Provide Skills and Jobs to 425 Disabled in Nigeria
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Summary
Help disabled youths with no basic education or job skills. They resort to begging and become victims of dangerous activities. Educate and train them in job skills for economic and social independence
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Received $2,717 from 29 donations from people like:
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Disabled youths in Nigeria turn to drugs and other socially unacceptable activities to generate income. This is due to a high level of discrimination against people with disabilities. Often they are abandoned. They need to be rescued and recovered from the streets. We provide basic education; provide skills in shoe-making, tailoring, welding and computer.
Activities
We will educate; provide job skills to young beggars for economic and social integration; continue to pursue legislation to protect their rights and create jobs to restore their dignity.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $2,717
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $42,499
Total Funding Goal: $45,216
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
The disabled will stop begging, start work, and acquire basic education and skills for healthy survival. As a result, poverty within this population will decline. They will also build self-esteem and be encouraged to fight for their rights.
Project Message
Social harmony will be a mirage if the disadvantaged people, who are the poorest of the poor faced with prejudice and discrimination, are not empowered to help themselves and their family.
- Chief Boniface Ananti Joe Orduh, Co-founder Friends of the Disabled
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on March 19, 2008.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on May 11, 2005.
Latest Update from the Field
The Latest on the Satchet water production
By Chief Mrs. AKU Christy Orduh - Project Leader, March 19, 2008 05:23 PM
The Machines for the production of the sartchet came behind schedule and we are happy to say that it is with us at last. The pictures enclosed show the connections to the production machine and the machine itself.
The important thing here is the fact that we are at a point we can view reduction and less dependence on external funding. Income from the production will help us solve some of our problems which heretherto would be delayed or not take off atall until donation comes. The disadvantaged and disabled will work there to earn income. It will attract more less previleged youths to hook on.
Our Advocacy on ramps is yeilding dividend as His Eminence, Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie has joined us to appeal to all Priests in Lagos Archdioses to BUild Ramps at the entrance of the churches.
We are also hopeful that Sign Laguage Club will be entrenched in the primary and secondary schools in Nigeria as we have pushed our advocacy very far in the Corridors of power ib Nigeria.
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