In
October 2020, we collaborated with A Seed of Change (Canada) to organize a
skill acquisition program for various unskilled and unemployed young women and
girls here in Enugu State, Nigeria. We specifically organized this event
because of the high rate of youth unemployment in Nigeria. Currently in
Nigeria, it is estimated that 16 million youth in Nigeria are unemployed. The
foregoing according to the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) accounts for
23.1% of the Nigerian population.
In
a bid to mitigate the foregoing staggering statistics, we targeted 15 young women
and girls from Okpanku community of Enugu State. We empowered them by training
them on how to bake various snacks like buns, fish rolls, fish pies and small
chops. This training is in clear alignment with our definition of Women
Economic Empowerment (WEE). We define WEE as the process by which women and
girls gain the ability to make decisions not just for themselves, but also for
others.
All
in all, we sure had fun and were also fulfilled implementing this activity as
we made a tremendous impact in the lives of our beneficiaries. The goal for us
still remains the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5, which
provides for gender equality and women empowerment by 2030.
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