The training workshop, Dawn In The Creeks (DITC), which is being filmed in Lagos, has entered its second season.
The Jeta Amata-led initiative is aimed at promoting peace in the country’s Niger Delta region.
At the official launch attended by friends and partners of DITC, as well as members of the press and board members, Andre Blaze Henshaw said the second season would leverage on the awareness and excitement generated by its debut season and highlight the gains made so far and the challenges facing the project.
He said: “In our first season, we mobilised the youth of the area to become change agents in a Niger Delta that was, for too long, perceived as a cauldron of degradation, restiveness and mayhem. Though these issues have not been totally eradicated, we can literally see a dawn of peace and hope in the horizon”.
Season two follows the twenty-one young men and women who enrolled in the Nollywood Academy as they juggle their studies with their roles as peace ambassadors in their communities, as well as leaders among their peers.
Among the friends and partners present at the launch were the US consular-general in Nigeria, Ambassador Jerry Hawkins, who was full of praise for the initiative and pledged the continued support of the American government.
“The U.S. Mission partnered with a distinguished group of Nigerian leaders to give the people of the Niger Delta platforms like the Dawn in the Creeks reality TV show and [other] weekly radio programmes, to share non-violent solutions to problems with their fellow Nigerians, as well as with local, state and national authorities. Improving the relationship and accountability between the government and its citizens will go a long way to ensuring the future remains promising for the region. Today, Dawn in the Creeks is a social enterprise run by a competent board of advisors from the world of business, civil societies and entertainment. We are looking for corporate partners who share our vision of a better future for our youth,” he said.
As in its maiden season, DITC2 will feature notable figures from the Nigerian entertainment industry serving as mentors and facilitators for the change agents and is scheduled to air on select television stations across the country.
The Jeta Amata-led initiative is aimed at promoting peace in the country’s Niger Delta region.
At the official launch attended by friends and partners of DITC, as well as members of the press and board members, Andre Blaze Henshaw said the second season would leverage on the awareness and excitement generated by its debut season and highlight the gains made so far and the challenges facing the project.
He said: “In our first season, we mobilised the youth of the area to become change agents in a Niger Delta that was, for too long, perceived as a cauldron of degradation, restiveness and mayhem. Though these issues have not been totally eradicated, we can literally see a dawn of peace and hope in the horizon”.
Season two follows the twenty-one young men and women who enrolled in the Nollywood Academy as they juggle their studies with their roles as peace ambassadors in their communities, as well as leaders among their peers.
Among the friends and partners present at the launch were the US consular-general in Nigeria, Ambassador Jerry Hawkins, who was full of praise for the initiative and pledged the continued support of the American government.
“The U.S. Mission partnered with a distinguished group of Nigerian leaders to give the people of the Niger Delta platforms like the Dawn in the Creeks reality TV show and [other] weekly radio programmes, to share non-violent solutions to problems with their fellow Nigerians, as well as with local, state and national authorities. Improving the relationship and accountability between the government and its citizens will go a long way to ensuring the future remains promising for the region. Today, Dawn in the Creeks is a social enterprise run by a competent board of advisors from the world of business, civil societies and entertainment. We are looking for corporate partners who share our vision of a better future for our youth,” he said.
As in its maiden season, DITC2 will feature notable figures from the Nigerian entertainment industry serving as mentors and facilitators for the change agents and is scheduled to air on select television stations across the country.
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