YAGIR

🔻 Young And Getting It Right ( YAGIR ) is a non-profit organization Chioma Nnanna started to cater to the younger demographics.

She is very passionate about young people and contributing to SDG goal through financial education targeted at teenagers. If we catch them early, they're better equipped to make smart decisions, become financial independent adults and economic assets, resulting in a reduction of the poverty rate. We fight poverty by fighting financial illiteracy.

So, YAGIR organises secondary school tours spreading practical financial literacy, having the real hard money conversations, debunking harmful ideologies like "school na scam", and we do it all with fun and engaging activities.

Our secondary school tours cover:

>> Financial literacy
>> Guide on Career choice/ Course to study in the university
>> Success stories of young people
>> Affirmations
>> Self esteem and confidence building
>> Building relationships
>> Leadership and social impact/SDG
>> Skills
>> Book donation

YOUNG AND GETTING IT RIGHT (YAGIR) has impacted over 2,000 students directly in 7 secondary schools across 3 geopolitical zones in Nigeria, touring Lagos, Port Harcourt and Imo state.

For any one curious, asking "why SDG 1?"
we are a Nigerian brand. Coming from a country ranked as the world's second largest poor population with an estimated 87 million Nigeria living below the poverty line, there is so much more to do. By addressing this goal, we contribute to solving an urgent problem.

IF YOU ARE IN LAGOS, YOU CAN VOLUNTEER

So many people have reached out asking to volunteer, but we just created the group today.

We have a scheduled YAGIR outreach to a school on Wednesday, 28th of May.

Please, don't join the group unless you're sure you'll be available and committed.

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What's YAGIR about?

What started as a simple invitation by a secondary school to speak to the SS3 students while Miss Chioma Nnanna was an undergraduate, has now given birth to a global movement creating the change we seek.

When she accepted that invitation and walked up the podium to speak to curious teenagers, she didn't know that it would be so powerful that she’d get invited back- this time, to speak to the entire school. She remembered coming back to the staff room and all she heard from teachers was - "Every student needs to hear this. We need you to come back again."

So, she went back.

And she couldn't stop.

From school to school, we went.

From state to state, we took our message.

7 secondary schools visited.
3 states toured.
Over 2000 teenagers directly reached.

Sharing her story.
And most importantly, doing the important work of PROVIDING PRACTICAL FINANCIAL EDUCATION.

You see, many times, when we talk about SDG1- , we focus on adults. But what happens when we catch them young? When we don't shy away from money discussions and break it down so they understand?

If we truly want to fight poverty, we have to fight financial illiteracy first, or everything we build will crumble.

And our work is even more urgent in our clime where these young ones are exposed to get-rich-quick schemes and they see fraudulent income streams getting praised. Ask the average teenager what he thinks of yahoo and you'll know there's fire on the mountain, and everybody better run!

So, hey, Lagos. We're back in the city where it all started. This month, we're visiting 3 schools for our tour. We're fighting poverty with education, and making it fun. I can't wait to share videos of the fun activities we've made part of our tours to achieve this. Watch this space.

- The world is our stage 🌎

How to teach Your Kids about Money 💰🧵👇
Post credit: Christopher

The ones who could change the world might never get the chance to learn how.

At YAGIR, we believe education should never be a privilege; it should be a right.

Here’s how we’re getting it right with SDG 4.