Programmes
Education - Current Projects
In early 2020, the MME foundation partnered with Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN), a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering students on financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship through experiential, hands-on programs. Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN) is part of Junior Achievement Worldwide, the world's oldest and largest non-profit economic education organization operating in 120 countries. Utilizing the organization's programme specially adapted for the Niger Delta region, MME trained volunteers to teach the students about identifying resources in their area and using them to start businesses.
2021 GOAL: Train a new generation of Entrepreneurs
In 2021, MME intends to continue supporting JAN's efforts to continue the JAN Our Niger Delta Region programme and renew efforts to expand the JAN Company Programme. JA Company Program teaches senior secondary level students how to start and run their own business, develop a product or service, and market their brand with the support of a volunteer. Students come together to form a company, choose a business name, and elect company officers to oversee operations of the company for the program duration. It teaches students to put theory into practice to understand entrepreneurship truly.
Engage Out of School Youth
Targeting out-of-school youth, MME and JAN will collaborate in implementing JAN's ITS TYME programme, which provides basic business education to out-of-school youth through various hands-on activities and supplements supporting a diverse range of learners.
Locations: Abak, Ikot Ekpene, Onna, Uyo in Akwa Ibom state.
Health - Current Projects
The foundation partnered with the Medical Women's Association to launch a radio programme that promotes disease prevention and good health practices. For 12 weeks, medical practitioners provided information on chronic and infectious diseases prevalent in Akwa Ibom, providing preventive tips and specific guidelines on personal and food hygiene, HIV Aids, malaria, tuberculosis, and other diseases. The program featured on Inspiration FM with the presenter, Imaobong Dem, on Tuesdays between 11 a.m - 11:30 a.m. The programme has a statewide reach.
2021 - Changing Health Habits
Still in partnership with the MWAN, Akwa Ibom, the foundation intends to increase its work on disease prevention. The foundation will survey to gather data from men and women across different socio-economic groups. The data will help MWAN and the foundation better target the radio programme and design additional programmes that encourage people to start new habits that lead to improved health outcomes.
Wealth Creation
In partnership with Youth Alive Foundation (YAF), the MME foundation implemented a three-month initiative to improve the livelihoods of vulnerable people in the Ikot Udo Oboro community of Ikot Ekpene LGA Akwa Ibom state. The facilitators incorporated life skills and community engagement in the vocational skills training. As a result, the men and women who received training on carpentry and tailoring were able to volunteer their skills to sew uniforms and construct furniture for the pupils attending the community school. The foundation also rehabilitated the restroom, built a borehole, installed a water tank, and donated school bags containing books on hygiene and crossword puzzles to improve vocabulary and writing materials.
2021: More Wealth Creation
The foundation will continue its partnership with YAF to reach more unemployed youth across the state. The focus will be on providing technical skills, linking youth to existing businesses with the skill gaps, and providing startup funding to trained and qualified startups.
