The SEE (Sensitize, Educate, Empower) Project was jointly implemented by the Africa Youth Growth Foundation (AYGF) and Activating the Lost Dream Foundation (ALDF), and funded by ECOWAS and the Spanish Fund on Migration.
The project sought to combat the ignorance of the ECOWAS Free Movement Protocol as a critical factor reinforcing trafficking in persons (TIP) activities in the Idiroko border community, through the sensitization of community residents—especially women and children—on the dangers of human trafficking. Appreciating the critical role of women in societal development, the project also empowered a segment of the female population within the community through entrepreneurship and vocational skill acquisition trainings.
The training focused on vocations such as tailoring and fashion design, computer and secretarial services, hairdressing, baking, and bead making. Following the training, beneficiaries were guided and empowered (through the donation of equipment and the award of seed funding) to establish small-scale businesses.