BACKGROUND
Nigeria is a country with great business and investment potentials, mush of which lies in the abundant human and natural resources. Tapping these resources requires organized efforts that can facilitate useful and economically viable entrepreneurial endeavours and business ventures. These efforts should target primarily the country’s most viable population, the youth. It is on this platform that Life-Skills Initiative for Youth empowerment and Development programme designed to help the youth, especially those that are disadvantaged educationally and economically to acquire knowledge and skills relevant to their success in life.
OUR VISION
The initiative is poised to provide life-skills training experiences to youths of all categories so that they can acquire relevant knowledge and skills necessary for self development, productivity and dependency.
OUR MISSION
To make the young generation competent in all spheres of human endeavours in order to be able to compete favourably with others in this rapidly changing society.
OUR OBJECTIVES
1) To raise the awareness of youth to self-employment as a career option.
2) To inculcate in the youth ability to think about or plan the future with great imagination and innovation creativity.
3) To empower young entrepreneurs with business related skills.
4) To develop the appropriate support systems, which can facilitate the exchange of ideas and knowledge?
5) To establish mechanisms capable of encouraging innovation and creativity.
6) To reduce the rate of unemployment, poverty, crime, hunger etc. among the youth.
7) To teach the youth essential practical life skills that is required for productive living, like: simple cakes, creative arts, hair salon, barbing salon, welding, painting and decoration, bricklaying, carpentering, ability to operate computer and other local production for household, such like: local pomade, powder custard, yogurt, soya-beans, soya-milk, kitchen soap, shoe-polish, ice-cream, detergent, hair-cream, gel, relaxer, shampoo, shoe-polish, and many other related skills.
MEMBERSHIPMembership is free to all who are committed to achieving the vision and the objectives of the initiative.
CONTACT DETAILS
Secreteriat: 94 Bonny Street Umuahia - 424401, Abia State, Nigeria
Branches: ICT/Innovation Centre, Office of the Vice-Chancellor, University of Nigeriam Nsukka
Tel: +234 (0) 8064-451-455, (0) 50955066
Email: lifeskillsinitiative@yahoo.com
Website: www.lifyeadng.blogspot.com
