• An individual or group of individuals, including Africans and non-Africans willing to invest time, skill, network, experience and energy to positively impact others or their local community.
• We encourage the youth, adolescent and adult, whether unemployed, employed or retired to participate in this volunteering week.

• Volunteering can take place anywhere; it can be a physical activity or an online event or an engagement.
• We highly recommend that your volunteering activity aligns with the focus of youth volunteerism of the #CarringtonYouthWeek.
• Your volunteering activities can include everything from:
  1. Administrative/Office Work
  2. Arts (Music/Drama/Crafts)
  3. Teaching/Tutoring/Supporting Learning
  4. Counseling/Listening
  5. Youth Work
  6. Events and Stewarding
  7. Sports/Outdoor Activities/Coaching Tutor children during or after school
  8. Organize a self-defense workshop
  9. Organize a drug-free campaign
  10. Organize a domestic violent-free campaign
  11. Read books or letters to a person who is visually impaired
  12. Write articles /give speeches advocating financial literacy.
  13. Teach computer skills to the elderly
  14. Organize games and activities for children in hospitals
  15. Knit or crochet baby blankets to people Coach a youth sports team
  16. Organize a reading program to encourage kids to read.

The #CarringtonYouthWeek will be taking place from July 30th – August 5th this year. During this week, you can choose a day(s) or the entire week to volunteer your skills or create an event around volunteering in your organization or community.

• Yes, we will provide you with toolkits to guide you throughout this process.
• Upon your registration, we will share with you a branding rules and regulation for you to sign up to our terms and condition for our branding materials.
• After you do this, we will send you a toolkit which include graphic designs of logo, flyers etc. which you can customize.
• We will also provide you with letters of introduction which makes it easy to partner with any organisation. 
• We don’t give any financial incentive, but you will receive certificate for your work.
• We will also publish your volunteering activities on our social media platform and in our volunteering week report.

To commemorate the United Nations International Youth Day in 2023, the Carrington Fellowship Network is inaugurating the #CarringtonYouthWeek. The #CarringtonYouthWeek is a week-long platform for young people within the Carrington Fellowship Network to organize, host, and volunteer in various forms of activities that will positively impact their local communities.

The annual #CarringtonYouthWeek is a period to rekindle the principle of volunteerism and the ideals of Ambassador Walter Carrington: inclusive healthcare, accessible education, civil liberties, and good governance, and economic empowerment. The #CarringtonYouthWeek is a week where young people within the Carrington Fellowship Network across Nigeria dedicate time to volunteering for community development.

Volunteerism is a unifying force that brings people together, breaks local and global barriers, establishes trust and friendship, and opens endless doors of opportunities. The #CarringtonYouthWeek challenges young people to do volunteering activities both offline or online, as long as it impacts their immediate community and the world at large.

The Carrington Youth Week is to only commemorate International Youth Day, but also celebrate the ideals of Ambassador Walter Carrington, who died on August 12, 2020. The 2023 #CarringtonYouthWeek will run from August 7 – 13, 2023, providing opportunities for young people across Nigeria and beyond to impact others and their communities.