Methodology

Our Approach to Peace Education

TGFGN’s approach is not one-size-fits-all. Every tool, curriculum, and programme is designed to respond to the specific social realities of different regions across Nigeria — ensuring that peace education is grounded in lived experience, not theory alone.

Pillar 01

Peace Education Tools Design

Pillar 02

Transformative Learning Experience

Pillar 03

Building Peace Infrastructure in Communities

Pillar 01

Peace Education Tools Design

We design context-specific peace education tools tailored to the realities of Nigerian communities most affected by conflict and social instability. These tools include training curricula, facilitation guides, youth workbooks, and interactive learning resources that help young people understand each of the themes below.

Our resources leverage storytelling and are designed to be practical, culturally relevant, and adaptable for schools, youth groups, and community organisations.

Includes

Training Curricula

Facilitation Guides

Youth Workbooks

Interactive Resources

Understanding Differences

Exploring how identity, culture, and lived experience shape perspectives — and create the conditions for both conflict and connection.

Dialogue and Empathy Across Differences

Building the skills and dispositions needed for meaningful, respectful conversation across social, ethnic, and religious divides.

Conflict Resolution and Mediation

Practical frameworks for de-escalation, negotiation, and structured mediation at the community level.

Leadership and Civic Responsibility

Developing young Nigerians as accountable leaders who understand their role in shaping the communities they inhabit.

Community Problem Solving

Equipping young people with participatory tools to identify, analyse, and collaboratively address community-level challenges.

Pillar 02

Transformative Learning Experiences

We create high-impact learning experiences that equip young people with the skills they need to thrive in the future of work and contribute to peaceful communities.

At Teens Going for Gold Network, we recognise that conflict often grows where opportunity is limited and access to resources is unequal. By expanding access to practical skills and economic opportunities, we help reduce young people’s vulnerability to crime, violence, and exploitation.

Through initiatives such as Project Teach a Teen and interactive online learning programmes, participants gain practical knowledge across four core areas:

Vocational Skills Acquisition

Practical skills that support income generation and economic independence for young people.

Technology & AI Literacy

Equipping participants for the digital economy — from basic digital tools to emerging AI applications.

Public Speaking & Leadership

Building confidence, communication, and leadership through structured facilitation and real-world challenges.

Essential Soft Skills

Critical thinking, emotional intelligence, collaboration, and other competencies for the future of work.

These immersive programmes empower young people to build financial independence, expand their opportunities, and become positive forces for peace and development in their communities.

Pillar 03

Building Peace Infrastructure in Communities

Lasting peace requires structures that sustain learning and action. We work with schools and communities to create platforms where young people can continuously practise peacebuilding.

By building these networks and structures, we ensure that peace education continues long after our programmes end.

Our Goal

To equip young Nigerians with the knowledge and perspective needed to heal divisions, foster understanding, and actively contribute to a more stable and harmonious society.

Peace Education Bootcamps

Intensive training programmes in peace leadership — giving participants deep, structured exposure to peacebuilding frameworks and methodologies.

Peace Clubs in Secondary Schools

Student-led groups in secondary schools where young people practise dialogue, collaboration, and community service as a sustained, ongoing commitment.

Peace Ambassadors Fellowship

A fellowship that equips young leaders to promote peace in their schools and neighbourhoods — creating a visible, credible network of youth peacebuilders.

Interested in Partnering With Us?

We design bespoke peace education programmes for schools, government agencies, and civil society organisations working in conflict-affected communities.

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Board of Trustees

Dr. Waheed Awonuga

Member, Board of Trustees

Waheed Oyetola Awonuga is a trained Medical Doctor with five years of ongoing practice experience, specialising in Family Medicine. He is also an entrepreneur with a knack for developing ideas that are not only bankable but profitable.

Waheed attended Santa Maria Private School in Mushin and Government College Ikorodu. He holds a Diploma in Data Processing from Olabisi Onabanjo University and completed his medical education at the University of Sierra Leone, graduating with MBChB (Medicine and Surgery). He passed the West African College of Physicians Primaries Examination at UCH, Ibadan.

Waheed is an alumnus of the Young Africa Leadership Initiative (YALI), Africa Cohort 2. He owns Infinity Creative Media, a media consultancy firm in Freetown, Sierra Leone, and Infinity Print House, a general print firm also based in Sierra Leone.

Waheed is an avid reader and writer who enjoys travelling and spending time with his family.

Management Team​

Hon. Tobi Olatunji

Executive Director

Hon. Tobi Olatunji serves as Executive Director of Teens Going for Gold Network, providing strategic leadership across TGFGN’s programmes and institutional partnerships.

He oversees programme delivery across all five active states and drives the organisation’s evolution into an institutional peace education body, ensuring that TGFGN’s work remains responsive to the complex social realities facing Nigerian youth today.

Management Team​

Ola Olaoluwa

Co-Founder

Olawumi Olaoluwa is a graduate from the Economics department of the University of Benin, Nigeria. He is also the Creative Director of JOSEL kolektionz, a clothing line.

Vocationally, he is a writer, content developer, actor, and leadership enthusiast. One of the pioneer volunteers of Teens Going for Gold Network, Olawumi has over five years of experience in teen mentoring and coaching. He currently serves as Director of Human Resources.

In his own words: “The opportunity Teens Going for Gold Network presents me with to impact teenagers with qualitative and sustainable education is the main attraction the organisation holds for me.”

Board of Trustees

Dr. Mala Mustapha

Member, Board of Trustees

Dr. Mala Mustapha is an academic and development professional with deep expertise in conflict resolution, peacebuilding, and institutional governance.

His scholarly and practitioner experience spans multiple Nigerian states and regional contexts, providing TGFGN with critical insight into the structural dimensions of peace and security in Northern Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin region.

Board of Trustees

Idayat Hassan

Chair, Board of Trustees

Idayat Hassan is a leading expert in security, governance, and democracy in West Africa. She serves as the Director of the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), one of the region’s foremost policy research and advocacy organisations.

Her work spans election monitoring, conflict prevention, and democratic institution building across Nigeria and the broader West African sub-region. She brings decades of governance expertise to TGFGN’s Board of Trustees.

Management Team​

Godsgift Chayil Obi

DEPUTY DIRECTOR

Godsgift Chayil Obi serves as Deputy Director of Teens Going for Gold Network, supporting organisational management, programme coordination, and operational delivery.

In this role, she works closely with the Executive Director and management team to ensure that TGFGN’s programmes achieve their intended impact across all active states, maintaining the quality and consistency of delivery that has defined the organisation’s 12-year track record.

Board of Trustees

Dele Olomide​

Member, Board of Trustees

‘Dele Olomide currently leads the Human Resources and Admin function of Clarke Energy Nigeria, the largest authorised distributor and service partner for Jenbacher gas engines and a leading brand in the power and utility sector in Nigeria. His interests are Leadership Development, People Development (Coaching and Mentoring), Organisational Development and Change, Strategy and Growth.

‘Dele is an HR professional with approximately 10 years of generalist experience spanning Manufacturing, IT, Gaming and Energy. He is also an Associate Pastor with El-Shaddai Covenant Church, Lagos. Before now, he has worked with two multinationals, three start-ups, and a Secondary School.

He graduated from the University of Ilorin where he studied Mathematics/Statistics and holds an MBA in Marketing Management. He is an Associate Member of the Nigerian Institute of Training and Development and an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management.

Board of Trustees

Adedolapo Osuntuyi

Member, Board of Trustees

Adedolapo Osuntuyi is a children and education advocate. She is the founder of Dolly Children Foundation, a nonprofit organisation that equips the African Child to adopt twenty-first-century skills through education, capacity building and advocacy programmes.

Inspired by her upbringing, she has a passion for empowering and creating equal opportunities for children from low-income backgrounds. Dolapo has developed organisational strategy and management processes in the Foundation that have impacted over 22,000 children in 25 communities in four states.

Dolapo has over a decade of experience in child protection, early childhood and community development programmes. A graduate of Botany from Lagos State University, she also holds a master’s degree in Child Health and Social Care from the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom.

In 2015, she received an Africa-America Institute Scholarship to study Social Sector Management at the Enterprise Development Centre, Pan-Atlantic University, Nigeria.

Board of Trustees

Adebanke Ilori Oyeniyi

Secretary, Board of Trustees

Adebanke Ilori Oyeniyi is a lawyer and development professional. Her professional experience spans across politics, inclusive governance, and legislative reforms. She serves as the Executive Director of Raising New Voices Initiative and as the Managing Editor of Lawyard, a platform for interactions around the practice of law in Nigeria.

In 2019, Adebanke led New Voices to conduct the national #BreakTheHold campaign providing resources to competent young people under 35 contesting to be members of the Federal House of Representatives. As a woman in politics, she was appointed as the National Publicity Secretary of Kowa Party — making her the youngest female to occupy the position in Nigeria.

As an advocate for social equality, she has championed the right of prison inmates to education in line with the UN Minimum Standard Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, and has worked for the implementation of laws to promote the rights of children and prevention of violence against persons.

As a Pan African, she has facilitated extensive deliberations at the African Union on the importance of youth integration in the actualisation of Agenda 2063.

Adebanke holds a bachelor’s degree in law from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, a Certificate in Public Management from Bridgewater State University, Massachusetts, and is pursuing her Master’s in International Development and Policy at the University of Chicago. She is a 2019 Mandela Washington Fellow.