From: Nigeria

Yagana is Kanuri by tribe from Nigeria and has worked with a missionary organization there called “Kanuri Project,” specifically reaching women. She has a degree in accounting and worked as an accountant at Baptist Theological Seminary Kaduna. Yakubu’s husband is a pastor and recently they have both taken further education in the USA with Yakubu focusing on her passion for counseling. They have 4 children.

Trauma is a cumulative experience that comes in many forms. It has left a lot of women, children, and adolescents in fear, shame, anger, helplessness, even worthlessness. True greatness is all around us. The question is, do we see it? How do we pursue it? This true greatness can be realized through awareness. Women need to understand the psychological effect of trauma in people who are emotionally depressed, sexually abused, and have wounded hearts, broken spirits and have experienced lost dreams and lost hope. Through counseling and psychoeducation, victims will be able to reach the point of recovery and healing, thereby realizing their visions and dreams in life again.

At the end of the workshop women should be trauma informed leaders who know and understand the negative effect of trauma in people. They should be able to understand the nature of trauma and be aware that a lot of women have experienced serious trauma. This will build the capacity among leaders to deliver holistic care and spiritual resilience to traumatized victims. Those leaders will in turn be able to recognize and provide referrals to needed resources and qualified personnel to engage persons in counseling.