SDG 1: NO POVERTY
(THE HANDS-ON-DECK SKILL ACQUISITION PROJECT)
End poverty in all its forms everywhere.
From the heart-wrenching sights of children picking leftovers from waste bins, families who go for days without having any food to eat, those who have no roof over their heads at all, to those living in very miserable housing situations in the most pathetic rural communities here in Abuja, Nigeria, we have passionately reached out to support the poorest and most vulnerable families with food supplies, ensuring that families have access to basic services and financial services aid for small scale business start-ups and lots more.
Worldwide the poverty rate in rural areas is 17.2%, which is over three times higher than in urban areas. The majority of suffering communities are more dominant in these rural areas, especially here in Abuja, Nigeria. More than 700 million people, or 10% of the world population, still live in extreme poverty today, struggling to fulfill the most basic needs like food, healthcare, basic education, access to clean water. The majority of people living on less than $1.90 a day can be traced to sub-Saharan Africa.
According to the UN statistics, one out of five children lives in extreme poverty. We made a promise not only to attend to the basic needs of vulnerable children, especially the girl child, but also to protect their rights as well. We take a cue from the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which states in Law 27 that children have the right to good food, clothing, and a safe place to live so they can develop in the best possible way.
THE SDG-1 WORK PLAN
Our goal here is to locate 50 or more vulnerable families in each community, measured as people living in abject poverty (less than $1.25 a day), build their resilience, implement sensitization schemes and trainings on skill acquisition so they can make their own money, and ensure they have access to basic services, new technology for large scale agricultural farming, and financial services including microfinance.
The picture illustrates the grinding machine given to Mama Musa to enable her to grind large amounts of grain and make an additional income for the family. With this machine, she makes close to N1,500 a day and over N4,000 on weekends.