By Comfort Ikpeme | Project Leader
On the occasion of the 29th Graduation and Public Education Ceremony, the GPI Calabar Centresuccessfully graduated and certified 25 young women as Peer Educators. These graduands completeda rigorous three-year intensive training programme focused on Comprehensive Sexuality Education(CSE), life skills, leadership, and empowerment. The ceremony also served as GPI’s officialobservance of the 2026 International Youth Day, held under the global theme “Different Contexts,Common Aspirations.”
The graduation marked a significant milestone for the organization with some of the following outcomes:
• 25 young women satisfactorily completed the full three-year training and met all certificationcriteria as Peer Educators.
• The ceremony provided a high-visibility platform to showcase the impact of safe-spaceComprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) sessions, life-skills development, and empowermentactivities.
• Graduands were formally certified as Peer Educators, ready to cascade accurate SRHRinformation within their communities.
• Common misconceptions about GPI’s programmes were clarified among parents, communitymembers, and other stakeholders.
The event brought together the graduands, their parents and guardians, GPI facilitators, governmentrepresentatives, partner organisations, and other community stakeholders. This multi-stakeholderpresence reinforced community ownership and support for the continued work of the newly certifiedPeer Educators.
The knowledge and skills acquired by the beneficiaries through the programme have producedmeasurable personal and community-level change:
• Increased knowledge on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV).
• Strengthened self-confidence and personal agency.
• Enhanced leadership skills.
• Emergence of the graduands as advocates and agents of transformation in their communities.
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