PROJECT SEND
Students (S) Entrepreneurship (E) Network (N) Development (D)
Summary
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This is part of FVGI's community development efforts towards expanding a bottom-top modular approach in building entrepreneurs (Socialpreneurs). Through our various units/modular school programs (Project SEND), we are becoming part of African Entrepreneurship Renaissance Movement to raise league of African Young entrepreneurs/Leaders that will relive the continent from the strong grips of POVERTY and UNDER-DEVELOPMENT through EDUCATION; TRAINING; PARTNERSHIP; NETWORKING; TRUST & COURAGE while leveraging on the broad opportunities offered by advancement/penetration of in Information Technology (IT) into our various communities.
With our formidable partners including but not limited to YOUTHWING NIGERIA, South East Youth Coalition, South-South Economic Development Program Center, Chambers of Commerce etc, we have solid footings on training/education bias on processes of business strat-ups and sustainable growth to to offer innovative products and services based on the perceived opportunity(ies) created by the various challenges in our various communities.
Through our far-reaching partnerships, we have been part of bigger picture with REACHing out (Results and Achievement) as measured using 8 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):
- Participants Trained
- Participants on Internship
- Certified Business Plans
- Persons Counselled
|
- Enterprises Established or Expanded
- Linkage to Finance
- Jobs Created
- Market Access
|
| 1. Total Number of Participants Trained = 4,113 |
|
| Male 62.5% |
<30years 39.28% |
| Female 37.5% |
>30years 61.04% |
| 2. Total Number of Certified Business Plans = 2305 |
|
| Sector Breakdown |
Number |
| Agriculture |
804 |
| Education |
155 |
| Food Processing |
71 |
| Hospitality |
170 |
| ICT |
155 |
| Lifestyle |
486 |
| Manufacturing |
358 |
| Trading |
522 |
| *Other Services |
259 |
| 3. Total Number of Participants Interned = 3006 |
|
| Gender Distribution |
| Male 2098 (57.7%) |
| Female 1588 (42.2%) |
| Total Number of SME Partners for Internship = 788 |
| Sector |
Number of Internship Partners |
| Agricultural |
77 |
| Education |
11 |
| Fashion |
19 |
| Food Processing |
11 |
| ICT |
15 |
| Lifestyle |
40 |
| Manufacturing |
49 |
| Trading |
171 |
| *Other Services |
92 |
| TOTAL |
485 |
| 4. Number of Market Access Events = 10 |
|
| Total Number of Merchants/Exhibitors |
Total Footfall of Consumers Attracted |
| 349 |
5250 |
| 5. Number of Certified Participants that Accessed Finance = 806 |
|
| Fund Sources |
Number of Participants |
Value (N) |
| SAPL SEED Fund |
190 |
N7,311,000.00 |
| Legislative Sponsors |
325 |
N49,500,000.00 |
| Family & Friends |
9 |
N5,200,247.00 |
| Association of Pensioners |
31 |
N155,000.00 |
| CRS MEDA |
143 |
N38,430,000.00 |
| Local Government Council |
25 |
N4,500,000.00 |
| Micro Finance Bank |
30 |
N5,000,000.00 |
| Faith Based Organization |
20 |
N3,000,000.00 |
| Social Club |
30 |
N150,000.00 |
| MSME Funds |
135 |
N123,595,000.00 |
| YouWin |
19 |
N61,412,247.00 |
| Total |
957 |
N298,253,494.00 |
| Proportion of Finance Accessed by Gender |
Amount |
| Male 594 |
N194,085,595.00 |
| Female 363 |
N104,167,899.00 |
|
| 6. Total Number of Persons Counseled = 8067 |
|
| Total Number of Seminars Hosted = 61 |
| Breakdown of type of Seminars Hosted |
| Type of Seminar |
Number |
| Experience Sharing |
28 |
| Access Facilitation |
20 |
| Business Opportunity Seminars |
13 |
7. Total Number of Enterprises Established and Expanded = 1632
|
Credit: South Entrepreneurship Center.
Training In Business Faculty of Enugu State University of Science and Technology, 2013. Organizing Host/Resource Person: Irem Bright Chimezie
8. Total Number of Jobs Created = 4309
Credit: South Entrepreneur Development Center.
Credit: South Entrepreneur Development Center.
Credit: South Entrepreneur Development Center.
