FSD Premises at 2 Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos State

FSD will be having the following PROGRAMS  in May 2012 on our premises – You cannot afford to Miss any of these programs.

May 3rd – Learn to Cook 6 Traditional Dishes – N10k – One day Practical Class

• Afang – the original
• Edi ka Ikong – the original
• Efo Riro – the original
• Egusi Soup – the original
• Olugbu Soup – the original
• Moin Moin
• Ofada Rice & Ofada Sauce – the original way

May 10th – Entrepreneurship Development Training Starts  - N10k – 8classes – Thursdays Only. This program is run in partnership with CBN Franchise holders for EDT and the bonus is that you get 18months Free Business Mentoring from your personalized trainer once you complete the course. Under the platform of this course manyrecently qualified for the YOU WIN funding program of the Federal Government of Nigeria. This platform also qualifies you to access the single – digit interest regime on loans from Nerfund.

May 29th – Chinese Menu Training – 10k – 6dishes – classes are fully Practical.

• Chicken & Corn Soup
• Chicken Spring Rolls
• Lolly Pop Chicken
• Chicken in Black Bean Sauce
• Beef in Green Pepper
• Singapore Noodles with …………

We may top it up with a bonus – drink……………..

May 31st – FSD Open House. Admission is FREE. This is a day we throw our doors open to all visitors. Our students display their works, they showcase their newly acquired abilities and we feed you from their delicious menu – pastries, cakes, chinese dishes, traditional soups, exotic drinks, etc.

At our Open House, there will be a Pot – Luck Draw and you can take home anything from – a beautiful garment made by our designers, a bag, slippers, jewelry, a beautifully decorated cake, a wig or even a decorative piece for your sitting room.

Our Open House also comes with a Bonus is – we teach you a simple skill for FREE on that day – its 1st come 1st served.

FSD Program Officers, Staff, Alumni & Trainees all look forward to welcoming you at all of these programs.

Please Call or Send an Email to reserve your Space.

Thank you

Seminar Highlights:

• Opening Remarks – USA Embassy
• Telling My Story: A Nigerian Business Owner – to talk about the Mindset Transformation required in moving from Employee to Employer Status……..he moved from being an Office Assistant to an International Business Owner employing foreigners here in Nigeria.
• Professional Management Trainer from Readiness Edge USA – an expert in setting skills right for MSME owners:
• Discovery Session: Learn a New Business Idea……always at our seminars
• A very special appearance by a former keynote speaker to anchor our Question & Answer Session.
• Launching of Empower Me Initiative by a European Entrepreneur

EMPOWER ME Initiative is a Financial + Non – Financial Business Support Porfolio which has 3 categories of Benefits:

• Free Sponsorship to a Business Management Course – 20 Immediate Beneficiaries
• Interest free Funds – 30 – 50 Immediate Beneficiaries
• 3 Business Mentoring Sessions by Professionals – 25 Immediate beneficiaries

Date: Thursday April 26^th 2012. Venue: ADEBOLA House, Opebi Road, Ikeja

Pre-Registration Required – Call, Text or Email

 Please Call: 07025377818, 08027207203, 07084911154, 08124097959, 08181516564, 018198108

Free Empower Me Forms for all three (3) categories of Beneficiaries will be distributed ONLY at the Seminar.

Gate Fee: N2, 500 – Payable Before the Date Only.

All payments to: Skye Bank, Adeola Hopewell Branch

Account Name: Foundation for Skills Development

Account Number – 1770033538

We look forward to seeing you there. Please come with a friend.

Thank you.

Empower Micro Enterprise (Empower ME) is a charitable, non profit fund created by like minded people who are passionate about reducing the high rate of poverty and unemployment within their sphere of influence.

Empower  ME  is designed to invest in and kick start at most 50 small business ideas every year, by providing the promoters with the initial capital requirement and basic administrative and book- keeping knowledge to startup  their own businesses. This initiative is aimed at improving the standard of living of the recipient budding micro entrepreneur by promoting and equipping individuals who have viable and profitable small business ideas with:

• The initial start up funds for the business and
• Basic training in business management skills to sustain their businesses

Criteria

The minimum criteria to be met by these aspiring entrepreneurs are as follows:

1. Pre registration – Name, Email and Phone Number
2. Hand written application letter
3. Completion of an Intention Form (Free)
4. Submission of a Business Plan (Format will be released at the launching event)
5. Literate – Ability to read and write
6. Full time dedication to the business
7. No  previous criminal history
8. Personal maximum start up capital investment requirement of N50,000

Interested entrepreneurs should be focused, dynamic with the right entrepreneurial attitude

Empower ME will be launched on the platform of Foundation for Skills Development MSME Seminar on Thursday 26th April 2012.

EMPOWER ME – promises to show case the best so far in terms of tangible financial and non-financial support for your businesses.

• Empower Me has 3 categories of Benefits
  • Free Sponsorship to a Business Management Course – 20 Immediate Beneficiaries
  • Interest free Funds – 30 – 50 Immediate Beneficiaries
  • 3 Business Mentoring Sessions by Professionals – 25 Immediate Beneficiaries

Free Application Forms for all categories of Beneficiaries will be distributed ONLY at the Seminar.

Beneficiaries will begin to recieve both their financial and non – financial support within three (3) weeks after the Launch Date.

Date: Thursday April 26^th 2012. Time: 9am

Venue: ADEBOLA House, Opebi Road, Ikeja

Pre-Registration Required

Pre – registration information (Name, Email & Phone Number) should be sent via email or text message latest 12th April  2012 to foundationforskillsdevt@yahoo.com

OR 08181516564, 07025377818, 08124097959 &  07084911154

Gate Fee: N2, 500 – Payable Before the Date Only.

All Payments to: Skye Bank, Adeola Hopewell Branch

Account Name: Foundation for Skills Development;

Account Number – 1770033538

We look forward to seeing you there. Please come with a friend.

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- FSD has started training this year for business owners in the area of business management – sponsored by the CBN through the EDC & FSD has started running its Vocational Training which covers hair Dressing, Cakes, Pastries, Cooking, Fashion and Textile Designing, etc. Please visit our website for a preview. Its www.foundationforskillsdevelopment.com

• An interest free fund to support Women in SME, financed by a Nigerian business man. This will give you short term loans with NO INTEREST
• A fund with interest rates BUT no questions, no collateral specifically for women. This will give you loans, with interest but NO LONG QUESTIONING & No Collateral Required.

It’s a year for A New Thing

It happened again!!! Thank you to all our partners – you made this happen to these less priviledged children in the heart of Oshodi, lagos sate; where 5schools smiled away on the 14th December with books and one library + 2 other reading centres.

FSD donated a fully furnished, computerised, internet ready library to a school in Oshodi; also opened reading centres in two other schools in the sameneighbourhood and donated books to two additional schools – making 5 outreach posts in one day.

On the 14th December 2011, FSD declared open the library at Oshodi Comprehensive Junior High School with 1673books – textbooks, classic novels, soft literature, journals and charts.

The same day FSD donated over 550 books EACH to open 2 other reading centres in Bolade Senior High School and Army Cantonment Senior High School, Oshodi.

At the same event FSD donated 250 notebooks, 100 textbooks and other educational materials including charts to EACH of Unity Junior High School and Ideal Primary School in Oshodi.

The library at Oshodi Comprehensive Junior High School, Oshodi was declared open by Mr Peter Pines of the USA Embassy, Nigeria.

FSD Dedicated this particular library to the IVLP Project; because she grew the idea from her 1st IVLP exposure in 2006.

 Information is Power – Testimonials of Past Events – Promises Fulfilled.

One participant was chosen and sponsored to go on a FREE 3week entrepreneurship training in the USA. She is back

One participant was chosen and sponsored to go on a Trade Show to exhibit her products abroad – FREE. She is back

Many participants were chosen to exhibit their products for FREE in Trade Shows in Nigeria and along the West Coast. They are back

One participant is awaiting a trip to the USA for a Free attendance at a Trade Show……………..

Many participants have been linked with more sources of business, loans, government sponsorships ——

Our speakers are carefully chosen – Diplomats, CEO’s; GM’s – those who speak with authority and back up their promises with actions.

This is where it happens for MSME’s – Be a part of It…..

The next MSME Seminar will hold at MUSON Centre on Thursday 10th November.

All business owners must be there, especially women.

This time it is a full fledged training on utilizing minimal funds to grow Other Investments.

Training is by high profile professionals including Shell Petroleum!!!

We are going to be trained on - Emotional Intelligence in Business, Human Resource Management, Mutual Funds, Owning a Property, Venture Capital, Profit Sharing, Investing in Oil & Gas

There will be Free Business Counselling Sessions for Three (3) Hours – on 1st Come 1st Served Basis by SMEDAN, Diamond Bank, Skye Bank.

There are 2 Free CD’s of past seminars for all participants.

Fee: N5000

Payment to Skye Bank:

Account Name: Foundation for Skills Development Project

Account Number: 1770033538

Please call: 07084911154, 07025377818, 018198108

Thank you