NIGERIA
Peace Okebugwu is the cofounder of Beulah Future leaders foundation, a youth-led organization in Nigeria that advances active civic engagement in communities across Nigeria. As the co-founder, she is laden with the responsibility of fundraising, building teams, and assessing risk in every project carried out by the organization.
Peace believes that for a nation to experience the positive change it so desires, then youths must be actively engaged and equipped as social change agents in order to birth change in all facets of the community life. Some of the projects she has spearheaded are:
• Adoption of the child rights act campaign in Bauchi state in partnership with ILO.
• Partnered with UNFPA on sexual and reproductive health sensitizations in Kaduna and Makurdi.
• Partnered with the 100million group during the covid19 in Kaduna state for the marginalized on their fair share.
• Currently, Peace is partnering with ILO as one of the youth-led organizations in Nigeria that took a pledge to commemorate the international year for the elimination of child labor.
She has article works featured by the international labour organization as well as noble mission Nigeria, currently, she is a finalist for the Aspire leaders program hosted by Harvard University.
Peace holds a bachelor’s degree from the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi.