In Nigeria, young people in the 10 – 19 age range are the most numerous and yet most overlooked and underrepresented in programs to improve life skills for employability or other positive life outcomes. The Life Skills and Peer Group… Read More
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Call for Volunteer Assistant Coaches for the Street Business School by SI4DEV
We are excited to embark on a new adventure! In order to strengthen our ongoing commitment to grow human capital and eradicate poverty, we have become Street Business School (SBS) certified. This has enabled us add entrepreneurial education to our… Read More
Vision Screening for 600 Children in Warri Delta State
The SI4DEV Supported Vision screening project in Warri Delta State is still ongoing and plans have been made for new collaborations to enable the project reach it 1000 children target. And we also intend to make the program more interesting… Read More
Over 110 Students in Ikorodu School Benefit from Mental Health Counseling
SI4DEV Partner, Barrister Nwamaka Osu is working on a pilot project in a school in rural Lagos using seminars and a counseling unit to reduce mental health issues, depression and drug abuse among students. The first seminar which was on… Read More
50 Girls Enroll in the G-Health Club for Education on Rights and Reproductive Health.
Patricia Okolo, SI4DEV Alumni and current Operations and Publicity Secretary is piloting a girls’ health and education project in a secondary school situated in a deprived community in Abuja. She received approval from relevant education authorities and the pilot began… Read More
In Pakuro Village, the Women are Changing the Story
Over 50 men and women in Pakuro Village in Ogun State near Lagos have been part of the pilot project by Strategy and Innovation for Development Initiative (SI4DEV) partner Juliet Obi to acquire vocational skills, become business owners and improve… Read More
65 Students Participate in Life Skills Clubs in Benue
Between February and April 2019, Emmanuella Ikomon, SI4DEV partner in Benue state Makurdi location group piloted the Life Skills Peer Group Support Project at the CAC Coeducational School in Makurdi and the UBE Girls Junior Secondary School. Emmanuella provided leadership… Read More
Bayelsa School Adopts Toilet Cleaning Roster to Reduce Open Defecation
SI4DEV partner Henry Afor is working with Kpansia community school in Bayelsa state in a pilot project to keep their toilets clean so that students will avoid and stop open defecation. This project includes training up leaders among the students… Read More
Over 800 Children Reached with Handwashing Education in Kaduna!
The “HAPPY LEARNERS PROJECT” was developed to teach and create hand washing awareness in 25 schools, 5 LGA’s and targeted at 2000 children within the age range of 5-12 years in Kaduna State. Strategy and innovation for development initiative (SI4DEV)… Read More
Providing Vocational Skills for Unemployed Youth in Bayelsa State
In Yenagoa, Bayelsa state, we are working with SI4DEV partner, Monisola to support apprenticeships and training for several youth in tailoring, shoemaking, and confectionery. Some of those trained will be given seed capital afterwards. Abigail Israel Ebitimi is one of… Read More