As the Transformed Livelihood Project (TLP 2025) continues to reach more communities, Gwagwalada, a semi-urban area, has also come on board. Forty young people, including those already running small businesses and others interested in starting one, recently took part in a hands-on three-day entrepreneurship training. The sessions covered entrepreneurship concepts on Lean startup, value proposition and financial management. Our objective […]
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 […]
FLEP continues to empower her Benue participants with Fertilizer and goats
As FLEP continues to implement the Agricultural Empowerment and Capacity Improvement (AGECI) Program in Ichama community, Benue State, the participants have been equipped with various resources. This follows a comprehensive training session designed not only to equip them with agricultural skills but also to instill a mindset shift towards positive change and productivity. The program, which has a total of […]
The Transformative Power of Education for Sule Ayodeji
Meet Sule Ayodeji, a participant in the OAK 2 Livestock & Entrepreneurship training program in Gedegede, Ikare, Ondo State. Little did he know that this experience would inspire him on a new found entrepreneurial journey. During the entrepreneurship class section, a particular concept caught his attention—The Lean Startup Approach. This is a business startup concept that teaches the need to […]
Transformed Livelihood Project III – Ikare, Ondo State
Project Period: July 2020 to June 2021 The training and distribution of birds and feed to participants held on the 31st October to 3rd November, 2020 The Transformed Livelihood Project (TLP3) is a 3 in 1 project that is aimed at empowering 40 youths to build and sustain livelihoods that will enable them to earn income, support their families and […]
Agriculture as a business: Approaching agriculture as an investment opportunity
AKINWUMI ADESINA ON 19 FEBRUARY 2016 African smallholders are the private sector – the largest segment on the continent. By seeing agriculture as business, smallholders as customers and entrepreneurs, and companies as organisations that want smallholders as customers and suppliers, policymakers and investors can leverage the continent’s existing assets to catalyse economic transformation rather than trying to create it from […]
Empowering Youths in Poultry Farming
The Livestock Empowerment Model (LEM) is an initiative of Full Life Empowerment Programme (FLEP), in partnership with Children’s Mission Africa, Children’s Mission Sweden, and The Navigators Nigeria. The program which started since July 2019 has empowered over 40 youths in Akure and its environs with skills in Poultry Farming. The participants of the LEM project successfully undertook capacity building training […]
Abia: Poultry Farming Empowering Youths in the Rural Community
At FLEP we empower youth entrepreneurship through quality poultry farming. Our approach is a fundamental tool for attaining sustainable economic development. More than ever, we need to enable our youth to live a purpose-driven life so they can build the world they want to see. It is important that today’s youth discover their purpose, transform their mindset and connect to […]
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 […]
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 […]