The Teach For Nigeria fellowship is more than just a fellowship – it’s an invitation to become a positive force in the lives of Nigeria’s children. A two year fellowship, fellows develop leadership skills but also uncover a deeper sense of purpose.

In partnership with Women Emerging, Teach for Nigeria want to elevate the opportunities provided to their fellows and have selected 25 from the Ogun state to join an expedition to accelerate their leadership and equip them with the tools to empower and inspire the young girls they teach.  All of the fellows are between 26 and 40 and are part of the Let Girls Thrive project which commits to supporting young girls across Nigeria to thrive and succeed through education and opportunities.

The Expedition lasted two months, the theme, ‘to find an approach to leading that resonates with them as teachers in Nigeria’. In so doing we hoped to empower them in their own leading, connect them as a group of committed leaders in education and provide them with the tools to pass forward their learning to the young girls they teach.

The 25 members of the expedition will each run a leadership programme for girls within their schools in the second half of the year, using the learnings, structure and framework co-created with Women Emerging at the end of their expedition.

We launched the expedition on 1st May with an in person workshop led by Julia Middleton, Women Emerging Founder, and Folawe Omikunle. Katie McEvoy acted as the Community Manager. During the last week of July, the expedition concluded to bring together their findings, identify their approach and build an outline for the inspiring youth programme they will take forward to 16 year old girls across the state.