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It's the end of the service year, and i am still pursuing humanitarian service with saved cash, volunteered at a few NGOs, sought service opportunities with UNICEF as community development service was becoming a growing passion but guidance in this field wasn't readily available or better still i didn't know where to get it. Well after awhile, i got discouraged as i was already out of cash at this point, coupled with the pressures to return home, you know what i mean?
Nobody seems to understand what you're still doing in a "strange land" as it were after your service year. You are expected to come back home & seek job opportunities in familiar quarters.
Amidst all these pressures, I still stayed back. Luckily I got a job with an MTN mobile money franchise & then later moved on to work as a research assistant and data analyst to an Ophthalmic surgeon.
However, I couldn't do this for long because of failed health, and had to obediently return home. Of course, everyone was glad to have me back home and they diligently sent me to all the contacts and opportunities they thought they had but it was all to no avail.
Soon i gave up the job search & started partnership with one of mentors who is a fan of working from home and being your own boss. We've engaged in a lot of ventures till date & one of it was farming.
Agriculture is a very rich sector but with many challenges especially in developing countries like Nigeria. In an attempt to solve one of these major challenges which is farm produce wastage, Rayandmo Farms was birthed.
We are involved in the processing and preservation of fruits and vegetables, currently working at preserving Jute leaves because of its huge potentials.
We are also working at training women in the community to be able to process and preserve these fruits and vegetables in order for them to create a sustainable income for themselves and their family. More on Rayandmo Farms later.
Here is the idea, don't be a complainer, be a problem solver. Problems are Opportunities in disguise.
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