Vocational Skills Training
Practical trade training that gives participants a marketable skill they can turn into a livelihood rather than a one-off gift.
Pillar 3 — Empowerment
Skills, enterprise and income that outlast the aid
Vocational training, entrepreneurship development and financial literacy for women, youth and other vulnerable populations — designed to convert short-term aid into long-term household income.
01 — What this pillar does
From short-term relief to lasting household income
Empowerment work at Cigari is targeted at women, youth and other vulnerable populations. It moves beyond one-off assistance: each participant is equipped with a saleable skill, the confidence to run an enterprise, and the financial literacy to protect and grow what they earn.
Entrepreneurship Development
Support to launch or strengthen a small enterprise, so that a newly learned skill becomes a functioning source of household income.
Financial Literacy
Structured money skills so that new income is protected, saved and grown rather than lost — the difference between earning and keeping.
Referral Pathway
A built-in link into healthcare through Kumo Medical Clinic and into further education through Barunde College, so gains extend beyond income.
02 — Flagship intervention
Empowerment & Livelihoods Programme
Our flagship empowerment intervention delivers vocational skills training, entrepreneurship support and financial literacy education to vulnerable women and youth — using a trusted community network built over 26 years.
- 300 participants trained in a marketable vocational skill
- 100% of trainees receive financial literacy training
- 100 micro-enterprises launched
- Measurable increase in household income at 12 months
Year One
300 & 100
trained · enterprises launched
03 — Year One targets
Commitments we can be held to
The Empowerment & Livelihoods Programme is built around four Year-One commitments that can be counted, named and reported.
300
Participants trained
Women and youth trained in a marketable, community-selected vocational skill.
100%
Financial literacy delivered
Every trainee receives structured financial literacy education.
100
Micro-enterprises launched
Seed support to turn a newly learned skill into a functioning enterprise.
Outcome at 12 months
Measurable increase in household income
A measurable rise in household income at twelve months is a core outcome of the programme — evidence that short-term aid has converted into a lasting livelihood rather than a one-off gift.
04 — Global alignment
Empowerment that maps onto the goals the world already funds
A woman trained and earning is a household lifted, a child kept in school and a community made measurably more stable. That is why our objectives align directly with global priorities.
1 No Poverty5 Gender Equality17 Partnerships for the Goals
A rare kind of return
Visible, human and lasting. Every naira invested in empowerment is amplified by a community network built over 26 years — and by a referral pathway into healthcare and further education.
A skill that earns
Vocational training gives participants a marketable trade they can turn into a livelihood.
Income that lasts
Financial literacy protects, saves and grows new earnings rather than losing them.
Pathways that extend
A referral route into healthcare and further education means gains reach beyond income.
Help turn a skill into a household income.
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