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Livelihood Programme​

Livelihood Programme

HYPREP has the mandate to provide alternative livelihood for people in Ogoniland whose sources of income have been adversely affected by oil spills.

COMMENCEMENT OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR FIVE THOUSAND (5000) OGONI PEOPLE

Upon completion of the analysis of the needs assessment, training commenced in October 2023 in the Twenty (20) different vocational skill sets. The training facilities are in Port Harcourt, Eleme and Bori. Hands-on exercises at the various facilities have continued to be monitored by respective units in HYPREP as well as SPDC and UNEP. Monthly transport and feeding allowances are being paid to beneficiaries all through their training duration. Upon completion of training, start up packs would be provided for skills requiring individual start up.

BUSINESS INTERVENTION SUPPORT FUND FOR SIXTY (60) EXISTING SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE COMMUNITY-BASED BUSINESS

For the purposes of transparency and inclusiveness, businesses were identified through the Needs Assessment exercise. All Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as captured in the Needs

Assessment forms administered across over One Hundred (100) communities, were visited for Geographical Information System (GIS) mapping. Also, the businesses were verified and assessed to ascertain challenges and areas where support is needed.  At the end of the exercise, selected businesses owners were trained in collaboration with the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center to strengthen their capacity to run and sustain their businesses.

The Business Intervention Support Fund to Small and Medium scale enterprises is designed to help promote the growth of small businesses in the local communities and kick start the process of renewed economic growth. It is the PCO’s expectation that beneficiaries of this support fund grow to be dependable entrepreneurs who would be the heart and soul of our communities, providing not just goods and services, but also creating jobs, fostering innovation, and contributing to the unique character of Ogoniland.

Small businesses are the backbone of the local economy, often owned and operated by individuals who have poured their passion, hard work, and savings into making their dreams a reality. They bring diversity to our marketplaces, offering quality products and experiences. For every kobo spent at a local business, a larger share stays within the local economy, circulating among other small businesses and benefiting everyone

TRAINING OF NINETY (90) OGONI YOUTHS ON MANGROVE TRANSPLANTING AND REVEGETATION

As the remediation processes progress into revegetation of remediated lands, the Project Coordination Office thought it wise to train Ogoni youths as mangrove vanguards for the next phase of the remediation project. A mangrove consultant, Prof. Tanee Franklin was engaged for a three (3) month intensive mangrove revegetation training. Upon completion

of the theory, trainees proceeded to Bomu creek to establish their own mangrove nurseries. The training was so successful that trainees were employing assistants to manage their vast nursery beds.

COMMENCEMENT OF AVIATION TRAININGS

Following the application and shortlisting of qualified applicants for trainings in the aviation industry; the Project Coordination Office engaged Cabin Training Institute (CTI) to carry out

the selection of One Hundred (100) trainees, twenty-five (25) persons per LGA. The screening was a three-day event and covered the following:

Written test on Nov 8th at Suanu Finimale Hall Bori,

Oral Interview on Nov 9th at Suanu Finimale Hall Bori and

Swimming test at Sports complex swimming pool, University of Port Harcourt.

The first batch trainees numbering Fifteen (15) and second batch trainees numbering Fourteen (14) totals Twenty-nine (29) Ogonis have been trained in the cabin crew so far.

ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB QUIZ COMPETITION

The Project Coordination Office established environmental clubs in Twelve (12) schools across Ogoniland. Three (3) schools per LGA. The objective of the club is to provide students with the

opportunity to learn more about HYPREP activities and their environment at large. The club also helps the students develop social life skills hence developing their minds to make informed decisions concerning their environment. The club activities are usually enriched by experts from the Four (4) thematic areas of HYPREP (Water, Remediation, Public Health, and Livelihood) who enlighten and have interactive sessions with students on their activities regularly. To test their knowledge of environmental protection, the Project Coordination office organized a quiz competition. The participating schools are listed below:

Khana LGA

Community Secondary School, Bori

Comprehensive Secondary School, Ken-Poly Bori

Birabi Memorial Grammar School, Bori        

Gokana LGA

Bodo City Girl Secondary School, Bodo

Community Secondary School, Mogho

Community Secondary School, Barako

Tai LGA

Community Secondary School, Koroma       

Government Secondary School, Kpite

Community Secondary School, Kira

Eleme LGA

Government Secondary School, Onne

Community Secondary School, Ogale           

Community Secondary School, Ebubu

A TRAINING OF FOUR HUNDRED WOMEN IN AGRI-BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS

Four hundred women were

trained in agri-business and entrepreneurial skills at the Songhai Farms, Bunu, Tai Local Government Area and on a larger scale, the project is training more women and youths some of whom were former artisanal refiners. The women trained at the Songhai Farms have already been organized into Cooperative Societies and are operating their farms.

FABRICATION AND USE OF CASSAVA PROCESSING MACHINES AT IITA ONNE

FABRICATION AND USE OF CASSAVA PROCESSING MACHINES AT IITA ONNE

There was the initial training of some Ogoni youths in the fabrication and use of cassava processing machines at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA Onne. For sustainability of the programme, a cassava processing factory was set up in Korokoro Community in Tai Local Government Area and the trained youths registered as a Cooperative group.

Photos of Livelihood Programmes

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TESTIMONIALS

Testimonials from beneficiaries

HYPREP Training is ongoing, and the distribution of items still in progress. It is important to note that the birds and cucumber seeds distributed in most of the farms have grown and are being harvested.

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DODOBARI NGULUBE – Trainee in Fashion and Designing

First and foremost, I want to say a big thank you to HYPREP for giving me this opportunity to be trained in a fashion school. I want to say thank you to them, most especially A+ fashion agency, they are good. What I have learnt so far? When I came in here I never had any basic knowledge of fashion. When I came in here, they taught us how to measure, normal measurement on a human body. I have passion for fashion, a deep one. The way I dress, I have passion for it and with the basic information I have got here and the knowledge I am acquiring here, I want to own a fashion school and also use that opportunity to raise others. It is not scam. Initially when I picked the form, it was about two years back. I was waiting for it and saying when will it come and finally it came and they had to segment us. They brought me to A+ Fashion Agency, when I climbed up, I said wow someone owns this kind of place? I won't have had that money;

my dad won't have had that amount of money to give to me to come for a fashion school. My dad is not that buoyant that would have given me over a million naira to come to a fashion school. On my own if I had the money, I would have come but HYPREP gave me the opportunity for me to come to a school that is of this quality. If I am exceptional in it, I am going to be issued an international certificate, so it is a plus to HYPREP and I am very grateful I have this opportunity.

DODOBARI NGULUBE

AGNES OSARO – Trainee in Pastries

I am training in culinary art, pastries to be precise. Pastries is all about baking and making sweet foods. In pastries we bake cookies, different kinds of cookies, different kinds of cake and we make things like meat pie, chicken pie, sausage rolls, doughnuts,

puff-puff, buns and we can also make biscuits. So far these are things we have done. We have baked cakes, we have also made meat pie, we have done chicken pie, we have done sausage rolls, we have done puff-puff, we have done buns and we have also

done bread and cookies. I can remember when I was growing up, my mum used to bake a kind of cake but when I came here, I saw something entirely different. This is not what we used to see in our locality. This is not how we used to do it. This is not what we have seen people do. So far so good, I think or let me say I am convinced it is the best.

After now I intend to use it commercially like using it for business in the aspect that I should be able to make cake for birthday parties, do small chops for events and to use it

to establish myself. I dream of owning a pastry shop. I want to say a very big thank you to

HYPREP because most of us, ordinarily, we might not have been able to afford it or let me say I couldn't have been able to afford it but with HYPREP it has been possible. So, I want to say a very big thank you to HYPREP.

AGNES OSARO

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