Project Report
| Sep 25, 2009
Globalgiving Ambassador, Miss Black Britain, visits Fotd Centre in Lagos
By Orduh Aku Christy | Executive Director/ Founder
History was made in Friends Of The Disabled (FOTD) Centre on the 4th of September, when Miss Black Britain Visited FOTD Vocational Skill Centre as part of her activities in Nigeria during her visit.She was greeted with a special dance from the hearing and speech impaired females. After going round the sections, she was convienced that impairment is not a disability except where and when the appropriate intervention is not given by the family and the society at large.She had the opportunity to take away gifts,the products from the Tailoring and Bead Sections as evidence of their resourcefullness.She also was given a Plaque for remembrance and continuity of relationship. (See photo gallary)
We thank Globalgiving for considering her coming to us worthwhile. Also Researchers from the Global Fund For Children (GFC) from Washington DC, came to FOTD Centre from the 27th -29th of July 2009 to see the Vocational Skill Training for their GFC Research
Program.Their report is still expected
The training of 45 students by MTN Foundation has taken off.All the Equipment and Tools are completed. We THANK MTN FOUNDATION FOR THIS huge Investiment towards the recovery of the disabled youths.
We commend our numerous Donors for their support that has led us this far and to say that it is not over until it is over.We are determined to achieve our aims and objectives for this project. The skills acquired by our trainees and their products now show that they are ready for integration into the mainstream of the society.
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Jun 8, 2009
A Wide stride for further achievement.
By Chief Aku Christy Orduh | Executive Director
We have succeeded in our negotiation to Patner with MTN Foundation to train 45 disadvantaged youths from the spresd of six Geopolitical Zones in Nigeria. The prject took off on the 1 st. of June 2009 when the Agreement was signed.MTN is the largest Telecommunication in Nigeria helping to reach out to the world.
All our training machines that are not functioning are to be replaced and focus skills areas are in Welding, Tailoring and fashion design, Shoe making. Information Technology, Poultry and Fishery are included in the training for knowledge and sustainability of the project as a whole.
NAFDAC, the Food and Drug packaging regulator has taken our water for final anlysis for us to get Identity to proceed packaging for sales.
Each student is to receive N8,000 ( eight thousand Naira only) as the training goes on. The students could not hide their feelings and have expressed in many ways their joy to be selected for the training." I will have my own shop?. " Am lucky" These are some of their expressions as they were told that they would be helped to settle in a business when they finish.
We are grateful to Globalgiving and their supporters who are also our Donors for taking us this far. We will not disappoint you.
Thanks a lot. Let us know what you will like to ask about us.
Thanks again.
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Feb 11, 2009
We are almost there
By Chief Aku Christy Orduh | Executive Director/Founder
The training to give skills and jobs to 425 disabled in Nigeria is yeilding dividend and we are seeing the end of the tunnel.At the end of the target project, the training continues for it is a continous process so long as there are disabled youths still roaming the streets for livelihood.Those we trained are recruiting others for training in the Centre and those trained in Computer are being employed by other business Centres.
The capacity of the Centre is being enhanced by the aquisition of new machines and equipment to replace the aged ones. There is a recruitment exercise now to train another barge of forty five disabled with the promise to give them equipment and tools at the end of their training. The satchet water production will also aid us to do that amist other helps.
The borehole for the satchet water now provides water to the Centre and so the students have no need to go out for drinking water. In a couple of months, the packaging will take off when NAFDAC must have given us number. We are working to make up the requirement of the Nation's food processing demand before we take off.
We are grateful for the support of Globalgiving to showcase our project and more grateful to our donors who have sustained us this far. we are ready to go on and to bring the desired change with further support.
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