Gender Equality Nigeria Project #29028

Train Women & Youths in Nigeria on Wealth Creation

by Serendipity Healthcare Foundation

Train Women & Youths in Nigeria on Wealth Creation

Project Report | Feb 26, 2018
Training of women starts

By Abubakar Sadiq | Project Coordinator

All Stakeholders

Dear supporters, family and friends of Serendipity,

The last you heard from us, we had a first visit to the community in Tofa Town of Tofa Local Governing council. We commenced the first phase of the project with our partners Mallam Abba of Dandago Agricutural Company and Malama Yawo a trainer on groundnut oil processing and extraction. They taught 10 women from Sauki Cooperative Society, a women only cooperative group in Tofa; the first batch of our goal of empowering 100 women.

A locally fabricated processing machine was handed over to them to ease the process of oil extraction and day one of the trainings taught the 10 women members of the group on how to process groundnut and extract it into oil. Training was conducted on the use, maintenance, processing of the groundnut.

Prior to now, it took approximately 8 hours to process and extract oil using local methods but with the introduction of the machine, it took just 2 hours to complete the process.

Subsequent trainings were on basic entrepreneurial skills, bookkeeping and accounting which was handled by our executive director such that they can be accountable in their joint business as well as track their expenditure and income.

A soft grant was given to each woman such that they can jumpstart on improving on their income through the cooperative with the Tofa Development Association as a supervisory body for sustainability. We would embark upon more trainings on packaging of these products for onward sale to the wider public as their sales are limited to within the community itself.

This model can be replicated in neighbouring communities as the women trained will not only act as mentors but will also train other upcoming women. Will you help them to succeed on this dream? Your donation towards provision of training of entrepreneurial skills and machines to these women will not only alleviate poverty but bring about development to the community and state.

To learn more about our work, check out our webpage on http://www.srendipityhealthcare.ngo; become our friend on Facebook/serenhealthcare and follow us on twitter @serendipityHea1 or send us an email for any enquiry or advice at serenhealthcare@gmail.com.

Best Regards,

Abubakar Sadiq

Opening speech

First batch of trainees

Paste formed from groundnut

Processing of the groundnut into oil

Finished product

Agreement

Commitment letter from Development

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Nov 9, 2017
And the project commences

By Nmatullah Umar | Rewards contributor

Town Hall meeting

Dear supporters, family and friends of Serendipity,

With your support, Serendipity is changing the lives of women in Tofa town of Tofa community our pilot project community. We chose Tofa Town being that we had a WASH project intervention in the community earlier on and now transiting into provision of locally fabricated processing and threshing machines as well as training on entrepreneurial skills for select at risk women to become self-reliant.

In September we made a first visit to the community where we had a town hall meeting with all the key stakeholders, explaining the project and how we need their utmost cooperation and partnership. We have also partnered with an agricultural firm that will teach women on skills on how to use threshing and processing machines as well as packaging of the agricultural products for onward sale to the wider public.

During our visit, we witnessed how the women thresh millet and upon observation shows alot of wastage and it was not done under good sanitary conditions. Part of our next stage assignment is to identify the women, organise them into groups and start the first stage trainings on good processing practices. Over the next few months our field team will see the project building upon ensuring that 10% of the women have been taught on how to process and package their goods for sale as well as locally fabricated machines handed over to them such that it is a success.

Our pilot community of Tofa women being trained on processing of agricutural produce will attain the dream of gaining additional income that will assist their families and being empowered to take informed decisions that will impact positively on their lives. This model can be replicated in neighbouring communities as the women trained wil not only act as mentors but will also train other upcoming women. Will you help them to succeed on this dream? Your donation towards provision of training of entrepreneurial skills and machines to these women will not only alleviate poverty but bring about developement to the community and state.

Best Regards,

Nmatullah Umar

Threshing method

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