PIND Foundation Empowers Niger Delta Youth for Employment and Peacebuilding
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, [...] PIND Awards N71M Grant for Youth Employment in Delta State
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 [...] YEP Model Framework and Final Evaluation Report
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 [...] A Story of 4,355 Vulnerable Niger Delta Youth Equipped with Market Relevant Skills: The Niger Delta Youth Employment Pathways Project Close-out Workshop.
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.
Quarter 4 Progress Report 2020 – Youth Employment Project
This section shows key achievements in Quarter 4 of 2020 for the initiative implemented under the Skills Development for Youth Employment project. With funding support from Ford Foundation, the Niger Delta Youth Employment Pathways (NDYEP) project was designed to analyze opportunities for employment creation and develop models of youth job-readiness or workforce development in key [...] 2020 Progress Report – Youth Employment Pathways Project
Aligned to SDGs 1, 2 and 8, the second year of the 2-year pilot intervention continues working towards the target to train and equip an additional 2,000 youth (including young women, vulnerable and marginalized groups) in the three project states with market-relevant technical and soft skills and job linkages. This builds on the implementation models, […]
Sharing PIND’s Working Model for Youth Employment; The Niger Delta Youth Employment Pathways (NDYEP) Model
During the first quarter of the year 2020, PIND participated at a Job Creation Summit in Lagos, hosted by the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund. with the theme: “Showcasing Leading Practices for Job Creation” scheduled for February 5th and 6th 2020. The forum was attended by over 200 participants, who were representatives of donor agencies, […]
NDYEP Roundtable
This Roundtable will bring together representatives (Commissioners, Permanent Secretaries, and Directors) of MDAs engaged with in the nine Niger Delta States that can influence and catalyze youth skills development towards youth employment and employability in their States.
PIND Youth Skills Development Opportunity
The candidates should be between 16 and 30 years old, unemployed and willing to put in the time required to go through the technical training.
Interested persons who meet the criteria can send an email to Nchegem Gahia -gahia@pindfoundation.org and she will provide additional information if the applications are still open.
PIND and Ford Foundation are tackling youth unemployment in the Niger Delta through the NDYEP model. WATCH VIDEO
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