Falling Walls Falling Walls Berlin Science Week

Izuchukwu Okafor

Breaking the Wall of the New Science Generation

Science Engagement

LifePorte Educational project implements several educational flagship projects geared towards science engagement and advocacy. These includes Science advocacy for youngsters (SAPFY) and Train-the-trainers Biology workshop (TTTBW). Science advocacy program for youngsters (SAPFY) exposes elementary and high school students to basic science experiments. Students are trained to be creative with scientific principles by ‘doing it themselves’. They are taught practical science in a fun way hence facilitating the understanding of science, its usefulness for solving daily life problems and its consideration as a career path. We also train them with other soft skills like scientific writing, public speaking and leadership.

Tags: Citizen Science, Education, Open Access, Science Communication, Trust in science, personal development.

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Izuchukwu Okafor

LifePorte

Izuchukwu Okafor is an Anatomy lecturer and an African Union Doctoral scholar in Reproductive Biology at University of Ibadan. He has passion for education, science advocacy and community development and has initiated and carried out several community development projects in Nigeria which attracted many awards including ONE campaign nominee in 2019. Izuchukwu is currently the program manager of Science Advocacy Program for Youngsters (SAPFY), a flagship project that has trained over 300 schoolchildren in sciences.
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