- A Skill-Up Climb-UP Project -

150 teenagers in Bakatari become Agripreneurs - Olusegun Oloruntobi's

Location | Bakatari, Omi Adio, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

THE NEED

Most children in Bakatari a Community in Omi Adio, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, struggle to make it past secondary school due to the inability of their parents to pay their school fees, a lot of these teenagers are left idle and therefore fall prey to immoral vices that further perpetuates the cycle of poverty.  Olusegun Oloruntoba saw this need and decided to do something about it.

 

DO, SKILL UP CLIMB UP PROJECT EMPOWERS 50 TEENAGERS IN BAKATARI.

To solve the need in his community Olusegun Oluruntoba a Do Grassroot Development Champion came up with the idea of training teenagers in his community on how to rear rabbits and generate income from it. His proposition was that with the income generated by the business, they can invest it in their education, the business will also keep them busy and prevent them from being drawn into immoral vices that will threaten their future. His plan was to set young people on a path that will see them rise out of poverty.

To succeed on his mission he decided to execute a SKILL-UP CLIMB UP project a flagship program we designed to empower impoverished communities with the skills and support they need to climb out of poverty.

Together with funding from GT Bank, we were able to achieve the following ;

  • Conduct a 5-day training workshop on rabbit farming and entrepreneurship that empowered over 300 youths with the skills they need to sustainably manage a backyard rabbit farm and kickstart their careers as Agric entrepreneurs.
  • Distribute 100 successfully mated live Rabbit does to 50 teenagers in Bakatari community high school, with 2 rabbits given to each teenager to enable them to start a career in rabbit farming and empower them with the finances they need to sponsor themselves through secondary and post-secondary education.
  • Set up of rabbit farms for each teenager.

Over 150 teens and families in Bakatari and its neighbouring communities benefited both directly and indirectly from this project.

IMPACT

This project, directly and indirectly, improved the livelihood of 150 teenagers setting them on a path towards completing their post-secondary education and helping them lead a productive life.

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