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UFORO SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS

ASSOCIATION

REPORT ON

NDDC/SPDC SKILL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING

FOR RURAL WOMEN IN THE NIGER DELTA REGION

4th

JUNE - 13th

JULY, 2012

JULY, 2012

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NDDC Training: Group photograph with the CEO of UFORO sitting in the middle

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A REPORT ON NDDC/SPDC SKILL DEVELPMENT TRAINING FOR RURAL WOMEN

IN THE NIGER DELTA REGION FROM 4TH JUNE TO 13TH JULY 2012

INTRODUCTION

UFORO was one of the lucky organisations selected to partner with Niger Delta Development Commission

(NDDC) and Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in training rural women from the Niger Delta

Region in various vocations. The training commenced on Monday, 4th June 2012, with twenty six (26) rural

women from Akwa Ibom State. The trainees were selected by NDDC after they had duly applied, were

interviewed and briefed on the modalities and the benefits of the programme.

We participated in four (4) different skill areas, namely: tailoring; hat and beads making; interior

decoration/soft furnishing, and photograph/videography. Trainees were admitted into the skill area of their

interest. The training lasted for five (5) weeks.

TAILORING

Between 2006 and 2011, more than one hundred youth, mostly women from rural areas, selected from all the

Local Government Areas in Akwa Ibom State has been trained in four consecutive batches by UFORO in

tailoring and garment designing. We were therefore in our comfort zone when seven (7) young women from

the Niger Delta region of Nigeria were selected by NDDC/SPDC and posted to UFORO to be trained for five (5)

weeks on tailoring. Though the training period set by the sponsors was short, UFORO set up a strategic plan

toward achieving her objective of equipping the trainees with the basic knowledge of sewing. At the end of the

five week period, the following achievements were recorded:

The trainees were able to master their sewing machines, know how to maintain them, make

pattern designs and sew straight lines;

They were able to take measurement and also cut without any assistance;

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They were knowledgeable about different designs for different body sizes, how to match materials

with different designs as well as obtain a good understanding of colour combination;

They were also able to design and make baby wears, different styles of skirts and shirts, burst skirt

and blouse and different styles of gowns.

It is important to state here that the students achieved a great deal in just five weeks, this was due to the

passion they all have for sewing, but they still need to learn more and its therefore recommended that more

opportunity be given to them for further training.

The following are some of the pictures from the tailoring section:

Display of some of the dresses made by the trainees during their closing party

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Margaret Isong in tailoting class Mary Bassey in tailoting class

Ekpono-ufok Etuk in tailoting class Constance Dominic in Training

Ekpeno Sunday in tailoting class Eno Akpan luke During training

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Nyeneime Akwa during a training session A training session with the instructor – Ms Miriam James

BEADS AND HAT MAKING

Hat making is another skill area in which UFORO has been training young women over the years. In

2011, UFORO successfully trained more than forty (40) women in the art of hat making and today they

are earning a living from it. When NDDC/SPDC skill development in beads making came, UFORO saw it

as another opportunity to equip the trainees with skills that can sustain them wherever they find

themselves. A total of thirteen (13) students registered for the beads and hat making training, and prior

to this period none of them had any idea about these crafts. However they came with a strong zeal to

learn. Consequently, at the end of the five (5) weeks period, UFORO was able to achieve the following:

The trainees were able to identify and source for materials/accessories needed for beads and

hat making and designs;

They were also able to identify and operate tools used in both beads and hat making;

They were knowledgeable about different designs for different product as well as different

kinds of beads and beads making techniques;

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They were also knowledgeable on taking measurement and cutting materials to desired hat

designs and shapes, different dying materials and processes, spraying and folding and

moulding materials to designs;

They were able to understand sewing and gumming technique and also have a fair knowledge

of colour combination;

They were able to make different designs of dressing hat;

They were also able to make different designs of beaded bags, belts, bangles, earrings and

necklaces e.g. beads with spacer, spiral beads, illusion beads, baby beads, single line stringing

beads, and double line stringing beads etc.

Below are some of the pictures from the beads and hat making class:

Display of some bead designs after the first week of training

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Display of some bead designs made by the trainees

Beads display

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Different stages in Hat making in processes

Display of different designs of beads and hats made by the trainees during closing party

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INTERIOR DECORATION AND SOFT FURNISHING/PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEOGAPHY

Internal decoration and soft furnishing, and photography and videography were other skill areas

undertaken by UFORO. We had three (3) trainees in each skill area who were eager and ready to learn.

In five weeks, the trainees in interior decoration and soft furnishing training were able to achieve the

following:

Have a good understanding of material measurement and cutting;

Have a good knowledge of space management;

Have a good knowledge of design materials and colour combinations and schemes;

Have a good knowledge of sewing machines, the parts and functions. They also had a fair

knowledge of sewing;

They can also develop a picture album

In the same vein, their colleagues in photography and videography training were able to achieve the

following:

To have a general overview of the video camera, know the parts and their functions and

also the maintenance, care and safeguard against damage;

Have understanding of lighting for Video recording - Source of Light, Contrast, Mounted

Lights etc;

Have a fair knowledge of shooting Technique - Camera Position, Framing, Audio Source,

Recording etc;

Have understanding of different types of framing - Basic shot types, Rules of Framing;

Have understanding of camera Angles - Bird’s-Eye View, High Angle, Eye Level, Low

Angle, Oblique/Canted Angle;

Understand camera Movement - Pans, Tilts, Dolly, Hand-held, Crane;

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Have understanding of different camera Techniques: Cuts (Matched Cut, Jump Cut,

etc.), Cutaway, Reaction Shot, etc;

Have a fair knowledge of different Parts of photo camera and their functions.

Understand Focusing, Focal Length, Composition and Framing;

Differences between Outdoor and Indoor Photography;

The Basics of Studio Photography, Event Photography and Flash Photography.

Below are some of the pictures from these training areas:

Interior Decoration and Soft Furnishing done by UFORO trainees

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More picture from soft furnishing

Closing picture: Interior Deco/Soft Furnishing

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Videography training on session

Pictures from the Photography and Videography class

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INSPECTIONS

In the course of the five week training period, inspection was an inherent part of the training program, and

therefore NDDC/SPDC hired a group of consultants who came from time to time to inspect the progress of the

trainees. At such visits, they spent time to interact with the trainees in order to assess the areas of challenges and

improvements. The consultants who covered UFORO were Mr Anthony U. Idung of Maryville Technical Services

Limited, Plot 309 Old Refinery Road, Elelenwo, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Dr. Dorothy Thompson and Dr. E.

Akpanuko of TFL, Uyo

Mr. Idung, A. U: a consultant from Maryville Tech. Services Dr. E. Akpanuko: a supervisor from TFL

Dr. Dorothy Thompson: a supervisor from TFL

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CONCLUSION

The five (5) weeks training was rounded up on 13th July 2012, with a low keyed closing ceremony where the

trainees were advised and encouraged Chief Executive Officer of UFORO, Chief/Mrs. Imo Isemin to make good use

of the opportunity given to them by NDDC/SPDC. She admonished them to be like the good servant in the scripture

who received a talent from his master, and then made good used of it. The CEO concluded by telling the trainees to

reciprocate the good gesture shown to them by NDDC/SPDC by putting to good use the skills they have learnt in

UFORO.

Immediately after the brief by the CEO, the trainees were taken to a colourful closing party that featured a dance

competition and a beauty parade, where the winners went home with handsome prizes. General and group

photographs were taken by different skill areas to showcase what they have done during the training period. They

were finally treated to a sumptuous meal.

Final word from the CEO to Trainees A vote of thanks by a trainee Trainees on the dance floor

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UFORO SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ASSOCIATION

LIST OF TRAINEES FOR NDDC/SPDC SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

S/N NAMES PHONE NO HOME ADDRESS ALTERNATIVE ADDRESS

HAT AND BEADS MAKING

1. Ekomobong Akpan Ebong 08026767635 18 Udosen Uko Str, Uyo 18 Udosen Uko Str, Uyo

2. Glory Nestor Edem 07068630607 Mbioto 1, Nsit Ibom Mbioto 1, Nsit Ibom

3. Happiness Abel Daniel 08097972522 Ifa Ikot Obong, Oron Rd Ifa Ikot Obong, Oron Rd

4. Idongesit inyang Inyang 08065738980 56 Mbak Rd 56 Mbak Rd

5. Idorenyin Tom Akpan 08166084973 18 Ekpri Nsukara,Uyo 18 Ekpri Nsukara,Uyo

6. Inyene Enefiok John 07063743914 3 Assembly of God, Edet Akpan Ave

3 Assembly of God, Edet Akpan Ave

7. Jane Ben James 08030979034 1 Victory Est. Elelenwo, PH 1 Victory Est. Elelenwo, PH

8. Janet Ekwere Akanubo 07066723324 2 Ukpe Str, off Abak Rd 2 Ukpe Str, off Abak Rd

9. Ntimfon Bassey Aniekan 07033940177 9 Udo Udoma Rd 9 Udo Udoma Rd

10. Roseline Uweh Effiong 08163870476 85 Ikot Ekpene Rd 85 Ikot Ekpene Rd

11. Ukeme ekerette Umoh 07085292266 369 Oron Rd, Uyo 369 Oron Rd, Uyo

12. Utibe Bassey Akpan 08131962874 234 Oron Rd, Uyo 234 Oron Rd, Uyo

13. Uwakmfon Mathew Edet 08063605180 8 Udu Oku Str, Uyo 4 Idak Okpo Lane

TAILORING AND GARMENT MAKING

14. Constance Dominic 08088217274 11 Ekpenyong Urua, Mbiobong 11 Ekpenyong Urua, Mbiobong

15. Ekpeno Sunday Paul 08038951077 21 Offot Str, Uyo 21 Offot Str, Uyo

16. Ekponoufok Micheal Etuk 08086849181 Ikot Akpan Abia Rd Ikot Akpan Abia Rd

17. Eno Akpan Luke 08163054666 Nsit Atai 18 Asutan Str, Uyo

18. Margaret Sunday Isong 08133425719 20 Udo Inwang Str, Uyo 20 Udo Inwang Str, Uyo

19. Mary Okon Bassey 08068694496 41 Uko Eshiet, Uyo 41 Uko Eshiet, Uyo

20. Nyeneime Effiong Akwa 08033173595 90 Abak Rd 22 Imek street, Ikot ekpene

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INTERIOR DECORATION AND SOFT FURNISHING

21. Blessing Simon John 08065416518 1 Ring Rd close, Eket 16 Eket Oron Rd, Eket

22. Josephine Vincent Akpan 08034940398 32nd

Avenue by Eastern By pass, PH.

8 Jubilee School Rd

23. Shirley Sunday Emah 07081568694 1 Nung Udoe Rd Afaha Offiong 1 Nung Udoe Rd Afaha Offiong

PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEOGRAPHY

24. Favour Sunday Essien 07034923247 4 Paul Bassey, Uyo 4 Paul Bassey, Uyo

25. Nsikan-abasi Udo-akpan 08085526785 10 Mbat Iyat Street 6 Atai lane Useoffot, uyo

26. Ofofon Isaac Bassey 08133619470 7 Utuks Lane Nwaniba, Uyo 120 Nwaniba, Uyo