YOUTH EMPOWERMENT

SCHEME @ BODIJA ASHI BAPTIST CHURCH

Olakunle Idowu, Ph.D.Director, Discipleship/House Fellowship

ProgrammeOrita-Mefa Baptist Church,

Total Garden, Ibadan.

Inspiration for youths: be responsible

•3 Key Insights

Yoke of oxen

#1: The gold mine glitters not...PROVERBS 14:4

• Where there are no oxen, the feeding trough is clean, but an abundant harvest is produced by strong oxen. -Proverbs 14:4

• Much increase requires strong oxen

• Keeping oxen means feeding trough is DIRTY

• Someone will keep the dirty trough clean

• Much increase requires doing some "dirty jobs“

• Will you do that?

#2: Every Master, was once a servant...Luke 16: 10-12

• And if you haven't been trustworthy with someone else's property, who will give you your own? -Luke 16:12

• "I don't want to work for anybody" Really?

• Nobody will work for you too!

• Fastest way to "own your own" is to FAITHFULLY SERVE another.

• How faithful are you where you currently work?

I ain't serving nobody

Pit bull

#3: The prince can become a pauper...Luke 15

• Kill that "sense of entitlement“

• Along with "entitlement" mindset, comes irresponsible behaviour

• The young boy said: • " Father, GIVE ME my share of the property that will come to me.." v 12.

• He squandered the inheritance, because, he did not EARN IT!

• He learnt obedience "...through the things that he suffered..."

Prince –to- Pauper transition...

Then...

• "...he came to his senses and cried aloud..." v 17

• He disqualified himself from any form of entitlement

• He learnt to trust his Father's judgment

• "Father, I have sinned......MAKE ME, as one of your hired servants..." (v 18 - 19)

Creativity is critical

• Identify your talent

• Nurture your talent

• Be an apprentice to a Master...

• Dare to volunteer - work for free, to gain experience

An example...: LINKEDIN PROFILE

• Youth Empowerment Scheme @ BABC Ibadan.

The Genesis...

• A letter to C.A.C

• Animated discussion

• A 2-man committee

• Training Workshop on Entrepreneurship

• Proposal Writing

• A committee of Experienced Deacons/Leaders - Proposal Assessment

•Recommendation of fundable proposals

•Soft loan (zero interest)

Committee TOR

Youth Empowerment Scheme - requirements

• 1. Application Form• 2. Proposal - Follow-up initiative is advantageous

• 3. 2 Guarantors - Quality matters• 4. Monitoring team - Accountability

• 5. Repayment over 24 months (max of 350K)

• 6. 1 year moratorium• 7. Evidence of membership - baptismal certificate/transfer (at least 5 years membership for eligibility)

1st round (2013) - 4 Beneficiaries• 1. (Media Outfit) - Sociology & Anthropology graduate

• 2. Confectioneries/Interior decor - Agric. Econs. graduate

• 3. Farming (Livestock/Piggery) - Geography graduate

• 4. Farming (Livestock / Poultry) - Non-graduate

• (4 out of 8 were funded)

2nd round (2014) - 2 Beneficiaries

• 1. Poultry - Animal Science graduate

• 2. Automobile scanning services - Mechanical Engineering graduate

• (2 out of 6 were funded)

Up ahead...

• 2015 - Another training workshop later in the year.

Human Resource Professional : OlayiwolaOladapo, DVM (Ibadan) etc...

Take Away...• Inspiration: what are you cut out for?

• May be you should stay focused on your job for now

• Gain more experience and skills on the job before launching out on your own ( Risk bearing is high in entrepreneurship)

• You may not be wired for entrepreneurship at all!

• At any rate, your reward is MAXIMAL as you "serve faithfully"

•THANK YOU!

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QUESTIONS ?