About

SIDO PROGRAMS

1. Bright Futures

(A Mentorship Program for Young Girls (Ages 9-12))

At Bright Futures, we believe in empowering young girls to embrace their journey of growth, self-discovery, and empowerment. Tailored for girls aged 9 to 12, our mentorship program is designed to nurture a positive self-image, foster resilience, and encourage personal achievements. Through a series of interactive workshops, engaging activities, and one-on-one mentorship, we cover crucial areas including Self Discovery, Body Positivity and Health, Building Confidence, Friendship and Communication, Overcoming Challenges, and Celebrating Achievements.

2. EmpowerHer Futures

(A Mentorship Program for Young Girls)

EmpowerHer Futures is an innovative mentorship program designed specifically for young girls aged 13-16. Our mission is to inspire, educate, and empower our participants by exploring essential life areas through a carefully structured curriculum. By fostering a supportive and nurturing environment, we aim to help these young women develop a strong sense of self, build resilience, and lay a solid foundation for their future.

3. Visionary Women

( A Mentorship Program for Young Women Aged 17-21 )

Visionary Women is a dynamic mentorship program designed to support young women aged 17-21 in their transition from adolescence to adulthood. Our comprehensive approach focuses on empowering participants with the confidence, skills, and networks they need to navigate personal and professional landscapes successfully. By fostering an environment of growth, learning, and mutual support, we aim to inspire these young women to become leaders of their own lives and their communities.

4. FULBE HERITAGE DISCOVERY PROGRAM

The Fulani Heritage Discovery Program is an immersive and interactive educational initiative designed to introduce children to the rich cultural tapestry of the Fulani people. Tailored for children aged 8 to 14, this program provides a unique opportunity to explore the traditions, values, and lifestyle of the Fulani community, with a special focus on the Fulani Code of Conduct.

5. Solar-Powered Eco-Friendly Cooking Stoves for Sustainable Living

Objective: The proposed project seeks to introduce solar-powered, eco-friendly cooking stoves as a sustainable alternative to traditional charcoal stoves, empowering women in Africa with clean energy solutions and contributing to environmental conservation.

Programs

Bright Futures

Empowerher Futures

Visionary Women

Fulbe Heritage Discovery Program

Solar-Powered Eco-friendly Cooking Stoves for Sustainable Living

Empowering Women in Rural Africa

Banana Peel into Clothing Fabric

Women's Health

CAMPAIGNS

Menstrual Cup Donation

Trade School

6. Empowering Women in Rural Africa

( Sustainable Food Preservation and Canning Initiative )

This program is designed to empower women in rural parts of Africa with the knowledge and skills necessary to preserve food through canning. This initiative aims to enhance food security, reduce food waste, and improve nutritional intake throughout the year. The program will offer hands-on training, resources, and continuous support to ensure participants can apply these techniques effectively within their communities.

7. Banana Peel into Clothing Fabric

Banana leaves became a fiber source around the thirteenth century, where banana was preferred to hemp for nautical ropes and ship’s rigging. Today, the fiber is used in a variety of products, including textile and paper. Banana fiber comes from the outer sheaths formed by leaves that grow around the trunk of the plant. The filaments themselves are 1.5 meters to 3 meters long depending on the age of the leaves (determined by how close they are to the trunk).

Sheaths are cut into straps and fed into a machine to extract the fiber and remove the pulp. The fiber is then dried in the sun, bundled and sent for processing. There varying degrees of the coarseness in the fiber. Some fibers are soft and fine like silk, while other fibers are coarse and linen like. It has a strong absorption quality and releases moisture very fast. It is alkali proof and has a good reception for the dye. The fiber blends easily with other natural fibers for enhanced performance and properties.

8. Women's Health

Health in Africa has been one of the critical aspects of life that has offered the best opportunity to change the life of the people. While it can be said that Africans have for a long time relied on traditional medicine, it can also be argued that the so called modern medicine has made a deep inroad into the overall health practices in Africa.

The status of health today can be described as that of mild success, the bulk of the health situation still leaves much to be desired. Today people in Africa have had to spend so much of their resources travelling out of the continent to seek medical attention. The challenge is that only those who can afford to travel to Europe or the western hemisphere can engage in such expedition. People have often argued that with the migration of qualified health personnel from African it will get to a point in which the health issue will reach a boiling point. The economically disadvantaged people in Africa are the worst hit with this negative trend. This is most illustrated in the some key health issues that are peculiar to women and children. Occupying the larger segment of society in Africa, women and children suffer most of the health inequities.

Arising from the foregoing this health initiative like others is aimed at identifying the peculiar health challenges associated with the aforementioned group with a view to seeking for interventions in the form of the repatriation of knowledge and experienced based health groups that bring home the quality of services that have long been elusive. To ensure the cost, which is normally prohibilitive, is within their economic realm.

The economic capability and affordability of quality services to be provided are to be born by the financial structure put in place by this initiative. The four stakeholders in this arrangement are: The initiator, as represented by self and the administrative body; The health experts to be repatriated, albeit on adhoc basis; The funding bodies; and the communities.
The fact health ensure socioeconomic prosperity makes it central to human development. It is the focus of this initiative to bridge the gap in health provisions in the rural and semi urban communities. Funds are going to be provided principally by the initiator and her retinues of followers and other humanitarian individuals and organizations. To bring this about we have instituted this initiative structured in a manner that resources are put together in trust, overseen by selected community members and government officials to administer the determination of indigency and the selection of those in critical need that should benefit from the required financial and expertise support to offer them top quality health services at minimal costs.

The funds for this project shall be obtained from the personal finances of the principle initiator to wit – Queen Ameenata Koita The Magajiya Chicaba of Fulbe of Ashanti Region of Ghana and all her well wishers (individuals, organizations, associations, government agencies, NGO’s, foundations etc).

This initiative is commenced on May 15, 2020 and continues year in and year out. Which is to take place at Kumasi, Ghana. It is hoped that this will be expanded to other regions and even other parts of Africa.

The initial beneficiary community before spreading out to other communities is the Fulfulde community in Kumasi, Ghana.