About

ProtectOzone Sustainable Livelihood Initiative (ProtectOzone) was founded in 2015 with the mandate to mobilize citizen consciousness in protecting the ozone layer while ensuring food security using innovative (or innoNATIVE as we say) approaches. ProtectOzone seeks to achieve this mandate through targeted training, advocacy and campaigning, peer education, mentoring, and the establishment of sustainable demonstration farms. It has successfully championed awareness-raising events and developed academic resources to hone the capacity of young people to participate in combating extreme poverty and hidden hunger as Active Global Citizens. ProtectOzone’s approach is in line with both National policies and transnational policies. The organization is poised to ensure the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with a particular focus on climate action (SDSG 13), ending poverty and hunger (SDG 1 and 2), and promoting peaceful and inclusive societies (SDG 16).

About the Permaculture Project:

Goals

The goal of this project is to improve the skills of Farmers in conservative cum regenerative agriculture through intensive Permaculture Design Class in collaboration with Kansas State University Horticulture and Natural Resources department while driving self-employment in food production among youths in the under-served communities of Lagos State through sustainable agricultural practices and business training to improve their livelihood.

Objectives

To train farmers on hands-on skills in permaculture design for improved production and soil care.
To develop the practical skills of marginalized rural youths in sustainable vegetable and poultry farming
To provide community youths with business development training which will enable them to set up profitable micro-scale business ventures in vegetable and poultry farming
To develop strategies for civic agriculture in Ikorodu area of Lagos State Project Description