VILLAGE ALIVE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE (VADI)

VADI : Agricultural Finance
Date : 2011
Status : In Progress
States Covered : Kwara, Oyo, Benue, Nasarawa and Bauchi

The introduction of VAWA in 1995 in these communities greatly increased the productivity of community members with improved access to modern farm inputs and extension services, reduction in post-harvest losses as a result of access to credit facilities provided by the project. But these interventions soon became inactive due to funding.

In 2011, the ARMTI Management resuscitated the project as the “Village Alive Development Initiative (VADI)” to include men, women and youth in the participating communities as beneficiaries in the project.

VISION OF VADI PROJECT

To be a world class change agent, facilitating the development of the rural areas through wealth creation, networking, knowledge and skills empowerment.

MISSION OF VADI PROJECT

To identify impediments inhibiting wealth creation, improving standard of living and peaceful co-existence among rural dwellers and proffering ameliorating strategies.

OBJECTIVES OF VADI PROJECT

• Promote rural enterprise development by facilitating access to quality inputs, skills and market opportunities

• Enhance financial inclusion through establishment and management of micro credit scheme owned by the communities to promote economic activities

• Provide climate advisory services to beneficiary communities

• Stimulate and improve the management skills among rural dwellers to increase their productivity

• Promote sustainable improved living condition in the project communities

• Provide specialized knowledge and skills to improve nutrition of VADI participating communities

Project Solution

RELEVANCE OF THE VADI MODEL
INCLUSIVENESS OF THE VADI PROJECT
IMPACT

First Step: A target community on the objectives and model of the Initiative, prospective members are asked to constitute themselves into groups of like-minded people (each group not exceeding twenty members)
Second Step: Each group (having elected a Leader and a Secretary) meets weekly.
Third Step: During the weekly meetings, members save money; discuss ideas bordering on personal and group enterprise development as well as community develop1ment; consider loan requests from applicant-members.

First Step: The project ensures that men, women, girls and boys (as appropriate) participate fully in program design and implementation
Second Step: They also equally benefit from the program equitably especially in decision making and leadership positions. For instance, the two people in the Project Implementation Committee (PIC) at the community level should be a female and a male

Over 5000 beneficiaries in Kwara, Oyo, Benue, Nasarawa and Bauchi states have been positively impacted
Income of beneficiaries: 30% increase in income of members
Education of the children of beneficiaries
Household food security
Access to health services
Access to climate advisory services

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