Lateefa Musah is a peace builder, community development practitioner, writer, storyteller, engineer, alumna of USAID YALI West Africa Cohort and a World Economic Forum Global Shaper. She has degrees in civil and structural engineering from Coventry University and the University of Surrey.  She is currently the Programs and Administrative Officer for Partners for Peace in the Niger Delta. Musah is an advocate for improving education, especially in the public sector, and she is also passionate about raising awareness of violence against women and girls.

Musah supports more than 10,000 volunteer peace actors in the Niger Delta region to implement projects and produce reports and success stories from the interventions. Over the years, she has designed interventions to address communal clashes, border crises and violence against women and girls. She was recognized as a Top 10 winner of USAID's Youthlead Turning Point Writing Competition and with the Advocacy and Media Platform Award in the Niger Delta. 

IVLP Impact Award Project: The HELM Project

This project built teenagers' soft skills, leadership and entrepreneurship skills for students in private and public schools. A week-long HELM boot camp featured mentorship, team building and problem-solving sessions. That was followed by a project planning competition workshop at which participants pitched their projects. The winning team was then tasked with bringing their project to life. By actually executing a project, students practiced what they learned during the boot camp and mentoring.

No idea is a waste! - Project participant

IVLP Exchange Experience 

Lateefa participated in the IVLP Project Human Rights and Civic Engagement for Youth, organized by the U.S. Department of State and World Learning in partnership with Charleston Council for International Visitors, Columbia Council for Internationals and Georgia Council for International Visitors.

Lateefa's exchange experience led to the development of her IVLP Impact Award Project: "My IVLP Experience was the perfect push I needed to bring my project to life. Meeting with other youth-led organizations allowed me to make my project a reality."

U.S. Communities Visited Virtually

Washington, DC; Atlanta. GA; Charleston, SC; Columbia, SC

Country: Nigeria

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