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I got involved with the Global Leadership Summit in 2009 as a facilitator and a member of the local organising team and I have had the opportunity to attend the live event at South Barrington in 2016 and 2017. Before the GLS, I was only exposed to some things that I have learnt on leadership in the University and local training and seminars. After attending the live event in 2016, stories of great things I heard at the GLS from participants of other nations blew my mind and this motivated me to look around my community and to see what opportunities that were available for me to work on to make an impact.

I prayed to God to give me a grander vision that will make an impact and touch our generation for God’s glory and we came up with the “Free School Initiative”. The initiative involves bringing in our humble contribution to educate the children of the less privileged, the forgotten members of the society, victims of insurgency, internally displaced persons, the vulnerable and extremely poor people.

Through this initiative, we have opened 5 schools; 2 in Gombe state, 1 each in our neighbouring states of Bauchi, Yobe and Plateau. We currently have 780 children in these schools with about 45 paid teachers and volunteers working to power the great vision. With support and learnings from the summit, we are making basic literacy education available and affordable to children. Indeed, ‘True leaders are servant leaders who are all about serving the needs of others’.

AKANMU OLAREWAJU ABRAHAM. GOMBE STATE, NIGERIA.