Vocational Training for Young People in Niger

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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. 

 


Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Niger

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