Vocational Training for Young People in Niger

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A Active

Key Information

Dispositif d’Initiatives pour les Métiers de l’Artisanat (DIMA) is a small, community-led nonprofit that is located in Niamey, Niger. DIMA’s mission is to train young people in the skills needed to earn their living as artisans, increase the incomes of practicing craftspeople, and preserve tradition-based arts in Niger.

DIMA provides free vocational training for up to three years in tailoring, leather work, and weaving. Eighty percent of the students are girls and women. There is no charge for instruction, equipment, supplies, or transportation to the school. DIMA is the only accredited vocational training school in Niger that does not require students to have any prior education. Fifty percent of our students have never attended school before enrolling in DIMA. 

 

Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Niger

Activity URL

https://www.ngodima.org/

Government Affiliation
Non-governmental program
Years

2017 -

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation
Unknown
Funder(s)

Friends of Niger, Global Giving, Pro Victimis, US Embassy in Niamey

COVID-19 Response
Not changed
Geographic Scope
Sub-national
Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  
No
Areas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Other skills
  • Vocational training
Skills
  • Literacy
  • Numeracy
Cross-cutting areas
  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Gender equality
Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys out of school, Girls out of school, Youth

Age

16 - 25

School Enrolment Status

All out of school

School Level

  • Vocational
Other populations reached
  • Other community members - female
  • Other community members - male
Participants include
  • Adolescent mothers (pregnant or parenting)
  • Displaced/refugee - External (from other countries)
  • Displaced/refugee - Internal (from other areas of the same country)
  • Orphans and vulnerable children
  • People with disabilities
Program Approaches Back to Top
Learning while working
  • Vocational training
Tutoring/strengthening academic skills
  • Literacy - outside the classroom
  • Numeracy - outside the classroom
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
  • Increased literacy
  • Increased numeracy
Cross-cutting goals
  • Improved financial literacy and savings
  • Increased employment/job-related skills