Shaping Tomorrow’s Men: International Boy Child Day Outreach in Imo State
On Thursday, 14th May 2026, the Cope and Live Foundation successfully hosted a impactful outreach programme at Mgbidi Boys Secondary School to commemorate the International Day of the Boy Child. The event brought together 61 boys from both junior and senior secondary classes for a day of purposeful engagement, character formation, and personal development. The programme focused on building positive habits and attitudes that will shape the boys into responsible, disciplined, and visionary men of tomorrow.
Programme Objectives
To educate young boys on the concepts of habit and attitude and their long-term influence on personal success and societal contribution.
To instill core values that promote responsible manhood, self-discipline, and positive decision-making.
To create an interactive platform for learning, reflection, and motivation.
To demonstrate the Foundation’s commitment to the holistic development of the boy child.
Activities Conducted
The programme featured engaging and interactive sessions including:
Lecture on Habits: Definition, types (positive and negative), formation, and practical strategies for cultivating life-enhancing habits.
Lecture on Attitude: Definition, types, and the power of attitude in determining life outcomes.
Attitudes and Habits That Make a Real Man: A focused session highlighting character traits such as integrity, resilience, respect, responsibility, emotional intelligence, and goal-oriented behaviour that define true manhood.
Questions and Answers Session: An interactive segment where students actively participated. Gifts were awarded to students who provided correct and insightful answers, encouraging healthy competition and knowledge retention.
Refreshments: Biscuits and drinks were served to all participants.
The programme concluded with a Vote of Thanks delivered by two students of the school, who expressed deep appreciation for the Foundation’s intervention.
Key Outcomes
Attendance: 61 boys actively participated throughout the duration of the programme.
High level of student engagement and enthusiasm during the interactive sessions.
Positive feedback from both students and school authorities.
Strengthened partnership between Cope and Live Foundation and Mgbidi Secondary School.
This outreach represents a strategic investment in the future of our nation. By shaping the character of boys at this critical formative stage, the programme contributes directly to the development of a new generation of responsible men who will become better fathers, leaders, professionals, and citizens.
Positive habits and attitudes instilled today will translate into reduced social vices, lower rates of youth involvement in crime, improved academic performance, stronger family structures, and more productive communities tomorrow. In a society where many young males lack proper guidance, targeted interventions like this serve as a powerful preventive mechanism against social breakdown, substance abuse, cultism, and gender-based violence.
Without timely guidance provided by such outreaches as ours, many vulnerable boys risk adopting negative habits and attitudes that could lead to school dropout, unemployment, involvement in criminal activities, or dysfunctional family lives in adulthood.
The long-term societal price includes increased burden on security agencies, higher healthcare costs from preventable social ills, lost human capital, and weakened national development. Every boy not reached today represents a potential missed opportunity to build a safer, more prosperous, and morally grounded society. The investment in this type of outreach is therefore not merely charitable — it is an essential and cost-effective strategy for sustainable national development.
Conclusion and Recommendation
The outreach at Mgbidi Secondary School was a resounding success and demonstrated the transformative power of early, purposeful intervention in the lives of young boys. The Cope and Live Mental Health Awareness Foundation remains committed to expanding such programmes across Imo State and beyond.
We recommend that similar outreaches be conducted regularly in more schools, with increased scope to include parents and teachers, to amplify the impact and create a supportive ecosystem for the boy child.
If things are getting out of hand, please call us on +234 814 831 8965 or send us an Email at: info@copeandlive.foundation for tailored guidance.