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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]