Events

2005 Event :

In April 7th, 2005, DDF organized an empowerment training program for youths on fire fighting at the Cachez Conference Center . During this training program, the participants received lecture on home emergencies and regulations.
Present to deliver the lectures where men from Nigerian Fire Service and some staff of Nigerian Red Cross Society.

Cross-Sections Of Participants And Trainees During Dewdrop Foundation Skills Empowerment Training Programme On Fire Home Emergencies And Regulations

As a follow-up, Dewdrop Foundation is currently running 3-month Empowerment Training Programs in Karu. The training is aimed at empowering unskilled, uneducated / semi-educated women and youths to become small and medium scale entrepreneurs, through skills acquisition and alternative education. They are also trained in professional domestic and hospitality service delivery. This is to enable them acquire professional skills to fit in as professional HouseKeepers, Stewards / cooks, nannies and companions, landscape consultants as well as Hotel attendants.

A Visit to Blooming Chicken, 30a Karu Site, Karu Abuja To Work Out Modalities For The Attachment/ Internship Program On June 9 th , 2005.

In order to give the participants a first hand experience in these fields, the Foundation, in partnership with some establishments like Blooming Chicken, Cachez Garden, ete has arranged for a one month internship program for the participants.
DDF hopes to run this program, 4 times yearly for different sets of participants.

In its efforts at poverty reduction/ eradication and women empowerment, THE DEWDROP FOUNDATION initiated a beekeeping project for human resource development and empowerment of Ushafa women in February, 2004.

USHAFA is a small Gwari village in the Bwari Area Council of the FCT with a population of approximately 900.

USHAFA is presently known for its legendary pottery and clay work. The women in this community are also known for local hunting of honey, which they sell to the public virtually in its raw form. So far, there has been very little revenue yield for the local inhabitants.

DEWDROP FOUNDATION therefore identifies and selected USHAFA as an ideal community as our model village for a sustainable women and youth empowerment program that would benefit the community.

During the first phase of this project, we conducted an awareness campaign to enlighten the community on the advantages of harnessing the potentials in Agro/ cultural bases development. The foundation is currently working on establishing a beekeeping skills acquisition centre for Ushafa women. The project has been very much delayed due to inadequate resources and lack of time.
The project is aimed at boosting their revenue generating potential and mitigating the effects of poverty on the community.

The first awareness campaign took place on the 23 rd November, 2003 at the palace of the ESU of USHAFA. In attendance were:

Dewdrop project coordinator
The Council Chief
2 women leaders
1 Interpreter

Odinakaonye Lagi
Esu of Ushafa
Saratu Daniel, Asibu Chukwudu
Doris

Ushafa women and youth (approximately 100 in number turned for the meeting)