Skill Up to Stay Safe and Live Good #SUSSLGProject
Launched in September 2020, Skills up to Stay Safe and Live Good #SUSSLGProject is a project of WeCan Africa Initiative established with the aim of Our aim of reducing the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on young people, especially girls across underserved communities in the state, through awareness, skills empowerment and access to economic opportunities.
The project which has became a model for youth and women empowerment in the state employs innovative approaches to reduce girls' vulnerability to Harmful Traditional Practices such as child marriage and GBV by using creative strategies to economically upskill vulnerable girls in the most underserved rural communities in the state and connect them and their parents to resources for sustainable income. Such training sessions will be followed up with sensitizations sessions to educate community-gatekeepers including (parents, community gatekeepers, women and young girls) on how conservative cultural practices endanger young people’s growth.
#SUSSLGProject promotes SDGs 1 (No poverty), 5 (Gender Equality) 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth) and 10 (Reduced Inequality) with special focus on young girls socio-economic growth. Through the project, serial communities have been reached awareneass, over 1000 young have been equipped through the entrepreneurial skills training and over 30 of have been linked with Bank of Industry, Nigeria for Mini Start-up Grants of N30,000 naira each to procure the needed toolkits to venture into their desired businesses and put their learned skills into practice.
Education at the Doorstep #EducationAtTheDoorstep
Over the past few years, we have been able to reach more than 500 young people across various rural communities through our #EducationAtTheDoorstep initiative, which aims to bridge the gap in educational access for children in underserved communities and remove the financial burden of school fees for many parents who are unable to afford education for their children.
Throug #EducationAtTheDoorstep, we work with community gatekeepers in rural communities to identify children who don't have access to any form of formal education; and then liase with commuity volunteers and teachers who facilitate their training on basic numeracy and literacy ina centralized locations within these communities.
We understand the critical role of these foundational steps in comprehensive development of young people, their ongoing learning and academic achievements, and how they contribute to their socioeconomic growth and prospects.
