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Passionately Eradicating Poverty & Hunger In Africa Through Education & Entrepreneurship
Whitefield Foundation is an NGO passionately committed to poverty eradication in Africa through empowerment of youth and women
Whitefield Foundation is an NGO passionately committed to poverty eradication in Africa through empowerment of youth and women
Whitefield Foundation is an NGO passionately committed to poverty eradication in Africa through empowerment of youth and women
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 young students in public educational institutions.
Educational support to public schools through provision of books, renovation of libraries and supplementary Mathematics & English Tutorial for final year students.
S.H.A.P.E is a women only empowerment initiative that has so far equipped 20,770 vulnerable and disadvantaged women and girls between ages of 15years and 45 years from low-income communities 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 3,300 families in Lagos Mainland including widows of military officers.
This innovative hybrid vocational training program funded by The Coca Cola Foundation (TCCF) empowered 74,204 disadvantaged women and youth to gain entrepreneurship and practical-money making skills with micro-grant award to 1, 100 trainees. The virtual training had participants and awardees from all 36 states and Federal Capital Territory in Nigeria.
An initiative launched by WF and partners to bring food relief and W.A.S.H support to flood survivors and their households across three states in Nigeria. The intervention 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 and ensure food security.
Vocational Skill Training in partnership with partners laser focused on low-income communities, and unemployed youth in Nigeria. The training has so far graduated 876 trainees across Lagos, Ibadan, Abeokuta, Jos 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 20 years of impact that has reached over 320,000 beneficiaries directly and indirectly. Our vision is to reach 1million Nigerian youth and women directly and indirectly by the year 2030.
Building Routes to Inclusion, Digital Skills, and Gainful Employment is an initiative that empowers youth and women with Digital skills, AI fundamentals, entrepreneurship skills and technical vocational skills. So far 1,848 youth and women have been trained.
A hybrid employability and entrepreneurship skill training program that equipped disadvantaged women and youth totaling 74, 204 to gain life, business and employability skills. Participants from all 36 states and FCT in Nigeria. 1,100 participants received financial grants.
A hybrid vocational training program empowering youth and women aged 18 to 45 with practical money-making skills, engaging 20,770 participants nationwide from Nigeria's 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
Assistance provided to 8,759 households impacted by the 2022 flood disaster in Delta and Anambra states of Nigeria, offering Food, Medical, and WASH supplies. Additionally, 2,800 small holder farmers (80% women) were empowered with seeds to re-cultivate affected farmlands.
Relief intervention to cover medical expenses for more than 185 victims in 10 states across 23 hospitals in Nigeria and financial aid to assist 50 MSMEs in Lagos state following protests and vandalism.
COVID-19 intervention provided 2,500+ hand sanitizers to security agencies, particularly police in Lagos, and distributed raw food to 3,300+ households in Lagos mainland.
Renovations of libraries in public secondary schools in Lagos State. Offering free additional tutorial classes in key subjects to final year students in public secondary schools resulting in a 95% pass rate in the subjects for the benefiting schools.
Whitefield Foundation is a results-driven social enterprise dedicated to reducing poverty and promoting gender equality among disadvantaged communities by providing quality education and economically sustainable skills.
To improve the world by building sustainable communities through empowering youth and women
To positively impact one million women and youth in Africa by 2027.
02 Jul,26
25, McEwen Street, off Herbert Macaulay Street, Sabo, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria