LAGOS – The Field of Skills and Dreams (FSD), in partnership with the U.S. Consulate have trained 100 youths in sustainable fashion design and solar panel installation that will benefit them and their communities for years to come.
Will Stevens, U.S. Consul General, in his remarks at the ‘Life Entrepreneurship Skills for Green Economy Jobs Graduation’, said: “First let me offer my congratulations to all the graduates and their families.
“Your perseverance and dedication to honing your craft has brought you to this special day. It is my honor to celebrate it with you. “I also wish to commend Omowale Ogunrinde and her team at Field of Skills and Dreams, or FSD, for their amazing efforts to train 100 young people in sustainable fashion design and solar panel installation in partnership with the U.
S. Consulate. “There is an oft-quote saying that you can give a man a fish and feed him for a day, or you can teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime.
“Omowale’s vision here at FSD embodies the idea that equipping people with vocational and entrepreneurial skills will benefit them and their communities for years to come. “I’m sure this is one of the reasons why FSD was selected as a recipient of U.S.
African Development Foundation, or USADF, funding and visited personally by the USADF President and CEO when he visited Nigeria last year. “We are proud to count Omowale among the more than 12,000 Nigerian alumni of U.S.
government exchange prog.
