THE PROCESS OF BECOMING A case study of Project Raw initiative

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Prepared by: Rita Omovbude-Founder/Lead Visionary Street Project Foundation

& Eduvie Ogoro –Partner/Director of Operations Street Project Foundation

Supported by

“The contents are the responsibility of Rita Omovbude and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government”

Contents

!   Background of Street Project Foundation

!   Demographics & Psychographics of Lagos State, Nigeria

!   Analysis of Project Raw – How we use performing arts as a tool for youth development

!   Achievements so far…

!   Conclusion

Our expectation !   Understand how Street Project

Foundation uses performing arts to facilitate employment opportunities for young people in Nigeria.

WHAT IS STREET PROJECT ABOUT

ANYWAY?

Our Mission

!   Facilitate opportunities for youth engagement and employment using performing arts as a tool.

Our Vision

!   Raise transformational youth ambassadors for Africa.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT NIGERIA.

!   Population: Over 170million people.

!   Over 70% of its population are under 30.

!   The national bureau of statistics states that 112million Nigerians live below poverty line.

!   According to the Central Intelligence Agency, the unemployment rate in Nigeria as at 2011 was 23.9%

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LAGOS,

NIGERIA.

!   One of the world’s largest cities, which according to the Lagos State government has a population of about 18million people.

!   It also holds a record of having one of the world’s largest slums.

!   There’s a high unemployment rate.

!   The population and poverty rise breeds violence, abuse of drugs, prostitution, health hazards and so many other negative vices.

Question:

With over 60% of Nigeria’s population living under the poverty line and over 70% of its population being under age 30, how do we ensure that poverty and crime rates reduce drastically?

YOUTH ENGAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT

THE GENESIS

OF PROJECT

RAW

WE BELIEVE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE CAN MAKE A SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD DOING WHAT THEY LOVE.

Discovery

Training

Showcase Mentoring

Employment Opportunities

Youth Engagement Cycle

Discovery

!   Developed a website designed to register members and upload short videos directly to our YouTube channel.

!   Hire talent scouts to hunt for talents in the slums

!   Talents are randomly selected

!   Use camcorders and smart phones to record and upload on our YouTube channel.

!   Shortlist and call for auditions

Training

!   Design Workshops.

!   Assign voice, dance and drama coaches. (In collaboration with the Qdance Center)

!   Reflection sessions where we teach soft skills.

Showcase

!   Talent hunt competitions

!   Stage Performances (In collaboration with the Qdance Center)

!   Short films

Mentoring

!   Celebrities are assigned to winners of competitions for a minimum of one year.

!   Skilled tutors are assigned to shortlisted participants for a minimum of one year.

Employment Opportunities

!   Young talents begin to use their discovered and nurtured gifts to earn a living for themselves.

!   Soft skills training makes them employable.

Achievements so far…

• A stand-up comedian

• A Master of Ceremony at events

• Manages a recording studio

• Employed as a talent scout for

Project Raw 2014

•  A dance instructor in her community

•  Works in a factory

• Captain of a female Soccer team

Conclusion !   The process of becoming is a learning curve.

!   The moment you stop learning, is the moment you stop becoming.

!   Failing is okay.

!   What’s important is that you discover who you are, what you’re designed to do in life, embrace it, nurture it, love it, perfect it and you’ll find out that there’s so much more you can become.

!   You never stop becoming