THE MANY WAYS WE SERVE
SPECIALTY CLUBS.
As Lions serve a wide range of needs in their respective community, more clubs are being formed around a specific area of interest, a single cause or common background.
Specialty Clubs allow people to join a community focused on common pursuits and interest-growing membership and helping our organisation to do even greater good.
MEMBERS OF ALL AGES.
Lion members represent every culture, background and generation. This year we can strengthen our Clubs by inviting young people and adults to join us in service to humanity. This generational approach is critical and vital in unifying people, leveraging skills, experience and clubs a welcoming place for all.
GLOBAL CAUSES.
Lions around the world have great opportunities through global causes to unite and solve some of the most pressing issues facing humanity such as Pediatric Cancer, Vision, Hunger Relief, Diabetes and Environment. This Lions’ year, we are going to encourage all the clubs to expand their scope of service while using the available resources to make awesome achievements in their respective communities.
SERVICE JOURNEY.
Learn, Discover, Act and Celebrate. These are the four phases of our new Service Journey, a comprehensive way for Lions to increase their service impact through access to resources surrounding our global causes. As we’re serving, so as we’re also growing without any plan to stop or quit.
LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION (LCIF)
Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) is the bedrock of our association providing funds all over the world wherever we have natural disaster like flood, earthquake, hurricane and others. I am encouraging everyone to subscribe to Melvin Jones Fellow (MJF) and Progressive Melvin Jones Fellow (PMJF). Similarly, LCIF has been responsible for several projects in Nigeria and all over the world. Subscribing to LCIF will ginger growth both at the international level and the district.
Some of the previous projects executed in District 404B2 Nigeria through the support of LCIF funding in partnership with our District funding are:
- Construction and equipping of Cancer Centre at LASUTH, Lagos;
- Construction and equipping of Diabetes Screening and Treatment Centre at Osun State General Hospital, Ede, Osun State.
- Construction and upgrade of Ophthalmology Centre at Osun State Specialist Hospital, Asubiaro, Osogbo.
- Construction and equipping of Diabetes Screening and Treatment Centre at EKSUTH, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State.
- Construction and equipping of Diabetes Screening and Treatment Centre at General Hospital, Offa, Kwara State.
NIGERIA LIONS CLUB FOUNDATION (NLCF).
This is our local foundation in Nigeria that deserves all available supports, we encourage all Lions to subscribe into it for the growth of the Nigeria Lions Charity Foundation (NLCF). NLCF has been supporting several projects in Nigeria e.g Abuja Eye Centre and others. Read More…
THE POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR THE YEAR.
MISSION.
Our overall mission shall be to express our creativity to find unique solutions to better our present situation and to create a new model for our District through all inclusive, teamwork, dynamic leadership and great commitment in a passionate manner.
CORE VISION AND MISSION
As listed in our goal for 2023/2024 lions service year, the following are the bullet projects to embark upon:
- Promotion of membership growth, development and formation of new Clubs across the whole District.
- Extensive Leadership Training at Clubs, Zones, Regions and District levels.
- Aggressive eyes screening exercise to detect glaucoma and all other eye related ailment for treatment across the District 404B2.
- Cataract surgery where necessary.
- Distribution of free eye glasses.
- Effective eye/sight care enlightenment programmes through the Print Media, Radio, TV and other social media.
District Administration.
The DG team.
The DG team (consists of the DG, first vice and the second vice DG) was developed with the purpose of ensuring a spirit of teamwork, innovations and shared responsibilities for continuity in the district administration.
To achieve this, I promise that every effort will be put into use within the available resources to enhance the efficiency of the district secretariat in discharging her responsibilities to the clubs and members.
In order to maximize the District Governor Team achievement, we shall utilize the following tools:
- Effective multi-directional communication;
- Commitment to individual and team roles;
- Continuous appreciation of diversity, mutual support, trust and understanding;
- Collective success which I believe is better than individual success;
- Shared vision, goals and direction.
GLOBAL ACTION TEAM (GAT).
The specific goals for GAT have been to provide learning opportunities to over 500,000 Lions and Leos and grow the association to more than 1.7million Lions and Leos so as to have capacity of impacting 200 million lives per year through 2024. The conception of the Global Action Team envisions a day when every need in the world can be served by a Lion or Leo.
Our team shall work diligently in bringing about the change and also give an impressive contribution through all the clubs and at the district level.
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING
Learn. Lead. Grow.
Learning is part of the human experience. It empowers us to improve our thinking, our feeling, our communication, and our service. When Lions and Leos put learning into action, leadership happens. The Global Leadership Team will work year-round with Lions and Leos who want to continue growing for the sake of their clubs, their communities, and Lions clubs International.
Leadership training brings about development of deep insights, skill and leadership styles to influence and inspire others and also drive performance in any organisation.
- Increase Service Activities: The right and consistent leadership can increase the productivity of our members; leadership development brings about understanding the emotions of both members being led and the society that’s being served.
- Retention of Lions Member: almost 75% of members leaving the Association don’t quit because they dislike service but because of the leadership styles of their Club executives, members leave ineffective and unaccommodating leaders to continue alone.
However, we shall facilitate various levels of leadership trainings in this year for different level as follow:
- Club Officers Training;
- Club GAT Officers Training;
- New Members Orientation Sessions;
- Club Leos Adviser Workshop;
- District Officers Training;
- Zone/Region Chairpersons Training;
- Certified Guiding Lions Workshop;
- Mentoring Process/Training;
- Club Quality Initiative Workshop.
At the Multiple District and International levels, we shall encourage deserving members to attend International Institute such as:
- Emerging Lions Leadership Institute (ELLI);
- Regional Lions Leadership Institute (RLLI);
- Advanced Lions Leadership Institute (ALLI);
- Faculty Development Institute (FDI);
- Lions Certified Instructor Program (LCIP).
Innovative Award Programs for participation in formal and online training programs will be emplaced; we, therefore, anticipate that all our deserving members would take advantage of these opportunities with a view to building and improving their capacities for our activities as Lions and also for our business and private endeavors.