Kinabuti Press Conference

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Kinabuti  Foundation in collaboration with Pulse Ng is set to start  a new  reality show  titled  “Dare2Dream” in Nigeria. The reality show is scheduled to hold from October 28 to November 9, 2014.

Speaking at a press conference, The Founder of Kinabuti, Caterine Bortolussi disclosed the rationale behind the project is to encourage young people to believe in their dreams, despite the challenges and circumstances surrounding them.

“Dare2Dream is giving opportunities to aspiring young people who want to showcase their talents so many areas such cinematography, modelling and so on. The idea was in my plan since the inception of Kinabuti in 2010. We decided to do a project by selecting young talents from  Universities in Nigeria”.

 She also informed  that, “auditions will take place at University of Port Harcourt, University of Uyo and University of Lagos. 18 students will be selected and screened before they can  get to the final stage of the competition. Selected finalists will be taken to camp for training. We also created awareness through Campaigns featuring celebrities from various sectors of the industry encouraging people to believe in their dreams”.

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Celebrity judge for the reality show, Multi Award winning Tv personality, Vvonne Vixen Ekwere revealed her plans for the event.  “ The contestants will be trained so many areas, I want to inspire them to go for their dreams and be best in whatever they want to do in life by  assessing their skills in divers areas such as presentation, confidence and so on”.

 First City Monument Bank (FCMB) representative, Head of Corporate communications  department, Uche Mojekwu, added that, “ FCMB is a bank for everybody, as part of  giving  back to the society and corporate social responsibility of the company. In partnership with Kinabuti Foundation we want to empower young people. At the end of the competition the winner will be the  face of FCMB for a year”.

 Responding to media questions about restriction of selection to three Universities in Nigeria, Caterine assured that  “ Due to the last Universities strike , I could not take permission from authorities  of  other Universities  at all levels. The next event will be different and  will be taken across other universities  in Nigeria”.

Other sponsors representatives  at the press conference includes,  Chief Fundraiser, Richard Coker Foundation,Baba Jallah Epega,  Product Manager Flour mill of Nigeria Plc,  Chineye Akukwe, Fitness expert Maje, Ayida, Deputy Managing Director, Dana Air, Gautam Hathiramani.

The event is supported  by  Spice TV, NTA, Africa Magic, COOL TV, Wazobia TV, through Print with the Guardian Life Magazine and Radio updates from Cool FM and Wazobia FM to web Pulse NG, Bella Naija, 360nobs, Stylevitae  and  other social media platforms.

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By Olubukunola Femi-Dagunro 

 

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