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From Fascinators To Beads

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Another vocation that caught our fancy was beads-making. And not only did they make necklace, they also make earring, wrist-watch and bangles from beads as we provided cash for materials. Of course it didn’t take long before they gained mastery here. Some even went as far as using Ankara fabrics to make beads necklace, earrings and others.

From Rag-Mats to Fascinators & Caps

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By the second week of training, the   girls had moved on to learning how to make head-bands, caps and fascinators. Interestingly, this is a trending innovation and is often used at worship centers, be it churches, mosques and everywhere.  Expectedly, there is a ready market with potential clients waiting to buy. And so, Aunty Mary from Ejigbo drilled the girls, taking them through the process of making fascinators, caps and head-bands which can readily be sold. Of course they were super excited to learn and practice their hands at making these.

After WAEC Exams; What Next?

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When over 20 of our girls graduated from secondary school in May, I was worried about what next to do? My concern was not baseless. Ijegun is one under-resourced community where you can hardly find things to get youths gainfully engaged. It is a dry community with lots of youths extremely sexually active but idle when it comes to purposeful living. This is one place where the rate of teenage pregnancy is very high.  Knowing that most parents wouldn't have the money to enroll their out-of-school girls in vocational training, I didn't want to leave things to chance. 'An idle hand' they say, "is the devil's workshop." In finding solution, I quickly created a Whatsapp group to discuss with some of our volunteers and we resolved to initiate a one-month skill acquisition program and get trainers to teach our girls. The first meeting held on 6 th  June with 22 girls enrolled. We were very strict about the rules and regulations- punc