A very practical part of the Transformed Livelihood Project (TLP) training is the Grow Assignment. Participants in Diko, Akwanga, Sheda, and Asaga took part in the Tomato Grow Assignment with the objective of putting into practice the agricultural and entrepreneurial skills learned during the training, while also helping them develop a positive change in mindset. Many of them were planting […]
Resilience in Action: Mrs. Aderewa’s Path to Financial Growth
Mrs. Aderewa Barnabas, 45 years old, is a participant of the Transformed Livelihood Project (TLP) in Akwanga. She is a classroom teacher who earns ₦18,000 ($12) monthly. She has four children aged 15, 12, 10, and 6, and is married to Mr. Barnabas, a volunteer pastor who receives a monthly allowance of ₦10,000 ($7). After attending FLEP’s TLP Module 1 […]
Thrive Ahead Project: The journey thus far with young ladies from vulnerable communities
FLEP Nigeria engaged young ladies through the Thrive Ahead Project, in digital and administrative skills training. These young ladies come from vulnerable communities, including IDP camps and urban slums in Abuja places where opportunities are often limited. Watch video below:
FLEP second quarter newsletter: Here are some interesting stories and activities within the period
Its the second quarter of the year and we are glad to share with you our second quarter (April to June) newsletter with a major title – ” Bright future ahead for six IDP girls”. This particular story explains our activities with six IDP girls. The entire newsletter encompasses stories and activities within the said period. Click here to get […]
Promoting Peace, Unity and Prosperity – FoRB Project
In a city once divided by fear, a new story is rising — one of peace, unity and prosperity Through our FoRB project in Jos, FLEP Nigeria brought Muslims and Christians together to learn, listen, and lead. This training wasn’t just about dialogue — it was about building bridges across beliefs and empowering communities through participants to thrive in peace […]
Access to Food and Full Life.
Hunger makes people susceptible to illness, for many families, hunger may become a severe cause of permanent physical and mental illness. The hope of reaching their full life which God has destined for them is severely threatened. Before the outbreak of the COVID 19, many families struggle to feed, and now since the outbreak, many have lost their livelihoods – […]
Assurance of A Good Farm Produce
Many mothers in Benue communities are known to work and provide for the family, the work can be dangerous as a result of insecurities encountered on their way to farms and even on the farm – these women barely make enough to feed their family. Katherine is a mother of three children who lives in Adatsav village in Benue state […]
A Gift from Honey
Christiania Igbaper, a resident of Adatsav village and a mother of 6 children; the oldest is 14 years and the youngest 18 months. In a community where the majority of children enrolled in school drop out before reaching/in secondary school, Christiana struggles to pay for her children’s tuitions and fees. Christiana is a farmer that cultivates cassava, yam, sesame seed, […]
A Scaling Method to empowering widows in Tafawa Balewa
The goat rearing project is one of the ways FLEP’s Transforming Livelihood Project (TLP) is working to alleviate poverty and to diversify the livelihood of widows in Tafawa Balewa, Bauchi state. The project through the three-goats-one-woman approach is empowering widowed women. The primary objective of the goat rearing project is to improve the welfare of these women by generating income […]
Oil Of Joy In Place Of Mourning
If you had met her some months back, she would have thought herself as walking in the shoes of Naomi (Ruth 1:13-21). But God turned her story around through a small thoughtful gesture by FLEP Rifikatu Yakubu, not only lost her husband, she also lost two sons; victims of the insurgency in parts of northern Nigeria. These calamities left Riftkatu […]