Food Security Nigeria Project #53856

Youth Farming to Eliminate Hunger in Rural Nigeria

by Lady Mitz Foundation

Youth Farming to Eliminate Hunger in Rural Nigeria

Project Report | Mar 22, 2023
LMF YOUTH FARMING REPORT 2023 March

By Mercy Egbuchulam-Onyianta | Project Leader

TO: Our LMF Esteem Heroes,

It is with great joy and pleasure that I bring to you “A Year in Review” for Lady Mitz Foundation. I am proud to tell you that, because of the kindness and generosity of partners like you and GlobalGiving, we were able to raise $11, 209.28 of our $50,000 budget in 2022. It is because of your support that we were able to train 20 youths this past year on how to farm, feed oneself, family and community and eliminate hunger. Thanks to your kindness, these youths were able to plant a maize farm. As well as grow, harvest and share their fresh farm produce with the community.

You are why Lady Mitz Foundation (LMF) continues to thrive and the reason behind the smiling faces of so many youths in the Umunoha community. You didn’t just feed and train them; you have given them hope and a means of livelihood. They are now very happy and excited to go out and practice on their own, what they have learned this past year, and can’t wait for the rain to fall already so they can get started. On behalf of the entire Lady Mitz Foundation Community, I give you a resounding kudos and a heartwarming thank you. I pray that God continues to bless each and every one of you more and more, Amen!

Our youths successfully completed their practical training on the farm (hands-on coaching and learning) last year in 2022. They planted a corn farm, grew, harvested, had a feast with the community and shared their farm produce (picture are below).

Next Phase (The Goal for 2023)

Practice What You Learnt

Each newly trained Farmer will be assigned a little portion of LMF leased Farm land for their personal practical experience to use the techniques and strategies they have learned and make a mini- vegetable Farm of choice. They will choose a vegetable of their choice and also choose a volunteer to assist them who they will also coach on what they have learned. They will have supervision from the Master Coach to make sure that they stay with Guidelines, schedule and keep routine and momentum going well. They following Schedule are in Progress.

1. Conference / Meetings and talks about what worked and what did not work /improvements

2. Partition of LMF Leased land Amongst individual youths to choose a vegetable of their choice and build their farm to represent their own practical experience of what they learned.

3. Choose a Volunteer partner from New Volunteers (3^rd Cohort)

4. Sensitization and enlightenment of the youth farmers on the objectives and goals of the project

5. Land Clearing and Preparation

6. Training / Orientations for New Youth Volunteers

5 Procurement of farm tools.

Planting and cultivation (After the Rain Falls)

We have entered the next phase of LMF Youths Farming to Eliminate Hunger Project and we can’t do it without your help and support. I Therefore, use this opportunity to make appeal and ask for your continued support during our upcoming April-Little-by Little Matching Funds Campaign. This campaign starts on April 3 -7, 2023 for one week and GlobalGiving will match each $50 donated to our project with $50 (50% ) per Donor. When you donate $50 to our Youths Farming Project, it will get $100 and that will go along way to proving our youths with their needs to continue to thrive with the project.

Consistent support is the key to ensure ongoing impact. Please also share this with your contacts and invite them to consider supporting this worthy, ongoing project. Together we will keep impacting life one village at a time, Amen!

Once again, I thank you for your thoughtfulness, kindness and generosity. You are LMF Team of Heroes and our youths are forever grateful to you, while you remain always blessed, Amen!

We will keep you informed about the progress of the project. If you have any comments, advice, or question, please feel free to direct them to us, and we will answer as best we can.

Mercy Egbuchulam- Onyianta Prince Chiwuba

Founder- Lady Mitz Foundation Project Leader & Coach Nigeria

Target: Youths Category: Food Security

Project Location: Umunoha Mbaitoli LGA, Imo State, Nigeria

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LMF Youths Farming Project Cohort 2023

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Nov 21, 2022
LMF Youth Farming Project 5th Report

By Mercy Egbuchulam-Onyianta | Project Leader

To: Our LMF Esteemed Hero

A Recap

Our Youth Farming Project to Eliminate Hunger in rural Nigeria, is one born out of passion. Lady Mitz Foundation cares deeply about the youth in rural Nigeria and wants to empower them and equip them with proper modern farming skills in order to combat hunger insecurities. In addition, we are creating a livelihood for these young people, impacting the community at large. According to research, the agribusiness sector is estimated to reach $1 trillion (USD) by 2030. The African continent is home to almost two-thirds of the world's land. Yet, Africa's small to medium scale entrepreneurs are marginalized. With almost 60% of Africa's population being under 25 years of age, 60% of unemployed Africans are young adults and only 2% of African graduates specialize in Agriculture. This emphasizes the need to inform, equip and empower the African youth so they can take advantage of the resources the continent has to offer. Allowing them to improve the economy, combat food insecurity and secure jobs.

With the partnership of GlobalGiving and the support of kind and generous donors like you, we have been able to implement this project from humble beginnings to a robust harvest. We couldn’t have done this without your full support and donations. We are incredibly glad that we can count on your continuous support as we move to the next phase of this life changing experience for our youths. Thank you!

Overview of the Project

The Project is divided into 3 phases which include:

Recruitment of youths for the program.
Training on effective farming skills and farming
Harvest and Empowerment

An induction of the 20 young farmers into the cohort was done in January, 2022. After which they were educated on the objectives and goals of the project. They were trained on modern farming skills and were equipped with basic techniques needed in farming. The youth farmers were also given a monthly stipend throughout the course of the project.

Youth Farmers recruited for the project

PROJECT INPUT

A plot of land was acquired for the project
Needed tools and equipment were purchased for the project implementationsuch as farming hoes, sun hats, rakes, cutlasses, rope, etc.
Seeds and organic manure were purchased
Training of the recruited youth farmers
Monthly meeting with the youth farmers and mentoring sessions

Challenges

Inconsistent rainfall
Other

Our youth successfully planted a corn farm this year. They started with clearing the bushes to make farm land, then planted and grew corn to harvest fresh produce. During this process they learned the various manual farming skills, as well as peer relations and group dynamics,etc.

Upcoming Activities Include

Youth Gathering Session and End of Year celebration in December with the community.

To wrap up the project for the year, the youth farmers are preparing for a Lady Mitz Foundation Day celebration in which they will entertain the community with food, dance, skits, etc. The youths will have a forum session where they talk about their experiences, strengths, weaknesses, progress and challenges. They will also exhibit some of their harvested crops.

We are happy to bring you good news and progress each time and happy that we can count on your support. Thank you.

National GivingTuesday is around the corner and GlobalGiving will be matching funds again for our project on November 29, 2022. We are counting on you to donate to help our project win matching funds and also ask some of your friends to help us too and here’s why.

GlobalGiving is offering a $1,200,000 Incentive Fund that will be distributed to participants proportionally based on final fundraising totals and this means the more our organization raises, the more prize money our project will earn! We need your donation and we also need you to help us tell a friend about our good work and ask them to support us. We need more donors to help us win matching funds.

You are supporting a project that is engaging young people, providing them a means of livelihood while equipping them with skills to be independent. Yes, this is what we are doing with your donations and they are transitioning to planting other crops while preparing for the business aspect of farming like selling and preserving farm produce, and we need your help to continue to make impact on the lives of these youths. They will remember you LMF Team of heroes, “Your good deeds are not invisible because they leave a trail that is imprinted on the hearts of our youths”; you are the best and God will continue to bless you and yours, Amen.

We will keep you informed about the progress on this project. If you have any comments, advice, or question, please feel free to direct them to us @ info@ladymitz.org and our telephone is 1(631) 827-6777

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Sep 12, 2022
LMF Youth Farming 4th Report

By Mercy Egbuchulam-Onyianta | Project Leader

YOUTH FARMING TO ELIMINATE HUNGER IN RURAL NIGERIA 4th GG REPORT

To: Our LMF Esteemed Hero,

I am delighted to bring you more good news on our project in Umunoha's rural community in Imo State Nigeria; your continuous support, donations and contributions, are the reason our youths are making steady progress. We applaud your kindness and generosity for working together with us to improve the lives of youths in rural Nigeria.

We are 9 months into the Project, Youth Farming to Eliminate Hunger in rural Nigeria, and with your help we have been able to achieve the following:

1. Recruitment and Induction of the 20 young farmers into the cohort in January

2. Sensitization and enlightenment of the youth farmers on the objectives and goals of the project

3. Land Clearing and Preparation

4. Training of Youth Farmers

5 Procurement of Farm Tools.

6. Planting and cultivation

7. Mentoring of Youth Farmers

8. Paying Monthly Stipends to 20 Youth Farmers for upkeep

We are gradually coming to the end of the project as we look towards a robust harvest.

Upcoming Activities Include

1. Weeding

2. Harvesting

3. Training of the youths on Climate Change Adaptation practices in Agriculture

4. Presavation of crops

5. Other

You are supporting a project that is engaging young people, providing them a means of livelihood while equipping them with skills to be independent. Yes, this is what we are doing with your donations and you should give yourself kudos. Our youths are highly enthusiastic, super grateful to you, and working very hard to achieve success; and that’s because you care. Thank you!

In order to make our project even more successful and bring it to completion, we ask you to consider making a monthly donation. Any amount is greatly appreciated and goes a long way. You are our Team of Heroes! "GlobalGiving offers a 100% Match year-round on new recurring donations".

Also, our 3rd campaign this year, GlobalGiving’s September Little by Little Campaign is taking place September12-16 and they are matching online donations up to $50 at 50%! Only $50 donations will be marched with $25 by GlobalGiving: so, for every $50 donated to LMF youth Farming Project during this week we will get $75 and we need your help to succeed. We are asking you to donate and also to tell a friend about our project and ask that they donate $50 during our campaign, please.

Don’t forget that according to research, agribusiness sector is estimated at US $1 trillion by 2030? The African continent is home to almost two-third of the world's variable land. Yet, African's small scale and medium entrepreneurs are marginalized. With almost 60% of Africa's population being under 25 years of age. 60% of African's unemployed are young adults and only 2% of African Graduate specialize in Agriculture. This emphasizes the need to sensitize, equip and empower the African youth to take advantage of the resources the continent has to offer in order to improves the economy, combat food insecurity and provide jobs, while we pray and hope that the death of the Queen of England will affect Africa positively, Amen!

This is why we need your continued partnership, when you donate you are not only helping just the youths, you are feeding the community and also creating infrastructures and jobs

Your past support has helped the Lady Mitz Foundation to implement the Youth Farming To Eliminate Hunger in Rural Nigeria progressively and we count on your continued support to achieve success, Amen!

Please do spread the words on social media. Share our work because we need consistent support to ensure ongoing impact. “Your good deeds are not invisible because they leave a trail that is imprinted on the hearts of our youths”; you are the best, Amen!

Project Leader: Mercy Egbuchulam-Onyianta

Project Location: Mbaitoli LGA, Imo State, Nigeria

Target: Youths and Community

Category: Food Security

Nigeria Project Leader: Blessed Peter-Akinloye

Month: September 2022

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