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Skills Outside School Foundation

The Skills Outside School Foundation is the leading African education, employability and entrepreneurship organization with a vision for a productive human capital driving transformational socio-economic development globally. We work through our 3 core pillars – interventions, data and advocacy.




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OUR INTERVENTIONS

Skills Outside School Foundation designs, implements and monitors and evaluates data-driven & holistic interventions to achieve its mandate. Our interventions include programs, initiatives and challenges delivered directly implemented by SOSF and indirectly through individuals, and our public, private and non-profit partners.


A.   Bridge

The SOSF Bridge program builds Life, Career, Academic, Technical, Vocational and Enterprise Skills development in youth in state secondary schools through workshops deployed by trained school teacher’s / trainers and opportunities provided through partners and mentors.

B.    Headstart

The SOSF Headstart program is a sector-based entrepreneurship and livelihoods program for vulnerable and low-income populations. Phase 1 of the program “agropreneur” is focused on farmers across several high value agricultural produce – cassava, plantain and vegetables to enhance overall yields, productivity where integrated value chains are viable and improve overall farmer income / livelihood.

The program provides (i) technical and business skills capacity development (ii) access to critical inputs e.g. tools, herbicide, fertilizer and improved seed varieties (iii) funding and business advisory support and (iv) continuous monitoring and evaluation.

C.    Initiatives & Challenges

SOSF initiatives and challenges represent non-programmatic interventions, annual challenges and co-implementation of programs designed and led by partners, in furtherance of SDGs 17 – partnership for the goals. 

We have delivered capacity development series with AREA I, Open Fees Foundation, IRSD, Secondary Education Board, MTN, UNICEF and British Council. biennial Lead4Change initiative where exceptional social and commercial innovators across Africa are trained, mentored and funded to deliver game-changing innovative solutions to socio-economic challenges – eco-friendly furniture, e-commerce, STEM-Entrepreneurship for vulnerable groups, water access, employability skills development for youth.

Train 500 Disadvantaged Students in Northern Nigeria

Join us in raising $5,000 on GlobalGiving for our Bridge Program to support 500 disadvantaged students and teachers in Northern Nigeria with 21st century teaching skills, career guidance and enterprise skills by 30th of this month. To train a child today, kindly make your donation via the link below

SOSF Bridge Kebbi State Teacher Training 2022

On the 14th to 16th of March 2022, through the Birdge Program Department, we completed our Kebbi State Teacher Training which was done in partnership with Women and Youth Initiative for Moral Awareness (WAYMA) kickstarted today.


The training was deployed across Twelve (12) Government secondary schools in Birnin Kebbi and Jega Local Government of Kebbi State, Nigeria.

Check out the images from the training below

Featured Images From the training

DAY 1: APRIL 11, 2022 PICTURES

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The Board Chair and Bridge Program Officer facilitating the day 1 session

DAY 1: APRIL 11, 2022 PICTURES

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An interactive learning among Kebbi State teachers during the day 1 Teacher Training session

DAY 1: APRIL 11, 2022 PICTURES

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Day 1 post session group photo with Board Chair, Bridge Officer and Teachers

DAY 2: APRIL 12, 2022 PICTURES

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During the day 2 Kebbi State Teaching Training session 2022

DAY 2: APRIL 12, 2022 PICTURES

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Bridge Program Officer facilitating the day 2 session at the Kebbi State Teacher Training 2022

DAY 2: APRIL 12, 2022 PICTURES

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During the day 2 Kebbi State Teaching Training session 2022

DAY 3: APRIL 13, 2022 PICTURES

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A teacher recycling plastic material into wall clock during the technical skills training at the Kebbi State Teacher Training session 2022

DAY 3: APRIL 13, 2022 PICTURES

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Group photo of teahcers and their products during the 2022 Kebbi State Teacher Training

DAY 1: APRIL 13, 2022 PICTURES

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Presentation of certificate of participation to one of the teachers at the 2022 Kebbi State Teacher Training

Watch Our Board Chair Media Kebbi State Media Appearance Dicussing the need for the Kebbi State Teacher Training

What Some of Our Ambassadors Have to Say

SOSF has, directly and indirectly, granted me access to a wide network of people who have been a stepping stone at every point in my life, in fact, my first laptop, first year’s tuition, and internship with a major architecture firm before resuming high institution came from the mentor assigned to me by SOSF. Being a part of the Bridge program was the most fulfilling experience I had in secondary school”

Michael Onoja

CEO/Founder Evolve Africa

“Building my business has been rueling, exhausting, inspiring and exciting, I was also able to come up with a job scription for my employees for proper organizational structure”

StellaMaris Obeta

CEO/Founder

“The Skills Outside School Foundation

offered me full scholarship from my SSS2, which covers tuition and all SSCE Fees (JAMB fees, WAEC and NECO fees)were was paid by SOSF . My tertiary institution tuition and those of my two (2) siblings in higher institution are being paid as at when due till date. Skills Outside School Foundation have been providing us with all we need, some of which include transport fare, text books, calculator, and any other need that would make learning easy for

us”

Fatima Ali

Fatima Ali, 300 level Accounting Student

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