Over 100 grassroots girls, largely subsistence farmers and petty merchants, participated in a one-day management and enterprise expertise coaching organised by the ENS Innovation Hub Ltd and the White Gold Initiative, in collaboration with the African Girls Entrepreneurship Cooperative (AWEC).
Beneath the theme “Main Self to Lead Others,” the coaching, which was held in Buzunkure, a rural neighborhood inside the Kuje Space Council of the FCT, was designed to equip girls with the sensible instruments wanted to construct confidence, strengthen cash administration expertise, and develop small companies in ways in which enhance their households and communities.
Talking on the opening, the facilitator and co-founder of the ENS Innovation Hub Ltd, Shirley Igbinedion, emphasised that management begins with self.
“Earlier than we are able to lead others – whether or not our households, companies, or communities – we should first discover ways to lead ourselves. Meaning constructing confidence, setting small objectives, and being disciplined with our assets,” she stated.
This system featured a mixture of storytelling, group discussions, and function performs that mirrored the ladies’s day by day realities. Periods centered on cash administration, entrepreneurship, and folks expertise. By interactive workouts, individuals realized the “three pots” methodology of managing cash – separating earnings into enterprise, household, and financial savings – and shared concepts for including worth to their small companies, reminiscent of packaging produce in another way or promoting complementary items collectively.
On the shut of the coaching, every participant dedicated to at least one motion she would take within the coming month to enhance her farm or commerce. Individuals expressed gratitude for the chance. “I by no means considered separating my cash earlier than. Now I do know I need to save for the longer term, not simply spend all the pieces,” stated Hauwa, a petty dealer from the neighborhood. One other participant, Grace, an area farmer, added: “The tales shared at the moment confirmed me that I can begin small and nonetheless develop my enterprise.”
This system demonstrates the ability of focused, sensible coaching to strengthen girls’s capability to maintain their livelihoods and encourage change inside their households and communities.
