We seek to address and eradicate the poverty of disabled/disadvantaged youths who have been discriminated out of development activities and economic survival.
Disability is seen as a taboo in Nigeria and people with disabilities are sometimes connected with evil spirits and are discriminated against. Our beneficiaries are poor disabled youths whom have deprived of the right to education and other development activities. Our center teaches vocational skills in shoe-making, tailoring, welding and fabrication, poultry and computer training among others. Due to stigma, there are few chances of employment. We need financial support to create jobs for them.
Job creation for self employment; Education and skill acquisition for sustainable living; A fulltime staff knowledgeable in IT/ Computer science and a support staff will be employed.
Reintegration of disabled youth into society; Extension of knowledge of information technology to disabled youths; Change the belief in society that disabled people are unemployable; Establishment of respect and self esteem in the disabled community
Our project offers hope: hope that disabled youth can find jobs, hope that they will become valued members of society and hope that their lives can be different by realizing their full potential.
- Christy Orduh, Executive Director
Total Funding Received to Date: $576
Funding Policy: partial
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Project Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $576 as of Jun 9, 2004. The original project funding goal was $38,500.
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
Thanks to 4 donors like you, a total of $576 was raised for this project on GlobalGiving. Combined with other sources of funding, this project raised enough money to fund the outlined activities and is no longer accepting donations.
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