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AmbAyoOmowu posted an update in the group Nigeria national page: Happy International Women's Day 2021 - !!!The […]

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 11:28:09 +0300

Happy International Women’s Day 2021 – !!!

The social, political, economic, and cultural achievements of women are celebrated globally on the International Women’s Day. WE at NANTS celebrated our Women’s Day in a grand style by taking the serious fun to the most forgotten but rural resilient women.

There was NO BETTER WAY than visiting the 2…

AmbAyoOmowu posted an update in the group Nigeria national page: NANTS Report of Inauguration of Steering Committee of GALS WA Reg Hub

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 14:50:47 +0300

NANTS Report of Inauguration of Steering Committee of GALS WA Reg Hub

AmbAyoOmowu posted an update in the group Nigeria national page: NANTS Report of Inauguration of Steering Committee of GALS WA Reg Hub

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 14:36:54 +0300

NANTS Report of Inauguration of Steering Committee of GALS WA Reg Hub

AmbAyoOmowu changed the description of the group Nigeria national page from "Scaling up household methodologies from thousands to millions – Empower @ Scale (May 2018 – April 2022) Empower @ Scale is a four-year project implemented in 3 countries (Nigeria, Uganda and Kenya) with an ultimate objective of scaling up the use of Gender Action Learning System (GALS). This is done through establishing a network of self-sustaining Empowerment Learning Centers (ELCs), which are sources of information on Gender Action Learning Systems. In Nigeria, there are two functional ELCs (Ruwawayo and Kagbu ELCs) located in Lafia and Nasarawa Eggon LGAs respectively both in Nasarawa State (Northern Nigeria). Why Gender Action Learning System (GALS) GALS is a community-led household methodology that uses visual diagrams to empower women and men to take action against societal norms that drive gender inequality and plan for their futures together. GALS uses tools such as the vision road journey and the gender balance tree to address power imbalances right from the house hold unit. Using the different tools, men and women discuss and share roles in their households and jointly plan for their development. GALS is also used by different stakeholders and institutions during planning and programming to identify and address gender and power issues in order to achieve inclusive development." to "Scaling up household methodologies from thousands to millions – Empower @ Scale (May 2018 – April 2022) Empower @ Scale is a four-year project implemented in 3 countries (Nigeria, Uganda and Kenya) with an ultimate objective of scaling up the use of Gender Action Learning System (GALS). This is done through establishing a network of self-sustaining Empowerment Learning Centers (ELCs), which are sources of information on Gender Action Learning Systems. In Nigeria, there are two functional ELCs (Ruwawayo and Kagbu ELCs) located in Lafia and Nasarawa Eggon LGAs respectively both in Nasarawa State (Northern Nigeria). Why Gender Action Learning System (GALS) GALS is a community-led household methodology that uses visual diagrams to empower women and men to take action against societal norms that drive gender inequality and plan for their futures together. GALS uses tools such as the vision road journey and the gender balance tree to address power imbalances right from the house hold unit. Using the different tools, men and women discuss and share roles in their households and jointly plan for their development. GALS is also used by different stakeholders and institutions during planning and programming to identify and address gender and power issues in order to achieve inclusive development. The Ruwawayo ELC is located in Ruwawayo Community in Lafia Local Government Area (LGA) of Nasarawa State, Nigeria. The State is one of the middle belt States (North Central zone) in the Country. Ruwawayo community is a farming community known mostly with the cultivation of rice, groundnut, cassava, melon and beans in addition to the rearing of domestic livestock. The ELC has been registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission, under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Nasarawa State. Contacts (Gini Yohana +2348140059833 or Vines Adigidzi +2348165513576) Pupose of the Ruwawayo ELC: 1. Empower Rural communities through GALS methodology in addressing Gender injustice (particularly Gender Based Violence – GBV) at the household level and community levels as well as cross cutting issues such as climate change and Conflict resolution and management; 2. Provide training, outreaches and learning for the rural poor from hundreds to thousands and to millions, specifically on agricultural best practices, agronomic capacity building and marketing produce of farmers; 3. Advocate for the rights of vulnerable persons e.g. youth, women, etc with a view to improving social security and standards. 4. Engage in business making and management of businesses for improved incomes, livelihoods and family economy. Services at the Ruwawayo ELC includes the following: 1. Hosting local, National and international learners on GALS Methodology at the ELC. 2. Train households, community members, Community Based Organizations (CBOs), NGOs, Small and medium entrepreneurs (SME), INGOs, IFAD partners, local Government staff and also provide outreaches on GALS through champions, based on demand from the clients. 3. Peer to peer replication is happening from those who are trained by the champions as a result of changes that has been seen on them by community members and these are taking place with the households, extended families, friends and in-laws. 4. Identification and confirmation of newly trained champions takes place and capacity building carried out to confirm them as champions 5. Certification process takes place during reviews meeting of the champions in which different generations of champions interact, that is 1st to the 4th generations and presentations of tools takes place for quality assurance and the generations provide evidence of who trained them and recommendations are made on who becomes champion but no certificate is provided but the champions know their social ranking. 6. The ELC has a Rice Mill for milling of paddy for rice farmers within the community and surrounding communities. The Program areas of Ruwawayo: 1. The Empowerment learning centers specializes on Value Chain Development Programs 2. The Champions in the ELC engage in both individual and joint production of some crops like rice, groundnut, maize and cassava value chains. 3. The ELC engages in GALS training and out reaches to household and community members including CBOs, religious organizations, etc and host learning events, promotion and popularization of GALS through national level events. 4. Continuous capacity building on group dynamics for the empowerment learning centre leadership. The Administrative structure of Ruwawayo: 1. The National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS) oversees the Empowerment Learning Centre (ELC) which serves as the Secretariat. 2. A seven-man Committee has been set up to manage the affairs of the ELC, including a NANTS staff to perform an oversight function 3. Champions ensures that training takes place at the ELC, they do follow up of clients and respond to clients demands and also ensure that there are GALS materials available for learning to take place and inform the Secretariat on their plans and do Monitoring and Evaluation of ELC. Network and partners: 1. NGOs, 2. INGOs, 3. Government, 4. Traditional leaders, 5. Traders, 6. Faith based organizations e.g. churches, mosques and 7. IFAD partners The impact: 1. There are 30 (Male11 & Female19) Champions linked to the ELC, and these Champions have been able to train 270 (M130, F140) Champions and they have 3 facilitators linked to the ELC. 2. Change of community behavior e.g. at individual level or house hold level through direct training and peer to peer replications and gender justice reviews 3. Improvement of production and productivity that has also improved their household income and livelihood. 4. Close linkage between the group and the partners and the clients 5. The ELC has developed and validated their business model and manual for sustaining the ELC. 6. The ELC has made it possible for the leaders of the 3 communities (Ruwawayo, Aridi and Rafin-Kudi) to come together as one to seek for the progress of these Communities. The Kagbu Empower Learning Centre is located at Ngubi Community, 36 kilometers away from the State capital Lafia, Nigeria. The registration process with relevant ministry and agency of government is ongoing. Contact Organization: Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) Mada Hills Email: ymcamadahills@yahoo.com +2347064549308 ELC Contacts: (Henry Adagari +2348065313907 Helen Jonathan +234 9028530377) Purpose of the Kagbu ELC: To scale up GALS methodology through peer sharing and training Promote women in rural financing through a modernized system of savings To Empower women, men, and youth to improve their livelihood To Empower community people towards savings To train women and youth on income-generating activities To promote and advocate for CEDAW rights To serve as cooperative for groundnut value chain in future. Services of the Kagbu ELC: Facilitate training on GALS Tools and Income Generating Activities (IGAs) Provide coaching and mentor-ship for effective usage and quality of sharing to others Conducting outreaches and monitor users of the methodology Promote local savings and formation of groups Track impact of the GALS methodology tools To train household members, IFAD support projects and Community Base Organization Programmes Area: Conducting training Group formation (VSLA) Value Chain development Administrative structure Kagbu ELC: The ELC is managed by the elected officers out of the sixteen selected Champions to run the ELC The positions are: Chairperson, the Secretary, Office of the treasurer, and Public Relation Officer (PRO) Network Government, NGOs, CBOs, Traders, Community leaders Impact GALS trainers and practitioners advanced, a total of 16 Champions and over 30 potential Champions in progress Records of achievement such as the building of houses, a reduction in gender-based violence at the communities and households, behavioral changes, more women effectively participating in household decision making and also contributing to household needs thereby supporting their spouses, men supporting their wives with domestic choices, etc."

Wed, 25 Nov 2020 13:32:05 +0300

AmbAyoOmowu changed the description of the group Nigeria national page from "Scaling up household methodologies from thousands to millions – Empower @ Scale (May 2018 – April 2022) Empower @ Scale is a four-year project implemented in 3 countries (Nigeria, Uganda and Kenya) with an ultimate objective of scaling up the use of Gender Action Learning System (GALS). This is done through establishing a network of self-sustaining Empowerment Learning Centers (ELCs), which are sources of information on Gender Action Learning Systems. The ELCs are located in Ruwawayo and Kagbu in Nasarawa State (Northern Nigeria). Why Gender Action Learning System (GALS) GALS is a community-led household methodology that uses visual diagrams to empower women and men to take action against societal norms that drive gender inequality and plan for their futures together. GALS uses tools such as the vision road journey and the gender balance tree to address power imbalances right from the house hold unit. Using the different tools, men and women discuss and share roles in their households and jointly plan for their development. GALS is also used by different stakeholders and institutions during planning and programming to identify and address gender and power issues in order to achieve inclusive development." to "Scaling up household methodologies from thousands to millions – Empower @ Scale (May 2018 – April 2022) Empower @ Scale is a four-year project implemented in 3 countries (Nigeria, Uganda and Kenya) with an ultimate objective of scaling up the use of Gender Action Learning System (GALS). This is done through establishing a network of self-sustaining Empowerment Learning Centers (ELCs), which are sources of information on Gender Action Learning Systems. In Nigeria, there are two functional ELCs (Ruwawayo and Kagbu ELCs) located in Lafia and Nasarawa Eggon LGAs respectively both in Nasarawa State (Northern Nigeria). Why Gender Action Learning System (GALS) GALS is a community-led household methodology that uses visual diagrams to empower women and men to take action against societal norms that drive gender inequality and plan for their futures together. GALS uses tools such as the vision road journey and the gender balance tree to address power imbalances right from the house hold unit. Using the different tools, men and women discuss and share roles in their households and jointly plan for their development. GALS is also used by different stakeholders and institutions during planning and programming to identify and address gender and power issues in order to achieve inclusive development."

Wed, 25 Nov 2020 12:47:15 +0300

AmbAyoOmowu posted an update in the group Nigeria national page: Kagbu ELC managed by YMCA, made contributions to mold […]

Wed, 11 Nov 2020 11:59:55 +0300

Kagbu ELC managed by YMCA, made contributions to mold 650 blocks for building their learning centre.

AmbAyoOmowu posted an update in the group Nigeria national page: Kagbu ELC managed by the YMCA, made contributions to […]

Wed, 11 Nov 2020 11:43:01 +0300

Kagbu ELC managed by the YMCA, made contributions to mold 650 blocks for building their learning centre.

Chioma changed the description of the group Nigeria national page from "Scaling up household methodologies from thousands to millions – Empower @ Scale (May 2018 – April 2022) Empower @ Scale is a four-year project implemented in 3 countries (Nigeria, Uganda and Kenya) with an ultimate objective of scaling up the use of Gender Action Learning System (GALS). This is done through establishing a network of self-sustaining Empowerment Learning Centers (ELCs), which are sources of information on Gender Action Learning Systems. The ELCs are located in Ruwawayo and Kagbu in Northern Nigeria. Why Gender Action Learning System (GALS) GALS is a community-led household methodology that uses visual diagrams to empower women and men to take action against societal norms that drive gender inequality and plan for their futures together. GALS uses tools such as the vision road journey and the gender balance tree to address power imbalances right from the house hold unit. Using the different tools, men and women discuss and share roles in their households and jointly plan for their development. GALS is also used by different stakeholders and institutions during planning and programming to identify and address gender and power issues in order to achieve inclusive development." to "Scaling up household methodologies from thousands to millions – Empower @ Scale (May 2018 – April 2022) Empower @ Scale is a four-year project implemented in 3 countries (Nigeria, Uganda and Kenya) with an ultimate objective of scaling up the use of Gender Action Learning System (GALS). This is done through establishing a network of self-sustaining Empowerment Learning Centers (ELCs), which are sources of information on Gender Action Learning Systems. The ELCs are located in Ruwawayo and Kagbu in Nasarawa State (Northern Nigeria). Why Gender Action Learning System (GALS) GALS is a community-led household methodology that uses visual diagrams to empower women and men to take action against societal norms that drive gender inequality and plan for their futures together. GALS uses tools such as the vision road journey and the gender balance tree to address power imbalances right from the house hold unit. Using the different tools, men and women discuss and share roles in their households and jointly plan for their development. GALS is also used by different stakeholders and institutions during planning and programming to identify and address gender and power issues in order to achieve inclusive development."

Wed, 07 Oct 2020 13:17:28 +0300

sundaygaladima posted an update in the group Nigeria national page: Great work, but you can still work on the cover page […]

Wed, 07 Oct 2020 12:17:43 +0300

Great work, but you can still work on the cover page picture just adjust it a bit down to allow mores faces to be seen

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AmbAyoOmowu changed the description of the group Nigeria national page from "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc congue consequat dolor, non scelerisque justo consectetur vitae. Nunc et risus porta, elementum arcu quis, tincidunt ligula. Morbi ut mattis diam. Vivamus faucibus nibh in iaculis gravida. Proin quis tempus nulla. Nulla bibendum, diam id lacinia fringilla, massa ante gravida nibh, non commodo erat velit et tellus. Aliquam placerat tempus vulputate. Vivamus nec nibh mi. Aenean et metus sed erat dictum ornare. Curabitur porttitor pretium dolor, sed hendrerit erat suscipit vel. Integer at enim sed arcu laoreet aliquet at in mi." to "Scaling up household methodologies from thousands to millions – Empower @ Scale (May 2018 – April 2022) Empower @ Scale is a four-year project implemented in 3 countries (Nigeria, Uganda and Kenya) with an ultimate objective of scaling up the use of Gender Action Learning System (GALS). This is done through establishing a network of self-sustaining Empowerment Learning Centers (ELCs), which are sources of information on Gender Action Learning Systems. The ELCs are located in Ruwawayo and Kagbu in Northern Nigeria. Why Gender Action Learning System (GALS) GALS is a community-led household methodology that uses visual diagrams to empower women and men to take action against societal norms that drive gender inequality and plan for their futures together. GALS uses tools such as the vision road journey and the gender balance tree to address power imbalances right from the house hold unit. Using the different tools, men and women discuss and share roles in their households and jointly plan for their development. GALS is also used by different stakeholders and institutions during planning and programming to identify and address gender and power issues in order to achieve inclusive development."

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AmbAyoOmowu changed the name of the group Nigeria national page from "Nigeria" to "Nigeria Empower@Scale Project"

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