About Project A.C.E
Project A.C.E (Access, Community Development, Education) is an iterative 3-part project that aims to attain economic equality for disadvantaged Nigerian youths, and equip them to become social change agents.
Through primary research, our team has identified a lack of ambition and purpose among disadvantaged youths in Makoko, Lagos, thus making them more susceptible to crime and other endangering lifestyles, and victims of the poverty cycle.
To tackle this, our beneficiaries go through a series of intensive personalised programs that mentally reorient them, equip them with the education and career knowledge they need to thrive, and opportunities to lead transformation in their communities.
Re-orientation
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Education and Career
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Community Development
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How to support project A.C.E
- Give here
- Offer pro-bono therapy and counselling services
- Join any of our volunteer teams
Re-Orientation
Our reorientation initiatives employ mind re-engineering mechanisms to enable the beneficiaries unlearn unproductive ways of thinking, learn and relearn productive ways of thinking to imbibe a growth mindset.
- We do this via the following ways:
Mental Liberation Conference
A one-week intensive program employing transformational coaching and storytelling.
Mentorship Program
A continuous program where beneficiaries are paired with a personal mentor to guide their learning.
Counselling & Therapy
Where necessary, beneficiaries receive professional help from licensed practitioners.
How to support reorientation initiative
- Give here
- Offer pro-bono therapy and counselling services
- Join any of our volunteer teams
Education and Career
Our Education and Career initiatives employ up-skill our beneficiaries via formal education, vocational skill training, and job opportunities. For further development, we also connect our beneficiaries with professionals within the industries they aim to work in, inspire them, and expose them to available opportunities.
- We do this via the following ways:
Exams and Fees support
We sponsor our beneficiaries WAEC & UTME exam expenses and their first-year university fees
Skills trainings
We organize personalized vocational and digital skills training for our beneficiaries based on their interests and strengths.
Work opportunities
We secure apprenticeships/internships for our beneficiaries, and in other cases, help them set up their sole-trader businesses.
Career mentorship
Our beneficiaries are paired with professionals in the industry they desire to work in, for mentorship
How to support our Education and Career initiatives
- Sponsor a youth’s education or career via ‘ElevateMe’
- Become a career mentor
- Donate a laptop
- Join any of our volunteer teams
Community Development
Our Community Development initiatives teach our beneficiaries social responsibility and servant leadership through trainings and projects that equip them with Project Management and Entrepreneurial skills.
- We do this via the following ways:
Social Impact Accelerator
A 5-week social entrepreneurship accelerator that teaches impact principles and funds the best project/business ideas
Impact groups
We provide guidance and resources to support impact groups that are birthed from our Social Impact Accelerator
How to support our Community Development initiatives
- Give here
- Support Makoko Student Association projects
- Join any of our volunteer teams
At Elevate, we are passionate, resilient and committed to building the Nigeria we want to see, starting from the grassroot.
Investing in people’s lives is our way of leaving our impact on the world.
Email: hello@elevateng.net
RC: CAC/IT/123041
