DP Seminar on Indigenous and innovative approaches in Social Work

James Suru BOYON is an experienced Advocacy Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the program development industry. Specialized in child protection, Skilled in Nonprofit Organizations, Public Engagement, Program Evaluation, and Volunteer Management. Strong operations professional with an M.Sc focused in Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution from National open university Apapa Lagos.

He was a member of MAEJT, and now a program and child protection coordinator at the regional office of Enda Jeunesse Action, the supporting structure of MAEJT. He has experience working with children and in community accompaniment.

James will present on his experience working with the Africa and African Movement of Working Children and Youth, on Social work with children, youth, and adults at a grassroots level. He aims to aim to describe the content of systems that strengthen Human Relation for Social Economic and Political Transformation and inevitable actors with prominent Indigenous and innovative approaches in social work.

Key presentation section:
1. A conceptual and contextual problem affecting children, Human Relation for Social Economic and Political Transformation
2. The roles, spaces, and importance of children, youth, and elderly people in social work
3. Prominent and promising indigenous and innovative approaches

Conclusions and Implications section:

1. Children and youth implication in social work shrinking spaces are revamped
2. Coordinated and systematic holistic approaches are developed by communities members and actors
3. And a suggestion from this presentation is encouraging all stakeholders to promotes by applying the approaches proposed by accompanying societies that are pragmatically using the practices

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Co-hosted with: SIPA Pan-African Network, Economic and Political Development Concentration, International Organization/UN Studies Specialization