Talent Festival: Skill and Talent Development Bootcamp

From 31/08/2023 to 02/09/2023, TFI held a three-day Bootcamp at Methodist High School, Makurdi, to mentor teenagers in talents and teach entrepreneurship skills. Participants received lectures on agriculture, hands-on training in cosmetology, hair making, shoe making, baking, and soap production, as well as coaching in music, arts, drama, dance, rap, and spoken word. The event helped teenagers discover their gifts, gain mentorship, and acquire practical skills.

Challenges included inadequate coaches, poor publicity, weak planning, and limited facilitator participation, though volunteers and emergency measures helped manage them. Recommendations called for stronger planning and publicity teams, early budgeting, wider stakeholder involvement, and rescheduling the Bootcamp to April for better participation.