Provide Skills and Jobs to 425 Disabled in Nigeria
Support disabled education in Africa
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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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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: $3,674
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $41,542
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
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Chief Aku Christy Orduh
Executive Director
Block 85, Flat 1, Phase iv,
Adeniji Adele Road
Lagos, Isale Eko, Lagos Island 101001
Nigeria
234-01-2630743
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Friends of the Disabled
Oja- Oba, Isale Eko
Off Adeniji Adele Road
Lagos Island,
Lagos State
101001
Nigeria
234 01 08023269577
http://www.fotd.8m.net
Friends of the Disabled's Current Projects on GlobalGiving
 Providing Sign Language to 3000 Nigerian Pupils |
Friends of the Disabled's Funded Projects on GlobalGiving
 Job Creation for Disabled/Disadvantaged Youth |
Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Nigeria
and can also be found under 
Education.
For more information about Nigeria, read the Human Development Report on Nigeria or the Wikipedia entry for Nigeria.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on June 8, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on May 11, 2005
Latest Update from the Field
A Wide stride for further achievement.
By Chief Aku Christy Orduh - Executive Director, June 08, 2009 11:53 PM
All our training machines that are not functioning are to be replaced and focus skills areas are in Welding, Tailoring and fashion design, Shoe making. Information Technology, Poultry and Fishery are included in the training for knowledge and sustainability of the project as a whole.
NAFDAC, the Food and Drug packaging regulator has taken our water for final anlysis for us to get Identity to proceed packaging for sales.
Each student is to receive N8,000 ( eight thousand Naira only) as the training goes on. The students could not hide their feelings and have expressed in many ways their joy to be selected for the training." I will have my own shop?. " Am lucky" These are some of their expressions as they were told that they would be helped to settle in a business when they finish.
We are grateful to Globalgiving and their supporters who are also our Donors for taking us this far. We will not disappoint you.
Thanks a lot. Let us know what you will like to ask about us.
Thanks again.
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