2000

Apr: 5 day training on Community work skills for church workers. 20 people attended

Sept 5th– 7th: 3 day training for Ipaja Community Health Project Mothers + Babies clinic staff and other people from other churches. Close to 20 attended.

Nov: 1 week. Community Health Skills training for Youths in Ipaja this led to the birth of IYP.

2001

August: 2 weeks training for youth. About 12 attended (2 of them IYP members).

2002

May 1st – 3rd : 3 days training for M+B Clinic staff.

August 14th -15th : Empowerment Training for AGA members.

August 23rd – 25th : 3 day training for church workers on COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SKILLS + one week training for youths on DISCIPLESHIP.

August: 2 day workshop with Journalists for Christ ‘Media Development workshop’ looking at sensitizing the media to issues of poverty alleviation and HIV/AIDS awareness.

Nov: Teenage Pregnancy/HIV/AIDS workshop at one public secondary school – Abesan High School.

2003

March 11th -13th: Child-to-Child training for Pry School Head teachers, classroom teachers and LGEA officials.

Aug 9th -13th: 4-days workshop on “HIV/AIDS AND THE CHURCH” for churches, CBOS, and NGOs. 49 people attended from 21 organisations and churches.

Aug 18th – 29th: – 2 week Youth training. “Discipleship and HIV/AIDS” 16 Youths attended.

Nov 1st – 30th: Work with Catherine Widdicombe for one month on training at Lagos Resource Centre. Training was for Church workers on Social work skills.

2004

May 27th : Child-to-Child – Children Day training for children, Topic: Community Mobilization.

August 3rd -4th : 2 days workshop on “HIV/AIDS AND THE CHURCH”. 121 participants. From 55 churches and organisations from all over the country participated.

August 5th -7th : 3 days – basic counseling skills training for church workers. 16 people from about 8 churches attended.

August 17th – 21st : First Youth Summer Holiday Training Camp. 1 week. 51 attended. 11 of them were youth and 40 primary school children.

October 29th : One day conference on HOW THE CHURCH CAN ENCOURAGE VCT. 54 attended from 51 churches. All from Lagos and Ogun state.

2005

Feb 9th : Valentine Seminar – “Having Fun without Sex”. For secondary school students. From 4 sec schools Over 50 students and 10 teachers attended.

April 16th : one day HIV/AIDS conference in Ibadan in collaboration with Soteria Trust. Tagged “Making a difference for you and your World”. Close to 500 participants was recorded.

May 6th – 8th : 3 days training on “Rehabilitation/Management Skills for those that work with disabled – at The Redemptionist Centre Ibadan. 24 attended.

May 27th : Children’s Day. Empowerment Training. For Child –to – Child Club members on how to produce body cream and mosquito repellent. Kids came from the C-to-C clubs. 20 attended – 5 from each school. Plus the children’s party.

June: started taking HIV/AIDS referral from LG maternity clinic.

June 16th -18th : Field test of the manual, ‘Family Life, HIV and the Church’ for Strategies for Hope.18Church leaders attended from 10 different churches. 10 women and 8 men.

August 16th – 18th : Basic counseling skills training at Ibadan, 32 Church workers were trained from about 10 churches within Ibadan. HAAG did mobilization.

August 23rd – 27th : Youth camp. 76 people on camp. 26 schools, primary and secondary, undergraduate and newly university graduate. “!

Too see photos of some of the above programs go to photo album

2006

May - Children Day Celebration with over 40 schools and 500 students in attendance. Activities done included discussions on child health, moral issues, poetry sports and march pass competitions.

June – 1 Day Conference themed - A CALL FOR THE NEW PROPHETS: Putting Social Justice, Community Development & Poverty Alleviation On The Church Agenda. Representatives from over 40 churches and church based organisations attended.

August & September - Lagos Summer Camp and Youth Leaders and Teacher Training. Youth Leaders and Teachers received initial training on Living Values Education Programme [LVEP] with more to follow in February 2007.
DIFN yearly Children Summer Camp took place over 5 days with over 100 children and young people in attendance. In 2007 DIFN hopes to take a volunteer group from the UK.

December
In conjunction with our partner organisation in Lagos – Ipaja Community Link, held the World AIDS Day celebrations in several secondary schools.

2007

January - November:

In conjunction with Ipaja Community Link

• Hosted 2 women development and empowerment workshops
• Hosted a situational analysis survey with Ipaja Local Government
• Hosted 2 workshops for local church leaders in Ipaja Local Government on the role of the church in community development and HIV/AIDS work
• Held teacher training in Values Based Education and Child to Child Health Education
• Hosted and ran 3 Value for Positive Citizenship workshops for young Nigerian professionals [2 in Lagos and 1 in Kano]. From next year DIFN will be rolling out the Values for Positive Citizenship programme for young Nigerian professionals throughout Nigeria