There are extensive community service opportunities for those looking for volunteer work that will help the impoverished and suffering throughout the world.
No.1 Cocoa Street Boundary Road, Lagos, Nigeria.
+1(551)-241-8005
kemiadetu@gmail.com
theglowupngo@gmail.com
On December 24th 2018 , Team GLOW UP visited “ Arrows of God” orphanage in Ajah, Nigeria. We hosted a leadership development workshop with 20 young females ages 10 – 18 (residents of the orphanage), and brought them some Christmas goodies to make their holiday special. It was a very engaging and interactive session. We learnt what it means to be a leader, how to harness our strengths to achieve our goals, and the importance of having big dreams.
In July 2019, The GLOW UP NGO partnered with HANDS OFF INITIATIVE and THE WAAY FOUNDATION to organise a home visit, for the second edition of our anti-bullying campaign, which was held at Sought After – an orphanage based in Ajah,
Lagos, Nigeria. This was the second in our workshop series “Glowing from within”. HANDS OFF INITIATIVE is committed to ending sexual harassment by teaching young boys and girls about consent and self-defense. This session was targeted at girls who have experienced sexual assault, bullying, depression, anxiety and other mental/emotional disorders.
On 24th May, the Glow UP team partnered with For Us Girls Foundation again, as a facilitator to host an inspirational tech summit for New York City’s young women and girls. The aim of A New Reality was to spark innovative creativity in the minds of girls in grade 6 – 12 who are the next generation of America’s next tech leaders, innovators, and creators. We wanted to inspire girls to envision themselves in spaces and careers traditionally not visible and accessible to them. This interactive, stimulating summit introduced the girls to the latest tech and digital trends in blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, multimedia, gaming, and robotics. A New Reality participants selected one of the 17 Sustainable Development Global Goals and created either an app or software solution to a related challenge facing their community using design thinking. These young leaders had the opportunity to network and engage with the industry’s top professionals, entrepreneurs, leaders, and mentors. A New Reality is where innovation meets creativity meets social activism!
On Christmas Day, December 25th 2018, Team GLOW UP hosted aco-ed leadership development workshop for superstars from the ‘’Explicit Home’’ in Ikoyi, Nigeria. Explicit Home is a foster care home based in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, where the founder, David creates a family environment for children that have been abandoned, abused, rejected from their biological parents and families. He teaches them professional dance choreography, and they perform all over nigeria through dance. The children are able to gain their confidence, and have a sense of purpose. It was a very engaging and interactive session. We learnt what it means to be a leader, how to harness our strengths to achieve our goals, and the importance of having big dreams. GLOW UP is indeed committed to unlocking the full potential in females in orphanages and the foster care system, ultimately bringing out that positive glow. Everybody is entitled to a “Glow Up”.
In February 2019, the Glow Up team had the honour of creating a Digital Skills experience in partnership with For Us Girls Foundation called “Career Day Experience: Discovering Career Opportunities Through Innovation” for 13 girls from “Figure Skating in Harlem” at the SAP Next Gen New York Innovation Hub. It was an amazing time talking to the Girls about the value of mentors in their lives, goal setting, creating their own opportunities, and learning to design and prototype. It was a very magical experience.
In June 2019, The GLOW UP NGO partnered with THE WAAY FOUNDATION to organise an anti-bullying campaign at Kids Haven – An Orphanage based in Johannesburg, South Africa. This was the first in the new workshop series focused on mental health and well being called “Glowing From Within” – a series of intimate events aimed at exposing young females living in orphanages and foster homes to identifying and overcoming bullying, depression, anxiety, and other mental/emotional disorders. We had GLOW UP representatives on – ground, as well as professional clinical psychologists from The Waay Foundation teaching the students via video conferencing. This was our first virtual learning platform and it was well received.
In celebration of Foster Care month, the Glow Up team hosted a full day tech summit on Children’s Day at Google Nigeria HQ to introduce over 60 girls to digital skills, Google productivity tools and online safety. Through interactive sessions, we facilitate courses on what it means to be a leader, how to harness strengths to achieve goals, and the importance of having and pursuing big dreams.
SC VENTURES INNOVATION WORKSHOP FOR FEMALE STUDENTS” – SEPTEMBER 2019
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FOUNDER
Kemi Adetu is an International Finance professional with over 5 years of investment banking, commercial banking and corporate finance expertise in Europe, Asia, Africa and she now works in North America. She has gained international experience across disciplines including mergers and acquisitions, marketing, sales, strategy, finance, business development and project management; and has demonstrated her ability as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders through exceptional delivery under tight timelines and industry challenges. She has supported the origination and execution of transactions including financing solutions and advisory services to the largest USheadquartered Private Equity Funds and multinational organizations with investing appetite for assets across multiple sectors, in Europe, LATAM, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Prior to joining Standard Chartered Bank, she worked in Management Consulting at Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Digital Marketing at Google, and Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank.
Kemi is also a philanthropist with proven track record of successfully implementing projects that contribute to Africa’s evolution through providing access to quality education, leadership development, gender equality and youth empowerment. Kemi’s passion for Gender Equality also led her to start a professional network and social enterprise called Fempire Professional Network (FPN). FPN is an international community of female professionals of colour across several professions and sectors. Through targeted events, FPN has three main objectives: create a network and support system of like-minded individuals, provide a platform of opportunity (including but not limited to mentoring, funding and training), and share resources for leadership, encouragement, empowerment and self-development. She is a member of SC’s Diversity and Inclusion committee to advocate for projects such as SC’s “Women+Tech4NYC” program – a venture capital platform that funds women-led businesses.
In recognition of her work as a Champion of Women in Business, she was recently recognised and received an award as #1 on Yahoo Finance’s Top 50 Future Female Leaders HERoes 2019 list. In recognition of her efforts towards poverty alleviation, talent development and Gender Equality, Kemi was selected by her employer to attend the One Young World United Nations Summit in the Hague, Netherlands in October 2018, and was recently invited to attend the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Goalkeepers Awards ceremony and summit in New York in September 2019, during the UN General Assembly week.
She holds BSc. (Hons) in Medicinal Chemistry from University College London, and MSc. (Hons) Business Management from The University of Warwick, both in the United Kingdom.
Trustee
Ajibola is a legal practitioner with extensive proficiencies spanning different aspects of corporate and commercial law including project finance, corporate finance, investment and securities law, oil and gas, trust among others. Ajibola is also well exposed to the litigious dimensions of legal practice covering sophisticated and complex commercial litigations as well as criminal prosecution and defense. Ajibola is currently the SA (Legal) to the President, Office of the Vice President. She advises the Presidency on Power and infrastructure projects, regulatory compliance and stakeholder management for promoting legal best practices within key federal government agencies.
She passionate about promoting women and children’s rights in Nigeria, Africa at large and indeed globally. Her mother is the founder of a charity called the ABC (Access to Basic Care) Foundation which also runs its own orphanage and from a young age she has been participating in providing, caring and nurturing environments for the orphans and in general the less privileged – this experience triggered her passion for giving back to orphans and the less privileged member of society.
Over the years, through her legal studies, work experience and extensive travel, she has been exposed to the perils of socially induced injustice and one of her greatest heart’s desire is to see young women, children and orphans be all that God has called them to be – they should be allowed to dream and by all means given the opportunity to strive towards achieving their dreams. She believes we all have a duty, and she has a burden to see their rights protected to enable them to fulfill their full potential.
Mrs. Ajayi has LLB, Law and Politics from the University of Essex, MSc from London School of Economics and Political Science, and is an alumnus of the Law Faculties at the University of Oxford and Harvard Law School.
Trustee
Mary Mosope Adeyemi is an experienced investment professional with 12 years’ experience working with global investment banks in the UK.
Alongside her corporate career, Mosope has always championed social causes in particular those that serve to empower women and ethnic minorities. To this end, she has led various projects and served on a number of steering committees and boards. This demonstration of passion and drive across disciplines earned Mary a WATC Rising Stars in Banking Award in 2017 for leadership, excellence and high value-add in her spheres of influence.
In 2019, Mosope founded viSHEbility, a talk show and social initiative that empowers black women and girls to be visible, informed and strategic as they navigate their academics, career, business and life. Her work aims to serve broadly as her contribution to the UN SDGs and more specifically, as a solution to the scarcity of positive representation of black women in the UK marketplace, media and in seats and corridors of power and influence.
Mosope holds a 1st class BA in Accounting & Finance from Lancaster University, an MSc in Management from Imperial College, London and is a qualified Chartered Accountant with the ACCA. She is of Nigerian Descent, a sought-after speaker, an amateur weightlifter, a fashion enthusiast and an avid traveller.
Trustee
Damilola is a dual-qualified lawyer (England & Wales and Nigeria) and currently Legal Counsel at Shell Petroleum Development Company. Her professional career spans over 10 years of legal experience across both jurisdictions, commercial acumen and an in-depth understanding understanding of the Oil and Gas value chain. She has worked for some of the most distinguished law firms in Nigeria.
When she is not lawyering, her passion is building women, families, churches and nations. In particular, she is passionate about the role that the family structure plays in securing the future of the African Child. It is this passion that led her to establish the Tolu and Dami Adelowo Foundation, which focuses on providing financial support for African charities that empower orphans and widows. She also sits on the boards of Real Talk Women Initiative, God Lovers Initiative and the Mary Dinah Foundation. Lover of life. Risk taker. Teacher. Listener. Leader. Lawyer.
Mrs. Dinah-Adelowo has BSc (Hons) in Economics from the University of Surrey, and LLB, Law from Queen Mary University of London.