Relationship Building Meet.

The Relationship Building Meet is a school-engagement initiative that visits secondary schools across Lagos District 5 to spend time with students — in small groups, on the topics that quietly shape the rest of their lives.

We’ve visited four schools so far. In each, our team divides into three groups and works with separate classes, so the conversations stay personal. The presentations are responsive rather than scripted. Students lead.

What we discuss

Choosing the right friends. Friendships shape decisions, character, and trajectory. We help students recognize positive influence and notice the difference between a friendship that pulls them forward and one that quietly pulls them off-course.

The perspective you create for yourself. Background and current circumstances do not define future. We talk about how the way a student sees themselves becomes the ceiling on what they attempt — and how to raise that ceiling deliberately.

Developing the right mindset. Discipline, determination, and resilience are skills, not gifts. We discuss how to build them in small, repeatable ways — and why effort and consistency outperform talent over a long enough horizon.

Building healthy and purposeful relationships. Beyond friendships: how students relate to teachers, mentors, family, and peers — and how those relationships, done well, become a quiet engine for growth.

What happens after

The sessions end with open Q&A — and these turn out to be the most engaged part of the day. Students ask honestly, about career choices, struggles in school, and personal challenges they’re trying to make sense of.

A few find us afterward. One commercial student from Immaculate Heart wrote in to say he was interested in programming and technology; we walked him through paths that align with accounting and business, and he chose to start with data analysis. We sent introductory videos and resources to help him begin. A student from Anthony Village reached out unsure about university or career direction; we helped her see that struggling with accounting doesn’t close finance and banking off — and gave her a structured way to study toward it.

These follow-ups are why the program continues.

What’s next

The Relationship Building Meet is the seed for MindShift Club — a permanent student organization being established in District 5 secondary schools so the conversations have somewhere to live between visits.