6 YOUTH EMPOWERMENT ORGANISATIONS IN NIGERIA YOU SHOULD KNOW
Youth development is a process that prepares a young person to meet the challenges of adulthood and achieve his or her full potential. Youth development is promoted through activities and experiences that help youth develop social, ethical, emotional, physical, and cognitive competencies. Here are 6 youth empowerment organisations in Nigeria you should know.
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YOUTH EMPOWERMENT NIGERIA (YEN)
YEN is a non-profit youth project established to address the gaps of diversity, empower youths across all areas of life, capacity building, youth involvement in service projects, civic engagement, philanthropy, and decision-making. YEN provides one of the most extensive leadership training programs available to help youth develop personal and teamwork skills. In addition to basic and advanced leadership workshops, YEN youth put their training to task and gain invaluable experience as they work “in the field” through placements with community organizations and youth-led community change projects.
All YEN projects reflect a commitment to investing in the lives of Youth and are driven by individual initiative, teamwork, and youth-adult partnerships. YEN utilizes several distinct approaches:
Encouraging skill acquisition
Encouraging service-learning
Community projects and social action
Philanthropy
Youth-led research
Social entrepreneurship
Engaging youth as volunteers
Youth Employment Program
Check them out here https://www.youthempowermentnigeria.org/
AFRICA’S YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS EMPOWERMENT NIGERIA (AYEEN)
AYEEN is a foremost entrepreneurial empowerment program in Africa birthed to develop and empower the next generation of Nigerian young entrepreneurs. AYEEN was launched to support innovative, exceptional, and viable business/ideas in Nigeria.
The initiative supports the success and development of Africa’s budding entrepreneurs through mutual networking, and with established captains of industry. AYEEN uses conferences, workshops, and motivational talks to share practical information on how to continually improve the implementation, development, and management of business initiatives.
Lack of accurate knowledge and finance limits the growth of many home-grown entrepreneurs and this platform brings learning, resources, and business acumen to developing young entrepreneurs.
Visit https://ayeonline.org/ to learn more.
LEAP AFRICA
Visit https://www.leapafrica.org/ to learn more.
WOMEN’S TECHNOLOGY EMPOWERMENT CENTRE (W.TEC)
W.TEC is a Nigerian non-governmental organization working for the economic and social empowerment of girls and women, using information and communication technologies (ICTs). The objective of the organization is to support the development of Nigerian women through the provision of technical training and skills for ICT-specific jobs such as computer engineers, programs, system analysts, hardware and network specialists, and designers.
Visit https://wtec.org.ng/ to learn more.
YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUPPORT (YES) PROGRAMME
The Youth Entrepreneurship Support (YES) Program is the Bank of Industry (BOI) initiative aimed at reducing youth unemployment in Nigeria by building the capacity of the youths and funding their business ideas. The YES program is aimed at equipping young people with the requisite skills and knowledge to be self-employed by starting and managing their own businesses.
Visit https://www.boi.ng/yes/ to learn more.
STRATEGY FOR MENTORING INITIATIVE AND LEADERSHIP EMPOWERMENT (S.M.I.L.E)
S.M.I.L.E is on a mission to restore hope to less privileged youth, equip them to achieve life goals, and become agents of change in the society through mentoring and innovative leadership development programs. Over the past 7 years, S.M.I.L.E has impacted over 20,000 youths through their unique value-based peer mentoring model, youth empowerment initiatives, trainings, programs, and outreaches, for Students in Secondary and Tertiary Institutions as well as young graduates and professionals.
Visit https://smileng.org/ to learn more.