CLOSED: Brief The Niger Delta Youth Employment Pathways project (NDYEP), implemented by the PIND Foundation in the Niger Delta, is an innovative response to the challenge of youth employment in the region. The worsening youth unemployment scenario in the Niger Delta, specifically, provided the impetus for establishing the NDYEP project in the last quarter of…
The Young Professionals program (YP), hosted by the Unboxed Conferences, is an annual event that brings together young professionals ages 19 – 30 years from various works of life to have an opportunity to be mentored by professionals with years of experience in their various fields. The event, which PIND Foundation sponsored, hosted this year’s…
In 2021, Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND Foundation) started the scale-up of the NDYEP project in Delta State. In the first phase, 631 youths completed vocational skills training in various sectors, including Integrated Agriculture, Building Construction, ICT, and Services. The project further worked with a Business Development Service provider to train…
The grant signing ceremony for the second year of the Youth Employment Pathways (YEP) project in Delta State took place on Thursday, August 4, 2022 at PIND’s Economic Development Centre (EDC) in Warri, Delta State. Twelve implementing partners signed the grant agreement and were onboarded for the second year – 9 were old implementing partners…
The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) has urged state governments in the Niger Delta to adopt the Youth Employment Pathways (YEP) model to address youth unemployment in the region. PIND’s Program Director, Dr. Effiong Essien, stated this during the grant signing ceremony for the second year of the YEP project in…
On June 28, 2022, PIND supported YP Port Harcourt where over 320 young professionals were mentored by 40 industry leaders. The youth received advice on how to plan and sustain a career path. PIND’s Executive Director, Tunji Idowu, gave a speech at the plenary session titled: “Note to my Younger Professional Self.” He spoke on…
The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND)has trained 374 Niger Delta youthsin Warri and Asaba, Delta State on peacebuilding with a focus on volunteerism, conflict management and PIND’s SMS-based early warning reporting system. The training, whichtook place in Warri from February 21 to 22, and in Asaba from February 24 to 25,…
The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) 25, Jimmy Carter Crescent, Asokoro Abuja. Contact: Chichi Nnoham-Onyejekwe, Knowledge & Communications Manager chichi@pindfoundation.org 08172064628 _____________________________________________________________________________________ PIND Awards N71M Grant for Youth Employment in Delta State On 30 September 2021, The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta – PIND in a grant award…
DOWNLOAD THE EVALUATION REPORT & THE MODEL FRAMEWORK This independent final evaluation of the Niger Delta Youth Employment Pathways (YEP) project was conducted during the period November 2020-January 2021, following three years of project implementation. YEP was a collaboration between Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) and Ford Foundation which was implemented…
Funded by Ford Foundation and implemented between September 2017 and March 2021 in two phases, the 2-year project was piloted in three States – Abia, Akwa Ibom, and Rivers – and in emerging sectors of agriculture, construction, finished leather, ICT, and renewable energy that showed great potential for youth employment according to the labor market assessment conducted in the States.