PROGRAM COMPONENTS

(a)          Social Support Program (SSP) aims at providing social support to poor and vulnerable people and communities especially in places where government efforts have not reached effectively. The YANDI areas of interest for the SSP include; Primary Health Care (PHC), Education, Leadership & Governance, SDGs & VISION2025 advocacy. The extent of work to be done under the SSP will be dependent largely on availability of funding in the form of grants and donations by both local and international agencies and organizations.

(b)          Skill for Jobs (S4J) aims to provide relevant skills to unemployed youths and graduates which will make them attractive in the job market. This scheme aims to help solve the huge unemployment problems in Nigeria as this will lay particular emphasis on capacity building for demand driven skill areas. Three major trainings will be advocated and conducted under the S4J scheme viz; Vocational Skills training, Entrepreneurship trainings and the Employability trainings. YANDI will work with its partners to help fix most of the trainees with relevant SMEs and organisations for further internship, apprenticeship or permanent job roles. 

(c)          Skill for Enterprise (S4E) has the same objective as the S4J but in addition to the trainings, the participants will be further assisted to set up their own businesses. They will be given starter packs at the end of their trainings. Some of the participants will be linked with agencies (such as Bank of Industry - BOI, Small & Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria –SMEDAN, Bank of Agriculture - BOA e.t.c) ) that can provide loans and grants for their start-up business upon approval of a bankable business proposal.

The YANDI areas of interest for the S4J and S4E are; Agriculture, Entrepreneurship & Youth Empowerment, Technology & ICT and Power & Renewable Energy

The S4J and S4E programs will be carried out for the purpose of business creation and job creation. To this end, they will be run as a business which shall seek investor participation for funding availability.

YANDI shall ensure that in executing the S4J and S4E programs, the participating youths are not put under any unbearable financial pressure. Funding agencies and investors will bear a greater part of the funding requirements. 

Training Features

Three key trainings will be undertaken by all participants. These trainings will be carried out within a period of 1 month to 1 year depending of the type of skill in question. Below are the trainings to be undertaken;

Vocational trainings/ Skill Acquisition: this will be done between 1 to 12 months depending on the skill.

Entrepreneurship trainings: The youths who have gone through the vocational trainings will undergo entrepreneurship trainings to understand how to run a viable business from the skills learnt. The training will be conducted by YANDI partners; Small & Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), Pabio Stone and other YANDI partners. The modules include;

Module 1: Starting up your own business: All you need to know

Module 2: How to identify business opportunities

Module 3: Selling and Marketing Techniques

Module 4: Basics of record/book keeping

Module 5: Human Resource Fundamentals for your business.

Module 6: Accessing finance for small businesses

Module 7: Business Plan Preparation

Module 8: Business Registration and Legal Matters

Employability Trainings: The youths will also undergo employability trainings to equip them with required skills to be employable. These skills are also important for those who will run their own businesses. This training has 12 important modules which will be carried out by Pabio Stone and other YANDI partners. The modules include; 

Module 1: How Employable is the Nigerian Graduate

Module 2: Qualities of a Good Employee

Module 3: Communication Skills

Module 4: Listening Skills

Module 5: Interpersonal Skills

Module 6: Soft Skills

Module 7: Presentation Skills

Module 8: Speaking Skills

Module 9: Organizational Skills

Module 10: Attention to Details Skills

Module 11: Customer Service Skills

Module 12: Team Work

YANDI Vocational Skill / Business Sectors and Subsectors

Below are areas YANDI believe can add immediate value to the Nigerian economy and can help create numerous jobs and groom MSMEs for National development. The areas will increase upon continuous needs assessment.

S/N	Business Sectors	Subsector
1	Agro - Allied	1. Animal Farming: Fish, Poultry, Goat, Sheep, Cattle, Rabbit, Snails, Grass cutter and Piggery 2. Livestock Feed processing: Fish and Poultry 3. Crop Farming: Maize, Yam, Cassava, Beans, Rice, Wheat, Sorghum, Millet and Vegetables 4. Waste to Wealth: Organic Fertilizer production
2	Food Processing & Hospitality	Catering, Cakes, Snacks, Cocktails & Beverages, Event planning and Decoration
3	Culture and Fashion	Leather works, Ankara bags & Shoes, Bead making, Wire works, Tailoring & Fashion design
4	Cosmetology	Soap & Detergent making, Cosmetics production, Household products
5	Construction and Environment	Aluminum & Steel works, Plumbing, Electrical works, Carpentry, Block & kerbs molding, , interlocking stones, Painting, Tiling (wall & floor)
6	Power and Energy	Solar power technology, Inverter technology and Biogas Production
7	Beauty Therapy	Make-up, Skincare, Hair styling, Barbing, Beauty product making
8	ICT	Hardware assembly & repair, Mobile phone assembly & repair, Desktop publishing (MS Word, Excel & PowerPoint), AutoCAD (2D & 3D), REVIT & 3D Max
9	Print, Media and Photography	Graphic design, Paper printing, Large format printing, Photography, Movie making and Animations
10	Automobile	Auto Electricals, Spray Painting, Upholstery, Wheel alignment & balancing, Engine repairs and Air conditioning

           YANDI Vocational Skill / Business Sectors and Subsectors

Key Business Features

In order to create the new businesses under the YANDI scheme, the following important features will be paramount

1.    Value addition to farm products: To enhance job creation along the value chain and increase the export potentials of the products.

2.    Local content driven: in all situations, local solutions must first be sort before considering importation. Local materials must be purchased, locally fabricated equipments should be used (especially when they are equally efficient)

3.    Waste to Wealth: the biogas technology will be effectively driven in the YANDI scheme. This technology will help us convert all YANDI agricultural waste to biogas and organic fertilizers. The biogas will be used for cooking, heating of animal pens, lightening. This will also be an integral part of YANDI’s rural development agenda and YANDI commitment to use of renewable energy and the global fight against climate change.