Rescuing Nigerian street youth, ghetto youth, and the destitute from gangsterism, drug addiction, crime/violence involvement
Rescuing the Nigerian street youths, Ghetto youths, and destitute from gangsterism, drug addiction, crime/violence involvement , through Education, Skills acquisition, and psycho-social support.
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Year the initative began (yyyy)
2007
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Plot your innovation within the mosaic of solutions
Which of these barriers is the primary focus of your work?
Culture/environment of conflict exposes and enlists young men in violence
Which of the principles is the primary focus of your work?
Change surrounding cultures to create a society that values and enriches young people’s transition to adulthood
If you believe some other barrier or principle should be included in the mosaic, please describe it and how it would affect the positioning of your initiative in the mosaic:
· Culture and tradition
· Technical aids
· Technical staffs
· Psychosocial services
Name Your Project
Rescuing Nigerian street youth, ghetto youth, and the destitute from gangsterism, drug addiction, crime/violence involvement
Describe Your Idea
Rescuing the Nigerian street youths, Ghetto youths, and destitute from gangsterism, drug addiction, crime/violence involvement , through Education, Skills acquisition, and psycho-social support.
Innovation
Describe your program or new idea in one sentence.
Rescuing the Nigerian street youths, Ghetto youths, and destitute from gangsterism, drug addiction, crime/violence involvement , through Education, Skills acquisition, and psycho-social support.
What makes your initiative uniquely positioned to create change in your community?
The unique nature of this initiative is that we incorporate local traditions and values in our strategies. We do not give handouts, nor do we impose a new way of life, we empower. We engage the young people and disenfranchise them; we enable them to become true participants and not spectators. We start with what they no, and then build on it.
Describe how you organize and carry out your work?
The program begins with the selection of young men vulnerable to gangsterism, drug addiction, violence and educational negligence. In that respect we go through community based organizations, Quranic school teachers and in some occasions ghetto leaders. Being closer to these groups they identify the risk group, refer and/or link them up with us. A training schedules are made, which include series of sensitizations and mind building, skills acquisitions. These trainings are usually residential for a period of three months, with psychological support.
Right from the beginning of the training, community support, as regards to micro-credit and/or technical equipments relevant to their field of learning. During the training, the prospective grandaunts are thought to be innovative and creative. We therefore emphasized on their initiatives and build on it. In addition a lot of recreational activities are organized during the period, and inspirational songs and music are developed by them.
After the gratitude follow up activity are conducted by the community leaders, our team, religiousThe program begins with the selection of young men vulnerable to gangsterism, drug addiction, violence and educational negligence. In that respect we go through community based organizations, Quranic school teachers and in some occasions ghetto leaders. Being closer to these groups they identify the risk group, refer and/or link them up with us. A training schedules are made, which include series of sensitizations and mind building, skills acquisitions. These trainings are usually residential for a period of three months, with psychological support.
Right from the beginning of the training, community support, as regards to micro-credit and/or technical equipments relevant to their field of learning. During the training, the prospective grandaunts are thought to be innovative and creative. We therefore emphasized on their initiatives and build on it. In addition a lot of recreational activities are organized during the period, and inspirational songs and music are developed by them.
After the gratitude follow up activity are conducted by the community leaders, our team, religious leaders for evaluation
What is your plan to scale and expand your innovation into your community and beyond?
Our plan to scale and expand innovation includes the forming alumni forum that may help in future sustenance. The beneficiaries may help in fund raising and support mobilization leading to sustainability. Community ownership for the program is encouraged through community based organization and faith based organization.
In addition revenue generation activities may be achieved during the training, which may help in sustaining the centers.
With strong partnerships and collaborations we equally anticipated more support, from private and public sectors.
What other resources, institutional, or policy needs would be necessary to help sustain and scale up your idea?
Other resources includes technical equipments, capacity buildings, I.E.C materials, acquisition of training hall, and means of transport for that purpose rather than rental or on hire services.
Impact
Describe your impact in one sentence, commenting on both the individual and community levels.
to date the initiative has been able to serve directly 212 young people in three communities of northern Nigeria. An estimated 350 families indirectly benefiteted.
What impact has your work achieved to date?
Through this program reduction in crime, gangsterism, addiction, joblessness among young people have been registered in three communities of Kano and more impact are expected with more commitment.
Number of individuals served
to date the initiative has been able to serve directly 212 young people in three communities of northern Nigeria. An estimated 350 families indirectly benefited so far.
Community impact
In those communities a marked decrease in joblessness by 45% has been achieved. Street begging extremely dropped, and most Quranic school pupils became self reliant and hope is being restored, regarding the vicious cycle of thuggery, gangsterism, crimes, and poverty among people of these communities.
Society at large
Since the initiation targeted some high risk communities in Kano state of northern Nigeria, there is high expectancy that that any slight improvement will ultimately be felt to the larger society.
What measure do you use to gauge your impact and why?
Number of people trained in a given period of time and of course the number of those able to put what they have learnt into practice. Series of follow up activities follows immediately after training. This includes visits to places where young people establish their new businesses. E.g tailoring, knitting places. The number of youth roaming in the street for begging or thuggery may also be a useful tool in impact measurement. Reduction of crimes and related vices may also be used. This is because the more the young people explore their value, the less the social vices in the community.
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Sustainability
How is your initiative currently being financed and how would you finance further expansion and/or replication?
The initiative is currently been financed by the society For Youth Awareness and Health Development, with some extra support from affected communities. Now the organization is looking forward to investors, partners and communities’ support to further expand the project. The organization is now talking with some affected governmental bodies to come in.
Provide information on your current finances and organization:
Annual budget: (with drop down menu allowing them to select denomination and then we convert anything not in US$ to include it as a 2nd number)
Training materials-400,000 Naira.
Participants feeding-250,000 Naira
Transportations-133,000.Naira
Trainers’ allowances and per diem- 97,000.Naira
Levy and rentals-40,000.Naira
Annual revenue: 920,000 Naira.
Sources of revenue (please provide percentages if known):
Community cotributions-33%
Board members-27%
Executive contributions-15%
Donor agencies (governmental & non governmental)-25%
Number of staff (3 boxes: full-time, part-time, volunteers):
Full time-5.
Part time-3
Volunteers-16
Who are your potential partners and allies?
The potential partners are the capacity acquisition centers and donor agencies. How ever these may includes individual philanthropists.
Who are your potential investors?
Communities, government and non governmental organization, and philanthropists.
The Story
What is the origin of this innovation? Tell us your story.
This is idea emanated as a result of high number of street and ghetto youths in kano state of northern Nigeria, that roam about the metropolitan, begging and/or stealing. It is also as a result of the survey conducted by my organization, SYAHD, on the engagement of Quranic schools pupils in gangsterism and crimes due to joblessness.
After sitting down with the community leaders, my organization decided to come up with this initiative.
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MY ORGANISATION
Society for youth Awareness and Health Development (SYAHD) is a youth-focused, non profit, non governmental, non partisan organization that has been established in September 2003 as a result of various studies conducted in both rural and urban communities in Kano state, on youth social vices and menace of HIV/AIDS pandemics, and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs),Tropical diseases(such as malaria and tuberculosis), drug abuse, thuggery, educational negligence and political violence.
OUR VANGUARDS
The organization is headed by project Coordinator/Director who has been in social work for over ten years, peer health educators’ trainer, and attendant of various seminars, workshops/training both within and outside the country. The executive team is a composition of seasoned and vast social workers, peer health educators, counselors and testers of HIV, administrators, information managers, youth & women liberators, members of various forums & CBOs, and attendants of various seminars and workshops.
OUR VISION
SYAHD envisions a healthy society when people of all category are aware of the commonest practices that ruin their lives, and various approaches to their social and health problems, with young people {male & female} leading the crusade.
OUR MISSION
To improve the quality of the socio-economic & health status of Nigerian society, through advocacy, sensitization, enlightenment, and skills acquisition.
OUR GOAL
To improve community participation and access to information on health education, skills acquisition, democracy & good governance, and poverty reduction in line with MDGs.
AREA OF FOCUS
Reproductive health(HIV/AIDS/STIS/maternal health).
Democracy & good governance.
Education.
Skills acquisition.
Child labor.
Drug abuse.
OUR AIMS AND OBJECTIVE
To create awareness on the danger of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infection.
To improve the quality of reproductive health services in communities through dissemination of factual information on good practices.
To enlighten the public on the concept of democracy, good governance, and rule of law.
To enlighten youth on the consequences of drug and substance abuse with a view to reducing it.
To enlighten youth on the importance of education and consequence of its negligence, through guidance & Counseling.
To enlighten the community on the dangers of child labour in the society.
To reduce political violence and conflicts among youth.
To provide community HIV counseling & testing in Kano state-Nigeria.
OUR STRATEGY
- Advocacy
- Training & Sensitization
- HIV Concealing & Testing
- Referrals to other facility based-care & social support services
- Networking with other NGOs, CBOs, Religious Groups & FBOs.
- Reaching young people through sport (RYPTs)
SOME OF OUR PAST AND PRESENT ACTIVITIES.
On going HIV counseling and testing services at the following centers in collaboration with Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria(IHVN).
Our Head office at No 9 Wudil Road Opposite Tarauni Special Primary School, Kano.
U/Uku Kauyen Alu Opposite Maternity Clinic
No 66B Taraunin Kudu Near Yangwangawan Market.
Ø On going street immunization activity in kano state, in collaboration with World Health Organization (WHO),Kano state office.
End-Malaria programs in collaboration with Malaria foundation international (MFI), Atlanta GA, USA.
- Sensitization workshop on drug abuse at Dakatsalle – December 2003.
- Sensitization on HIV/AIDs at Gadar Tamburawa – January 2004
- Sensitization workshop on HIV/AIDs & STIs at Wudil L.G. – February, 2004
- Reaching young people through sport activities at Bompai Barracks – January 2006
- Yearly world AIDs day rally & sensitization.
- IPD town mobilization at Tarauni L.G. in collaboration with WHO, Kano – June 2006.
- For more information contact:
Society for youth Awareness & Health Development (SYAHD) at No 9B Wudil Road, Opposite Tarauni Special Primary School, Kano.
Phone: 064945731, 08037159703, 08036987266
E-mail: syahdinfounit@yahoo.com or The Project Director: - syahd4health@yahoo.com
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