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Passionately Eradicating Poverty & Hunger In Africa Through Education & Entrepreneurship
From the personal experience of quality education deprivation due to being the only girl- child amongst five boys to getting married to a man that was orphaned at just 11 years old, Whitefield Foundation came from a place of passion and commitment.
Whitefield started with free tutorial classes for students seeking admission into tertiary institutions, scholarship scheme and free I.C.T Training for students in public schools.
Educational support to public schools through provision of books, renovation of libraries and Mathematics & English Tutorial for final year students.
S.H.A.P.E (She Has Abilities, Postion & Equip her) is an empowerment initiative that has so far equipped 20,770 vulnerable and disadvantaged women and youth between ages of 18years and 45 years with relevant, commercially viable technical and vocational skills.
In the wake of increased spate of violence in the country as a result of protests, vandalization and all sorts, Project HSS was able to defray the medical bills of over 185 victims and empower 50 small businesses.
We distributed over 2,500 hand sanitizers and nosemasks to law enforcement agencies especially police officers in Lagos State. We also distributed raw food items to over 2,000 families in Lagos Mainland and widows of military officers.
The program was funded by The Coca Cola Foundation (TCCF) and empowered 74, 204 disadvantaged women and youth to gain entrepreneurship skills with grant award from 1, 100 trainees. The hybrid training modeled had beneficiaries from all 36 states and Federal Capital Territory in Nigeria.
An initiative named Operation LADDER (Laugh At Deluge, Drink, Eat and Rejuvenate) was launched by WF and partners to bring relief and support to flood survivors and their households.The operation reached 8,759 households (52,554 people indirectly) and provided seedlings to 2,800 small-holder farmers, 80% women, to restore their means of livelihoods.
Vocational Skill Training in partnership with All For Youth Nigeria laser focused on the unemployed youth in Lagos, Ibadan and Kano State. The training has so far graduated 876 trainees across Lagos, Ibadan, and Kano states. 37 top performing graduate trainees were given with startup toolkits like Full Make Up Kits, Massage Bed, Laptops, Electrical and Mechanical Toolkits.
The foundation now has a new logo to reflect the growth over the years and a refocus to achieve greater impact and enter new frontiers.
It's been 20years of impact that has reached over 340,000 beneficiaries directly and indirectly. Our vision is to reach 1million Nigerian youth and women directly and indirectly by the year 2025.
A hybrid employability and entrepreneurship skill training program that equipped disadvantaged women and youth totaling 74, 204 to gain full employment/entrepreneurship skills. Participants from all 36 states and Federal Capital Territory in Nigeria.
A hybrid vocational skill training program to empower youth and women age 18years to 45yrs with practical money making skills with 20,770 participants from across the 36 states of Nigeria and the Federal Capital Terriroty.
Relief intervention to that reached 8, 759 households affected by 2022 flood disaster victims in Delta and Anambra states of Nigeria with Food, medical and WASH supplies. Also empowered 2, 800 small holder farmers (80% women) with seeds to re-cultivate affected farmlands.
Relief intervention to defray the medical bills of over 1 8 5 victims across 1 0 S T A T E S in 2 3 different HOSPITALS in Nigeria and injecting fresh financial grants to support 50 MSMEs in Lagos state in aftermath of protests, hooliganism and vandalization.
COVID-19 intervention that provided over 2,500 hand sanitizers to security agencies especially police officers in Lagos state as well as raw food materials to 3,300 households in Lagos mainland.
Library renovations for public secondary schools in Lagos state. We also provided free extra tutorial classes in Mathematics and English to final year students in public secondary schools leading to a 95% pass rate in the above subjects amongst benefitting schools.
Whitefield Foundation is a performance-driven, social enterprise that is result-oriented and passionate about reducing poverty, enhancing gender equality among indigent communities through the provision of quality education and economically viable skills.
To improve the world by building sustainable communities through empowering…
To positively impact one million women and youth in Africa by 2025..
18 Jul,23
25, McEwen Street, off Herbert Macaulay Street, Sabo, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria