Angela D. Coleman, Ìbíyínká Oladojá Oyèwọlá, is a nonprofit executive, social entrepreneur, and scholar-practitioner dedicated to transforming communities through innovation, systems-level thinking, and equity-centered solutions.
Because of Founder Sandra Aguebor-Ekperuo, ladies can be mechanics, too! Sisterhood Agenda global partner, Lady Mechanic Initiative (LMI), was founded in Nigeria to teach women mechanic skills to improve their employment options and standards of living.
The Lady Mechanic Initiative® (LMI) is a non-governmental organization based in Lagos, Nigeria, with a global vision. Founded in 2004 by Sandra Aguebor-Ekperuo, its mission is to empower vulnerable girls and women by providing them with mechanical and technical skills to improve their lives.
LMI plays a unique role in vocational training, employment, and job creation in Africa. Its programs focus on girls and women from disadvantaged backgrounds, including those who have been failed by the education system, trafficked, victims of sex slavery, single parents, child laborers, and others facing cultural, religious, or gender-based stigma.
The programs are designed to have a real, measurable impact. They offer hands-on training and classroom lessons in fields like auto mechanics, electrical work, professional driving, generator repairs, speedboat repairs, and plumbing.
LMI envisions a world where an empowered emancipated cultured and nurtured womanhood engages the vulnerable and less privilege of society in an unending embrace of warmth, care and success.
“Whether you are an indigent girl, victim of human trafficking, a widow, or a woman who is desirous of becoming part of the growing number of lady mechanics in Africa or those on government scholarships, you are welcome to LMI.” Sandra Aguebor-Ekperuoh
In addition, LMI provides training in essential employability and productivity skills, such as customer care, communication, business etiquette, personal development, relationship building, and financial management. These programs aim to equip participants with the skills they need to succeed in the workforce and lead better, more independent lives.
Sandra Aguebor-Ekperuo adds, “The most exciting part of our story is that majority of these girls and women who now have a skill, a good job and better life were once indigent, poverty stricken, and without formal education. Many of them were once prostitutes from overseas (victims of forced-labour and human trafficking) and prostitutes here in Nigeria. Others were once excluded from active participation in economic activities based on the erroneous concept of gender inequality, and underprivileged backgrounds.”
“I have strategy for everything I do,” Sandra Aguebor-Ekperuo says. “You have to plan and have strategies for what you want to do in life.”
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