Mr Adetunji
Lam-Adesina, Mr Joseph Owan
and Mr Michael Ogundele. It was
concluded that educa�on and
enlightening the public is the first
step to achieving these goals, to
which Mr Lam-Adesina advised
that the youths should not leave
everything to the hands of the
government but take ownership Hon. Kunle Yusuf while addressing the par�cipants
EETF team members with the organizers
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TOWARDS THE OYO STATE GREENINNOVATION CHALLENGE
of their future by ensuring the use
of SDG 17 to get things done as
followers can some�mes lead and
vice versa.
In a bid to promote transparency
and to embrace collabora�ve
effort , IMAGES in i�a�ve i s
working with poten�al partners
w h o h a v e c o n t r i b u t e d
enormously to the Environment
Sector in the Oyo State Green
Innova�on School Challenge. The
members of IMAGES Ini�a�ve and
EET Founda�on team held a
mee�ng on, Wednesday 11th
March 2020 to discuss at length
about the Oyo State Green
Innova�on School Challenge.
The vision of Africa Innova�on
School Programme was stated and
the president of IMAGES Dr.
Olawale Olayide reiterated the
reason why the challenge is open
to only Public Schools: this is as a
result of the gap and differences
between Public secondary schools
and Private secondary schools
across the na�on. He emphasised
that the vision is for the African
con�nent especially on Agenda
2063. Launching out locally in Oyo
state Nigeria with the mantra,
“Think Globally, Act Locally”.
As an academia, he is passionate
about bridging the gaps in the
Academic circle, he believes that
the academic sector goes beyond
wri�ng papers and journals but
we should also embrace ac�on.
Mrs Adegoke (Director for Africa
G r e e n I n n o v a � o n S c h o o l
Programme) gave a succinct
report on the journey so far
e s p e c i a l l y i n t e r m s o f
collabora�ve effort with the Oyo
state Ministry of Educa�on,
Sc ience and Technology in
securing an approval to carry out
Oyo State Green Innova�on
School Challenge.
The General Manager of Eleven
Eleven Twelve founda�on, Barr.
Adanna Kalejaiye was excited with
the report of IMAGES Ini�a�ves
on a laudable project as this. She
reiterated that IMAGES ini�a�ve
i d e a i s a p a r t o f E E T F
o r g a n i s a � o n ' s g o a l a n d
emphasised the watch word for
the new decade, which is “Decade
of Ac�on'. She was impressed
with the allocated amount of
prizes as this seems to be more
substan�al compared to prizes
allocated to such compe��ons in
the educa�onal sector. She
advised that Innova�ve Programs
like this should not be a one –off
program rather it should be
sustained in order to create a long
las�ng impact.
M r. A d e t u n j i L a m - A d e s i n a
(Founder; Eleven Eleven Twelve
Founda�on) noted the support of
the founda�on towards the
program.
He con�nued by saying, the effort
is commendable especially as it
will focus on the con�nent at
large. He also advised IMAGES
Ini�a�ves to explore other op�ons
like media support to propagate
the schools innova�on, with this,
the Oyo Green Innova�on School
Challenge will reach a larger
audience leaving no one behind.
Furthermore, he suggested that
contents created by the schools
Members of EET Founda�on and IMAGES Ini�a�ve
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Par�cipants
should be promoted to ensure a
wider public coverage.
Dr. Olayide, President of IMAGES
Ini�a�ves expressed his sincere
apprecia�on to the Organiza�on
for the support.
LIBERIA GREEN HANGOUT
The Liberia Green Hangout was
sponsored by the Eleven Eleven
Twelve Founda�on in conjunc�on
with AgroTech L iber ia . The
h a n g o u t f o c u s e d o n t h e
importance of the youths in
d r i v i n g a n d p r o m o � n g a
sustainable environment. It was
held at Voinjama City, Lofa County
on Friday, the 13th March, 2020.
Par�cipants came from all walks of
life including youth organisa�ons,
schools, ar�san union, learning
c e n t e r s , c o r p o r a t e s o c i a l
organisa�ons, community college
and farming groups. Members
and head of these ins�tu�ons
were recruited to par�cipate so
they can serve as ambassadors to
s p r e a d t h e m e s s a g e o f
environmental consciousness to
the communi�es and their peers.
A total of 120 People par�cipated
in the forum including the city
council and the superintendents.
A total of ten youth organisa�ons
and CSOs were represented, fully
par�cipated in the discussion and
contributed to development of
ideas to sustainably maintain a
green environment and ways in
which youth can contribute in
figh�ng the env i ronmenta l
challenges facing the region.
Three schools provided students
and representa�ves to form part
of the forum.
The County Coordinator of the
Environmental Protec�on Agency,
Ambrose A. B. C. Jamina served as
a Guest of Honour and carried out
a presenta�on on government
environmental policies, laws and
programs intended to support
the sustainable development
goals and be�er environment for
the communi�es. He responded
to ques�ons and concerns from
the youths and cau�oned them to
serve as Ambassadors for the
e n v i r o n m e n t i n t h e i r
communi�es.
Mr. Jonathan S. Stewart, Lead
Campaigner for Agro Tech Liberia
provided an overview on the
growing environmental issues
confron�ng Liberia including
p l a s� c p o l l u � o n , fl o o d i n g ,
u n c o n t r o l l a b l e w a s t e ,
d e f o r e s t a � o n , t r a d i � o n a l
agricultural prac�ces, climate
change and the role of youth in
sustaining the environment. He
called on the youths to take
ownersh ip of the effort to
promote a green and sustainable
environment because their future
and wel lbe ing are d i rect ly
connected to the condi�on of the
environment.
The superintendent of Lofa
County, Hon. William Tamba
Kamba who was also present at
the hangout called on the youths
to collec�vely carry out ac�vi�es
aimed at keeping their ci�es clean
and green. He promised to
support the youth to achieve this.
He also disclosed plans to put a
stop to deforesta�on and open up
parks for tourism as an alterna�ve
means of livelihood.
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Cross Sec�on of the Par�cipants
Par�cipants were given the
opportunity to proffer ideas and
recommenda�ons that could help
policymakers and environmental
organisa�ons fight the challenges
currently faced in preserving the
environment.
Ø City government should place
trash cans along the street for
disposal of waste.
Ø Cons�tute environmental
working group comprising of
leaders of the communi�es to
work with communi�es in
management of waste.
Ø E s t a b l i s h m e n t o f
Environmental clubs in schools
that will carry out ac�vi�es
such as walk N pick, general
c l e a n - u p c a m p a i g n a n d
awareness raising.
Ø D e v e l o p L o c a l c o n t e n t
environmental policy and laws
to be implemented with fines
and penalty for violators.
Ø I n t e n s i v e e d u c a � o n o f
communi�es on the impact of
wastes and management
techniques and skills.
Ø City government to establish a
waste disposal sites for proper
disposal of waste in the
communi�es.
Ø Local government should
provide support to youth
organisa�ons to carry out
environmental ac�vi�es.
A networking session was created
to link youth organisa�ons so as to
enable them design common
ac�ons for the communi�es and
the environment.
The organisa�ons present were
coached on how to work together
o n d e s i g n i n g s o l u � o n s fo r
communi�es' problems. They
discussed how best to carry out
general clean-up campaign and
awareness in the communi�es.
T h e L i b e r i a h a n g o u t w a s
publicised on several online media
outlet such as WAP Liberia and
Liberian Observer The hangout is
an educa�ve and solu�on driven
environmental engagement,
which provides insight on the
various environmental issues and
ways young people can join the
fight to maintain a sustainable
environment for the future of the
young and upcoming genera�ons.
Below are the links to the online
publica�on;
h�ps://wapliberia.org/2020/03/1
4/agro-tech-ee�-partners-hold-
environmental-forum-for-youths-
in-voinjama/
h�ps://www.liberianobserver.co
m / n e ws /a g ro - te c h - l i b e r i a -
execu�ve-director-warns-against-
pollu�on-and-degrada�on/
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EETF Team Members with the Na�onal Coordinator of the World Largest Lesson,
Michael Semiye.
At the World's Largest Lesson
WORLD'S LARGEST LESSON
ACTIVATION
The World's largest lesson held at
the Tree Park, University of
Ibadan, Ibadan on Friday, 13th
March, 2020 is aimed at raising a
genera�on of new thinkers. The
Na�onal Coordinator; Michael
Semiye while addressing the
a�endees noted; the narra�ves in
our country will only change if the
students in schools has a change
of thought which is a reason we
have to work together to promote
a sustainable environment by
building what has been destroyed.
Mr Zadok Adeleye, Project Lead;
Eleven Eleven Twelve Founda�on
emphasized the reason we need
to work together to achieve the
goals for the sake of our future as
youths and incoming genera�ons.
The host, Mr Osikoyo Temitope
(assistant Coordinator of world
Largest Lesson Oyo State Chapter)
encouraged that we learn the
goals by heart to serve as guide in
each of our decisions. He finally,
implored the youths to embrace
the concept of “ Innova�ve
Volunteerism” and put it to good
use by showcasing their skills,
talents and ini�a�ves as a solu�on
to the challenges we face.
ONDO GREEN HANGOUT
The Program took place at The
Federal University of Technology,
Akure (Futa) Botanical Garden on
Saturday, the 14th of March. The
program started at 3:00pm with
49 par�cipants already seated.
The host, Coordinator of FUTA
SDGs hub –Emmanuel Is ika
welcomed everyone to the
program and kicked off with the
opening ceremony by introducing
Green Hangout and giving a brief
history of how it all started. He
emphasized the aim of Green
Hangout which is promo�ng
environmental sustainability.
The former coordinator of NYSC
CDS group on SDGs, Emmanuel
Kilaso led the introductory session
among the par�cipants.
Mr Emmanuel Isika introduced
the 17 goals of the SDGs and
explained them in details to the
audience for the benefit of those
w h o w e r e n o t
conversant with the
SDGs.
Ma�ers Arising: The
s e s s i o n o n 2 0 2 0
o u t l o o k w a s
a n c h o r e d b y M r
Oluwaseun Samuel
who focused on the
p ro b l e m s p ro v i d e d b y t h e
ques�onnaire for the Green
Hangout during the summit.
During this session, the audience
came up with amazing ideas.
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The problem with our environment which includes
waste management, deforesta�on, pollu�ons of
water bodies was brought to light and discussed
extensively. Ques�ons on what the government was
doing were asked. Sugges�ons were made by the
audience on how we could manage our waste by
thinking of our environment, sor�ng our waste and
posi�oning waste bins at public places for proper
evacua�on and disposal. At the end of the
programme, everyone in the audience was
admonished to be environmentally conscious. Group
photographs followed suit and in all, it was a blissful
event. The event was financially supported by EET
FOUNDATION.
BENIN GREEN HANGOUT
The Benin green hangout was held on The 14th of
March 2020 at the Ogba zoo and ecological garden,
Edo State. The event was rated a 'success' as synergy
and smarter ways of crea�ng a sustainable
environment were formed.
We were excited to welcome 29 par�cipants to the
event (including the organizing team), feed backs
go�en from par�cipants were posi�ve and highly
sa�sfactory, from the speakers to venue choice, to the
event line up of ac�vi�es, spurring us to do more. This
event engaged par�cipants in a totally different way
with renewed zeal to achieving environmental
sustainability.
The Eleven Eleven Twelve Founda�on did amazingly
well by graciously sponsoring and having their Edo
state focal person present. The interac�ve session saw
par�cipants raise issues bothering on environmental
challenges prevalent in their communi�es and
smarter ways of correc�ng them, an example is the
carrot and s�ck method, where people are
commended for their good work and punished for any
wrongdoing.
Provision of waste bins at strategic points, crea�ng
behavioural change through aggressive awareness
campaigns, all these were some of the micro solu�ons
given while the macro solu�ons includes government
inves�ng in renewable energy, public transporta�on:
reduc�on of carbon emissions.
The web game was played amongst par�cipants
where their hopes, commitment and pledges where
made with the yarn and using it to create a link
A cross sec�on of the par�cipants at the Ondo Green Hangout
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between all.
The photo session and refreshments brought the
event to a close.
The resource persons at the event included a
representa�ve of the Edo State office on Sustainable
Development Goals, Mr Patrick Omene who spoke on
his offices' plan of ac�vi�es which is to sensi�se the
populace especially those in the rural areas of the
state on the importance of achieving the SDGs. The
Execu�ve Director, Connected Advocacy; Mr Isreal
Orekha spoke on the need to have more climate
change actors.
EET FOUNDATION STATE REPRESENTATIVES
To spread our tentacles across the country, we have
engaged environmental ac�vists and change makers
in several states to represent the founda�on in
execu�ng our corporate goals in their respec�ve
states. A virtual mee�ng was held with the state reps
on the 17th March, 2020 at which they introduced
themselves to the house and were briefed on the
ac�vi�es of the founda�on. The founder, Mr Adetunji
Lam-Adesina admonished them to get involved and
ensure we all work together and put to ac�on our
ideas to promote a greener environment.
GLOBAL RECYCLING DAY
Global Recycling Day: The organiza�on, U-Recycle
Ini�a�ve, took to the streets for the World Recycling
Day which is widely celebrated on the 18th of March,
2020. The team members, to mark this day sensi�zed
people on the need to prac�ce the 3Rs to keep our
environment sustainable and healthy. To encourage
children, they donated bins to schools to dump their
refuse properly. This is to support the saying “Catch
them young.” It is essen�al to include sustainable
living in childhood educa�on by informing children, it
inspires new ways of thinking about a be�er
environment. The organiza�on was financially
supported by EET Founda�on.
THE PUBLIC ENLIGHTENMENT INITIATIVE
We have a passion for a sustainable environment, and
we are working towards our goals. Every weekend, our
enlightenment team has been taking the eco-gospel
message to several communi�es, educa�ng them on
reasons we need to protect our environment. We
have been able to encourage several households to
engage the proper use of waste disposal.
P a r � c i p a n t s
U-Recycle Ini�a�ve Team during the Global Recycling Day
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We also embarked on monitoring and evalua�on of
the areas we have touched. We are encouraged that
several households are now abiding with the laws
governing waste management in our socie�es. We
hereby encourage everyone to contribute their quota
to environmental sustainability.
CALL FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVES
As part of our drive not to leave anyone behind, we
are spreading out across Nigeria and Africa.
We are currently looking for representa�ves in the
following states;
ü ABIA
ü SOKOTO
ü KANO
ü IMO
ü CROSS-RIVER
ü TARABA
ü DELTA
ü JIGAWA
ü NASSARAWA
ü ANAMBRA
REQUIREMENTS
þ Must be between Ages 18-30
þ Must have passion for the Green Sector
þ Must be driven by a be�er future
þ Must possess people oriented skills
Interested and Qualified?
Kindly send a DM via our social media channels;
@eet_founda�on
OR
Send a mail to enquiries@ee�ounda�on.org
with State Reps as the Subject.
The EETF Public Enlightenment Team during sensi�za�on
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