FEW PROJECTS - Fashion Education & Workforce Projects
House of Beebah School of Fashion (HOBSOF)
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Description
FEW PROJECTS is a long-term initiative of the House of Beebah School of Fashion (HOBSOF), designed to empower emerging fashion professionals and entrepreneurs through a comprehensive blend of training, mentorship, and hands-on industry experience. The program builds core competencies in fashion design, business management, and brand marketing, while offering participants access to internships and curated industry field visits.
Beyond individual empowerment, FEW Projects envisions the fashion sector as a strategic economic driver in Nigeria and across West Africa. Achieving this vision requires a highly skilled and competent workforce. To that end, the initiative prioritizes quality training and capacity-building to bridge the talent gap and reinforce the foundation for sustainable industry growth.
With a strong emphasis on innovation, sustainability, and entrepreneurship, FEW Projects equips participants to thrive in the evolving global fashion market. The program adopts a feedback-driven approach to ensure continuous improvement and remains aligned with key United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): 1 (No Poverty), 4 (Quality Education), 5 (Gender Equality), 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth), 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure), and 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production).
Program Structure and Duration:
The FEW Projects runs for 8 weeks, combining in-person workshops, online classes, and hands-on training. The curriculum equips participants with foundational skills in fashion design, business management, and brand marketing, preparing them for both creative and business sectors within the fashion industry.
Comprehensive Training and Learning:
Participants engage in a dynamic curriculum covering fashion design, business management, and brand marketing, blending theoretical knowledge with practical application. The combination of workshops, virtual classes, and practical exercises fosters a robust learning environment, ensuring participants acquire essential skills to thrive in an evolving fashion industry.
Internships, Industry Collaboration, and Networking:
Participants collaborate with industry professionals, fashion brands, and educational institutions, gaining real-world project experience that simulates industry challenges. Guest lectures and panel discussions with industry leaders provide insights into current trends, career paths, and business strategies, offering strong networking opportunities crucial for career advancement.
Assessment and Post-Program Support:
Participants are assessed through practical assignments, project presentations, and structured feedback sessions. They maintain a SIWES logbook to document their learning journey. Upon completion, alumni receive continued support through career counseling, job placement assistance, and access to professional networks, enabling them to transition smoothly into the workforce or entrepreneurial ventures.
• Structured Curriculum and Expert-Led Training:
A carefully developed curriculum covers fashion design, garment production, brand marketing, and business management. Training, led by industry professionals, blends in-person and virtual learning, ensuring participants master both theoretical and practical skills aligned with current fashion industry standards.
• Internships and Practical Industry Exposure:
Internship placements with trusted fashion brands bridge classroom learning with real-world practice. Field trips to fashion houses, factories, and trade shows expose participants to production processes, supply chains, and market trends.
• Access to Modern Technology and Tools:
Participants are trained using traditional methods and digital technologies such as pattern-making software, digital fashion illustration tools, e-commerce platforms, and online marketing tools, ensuring proficiency in both traditional techniques and contemporary digital skills.
• Industry Partnerships and Employer Engagement:
Collaborations with NBTE, FADAN, Jobberman, corporate brands and Fashun Jobs Nigeria ensure direct labor market linkages. These partnerships provide internships, job placements, mentorships, and curriculum guidance to maintain alignment with employer needs and industry trends.
• Professional Networking and Career Development:
The program creates alumni engagement activities, giving participants the opportunity to meet and interact with fashion experts, entrepreneurs, and potential employers. These events not only help participants build valuable professional connections but also open doors to job opportunities, collaborations, and business partnerships in the future.
• Evaluation, Feedback, and Continuous Improvement:
Continuous assessment is a core part of the FEW Program, with regular evaluations through project work, practical assignments, and feedback sessions. Participants are encouraged to provide feedback throughout their training experience. This ongoing input is used to refine course content, adjust teaching methods, and ensure that the program evolves in response to changing industry demands and participant needs.
Program Management
Our dedicated program management team oversees the day-to-day execution of the training, internship placements, and field activities. This team ensures timely delivery of content, coordination with trainers, and effective participant support.
Stakeholder and Employer Engagement:
Ongoing collaboration with industry stakeholders such as ITF, FADAN, NABTEB, LASTVEB and Fashun Jobs Nigeria, ensures relevance and industry alignment, coordinated through a dedicated Employer Liaison Officer, ensuring alignment with their workforce needs.
Advisory Board and Technical Guidance:
Our advisory board comprising representatives from the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) and seasoned fashion professionals reviews curriculum content and offers strategic guidance. This mechanism ensures the program maintains compliance with national training standards and adapts to emerging industry demands.
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Coordination:
M&E team oversees the program’s framework, tracking inputs, outputs, and outcomes through surveys, interviews, and performance assessments, ensuring transparency and data-driven improvements.
Communication and Feedback Systems:
Clear communication channels via emails, messaging platforms, team briefings, and stakeholder check-ins facilitate continuous feedback and collaboration across participants, trainers, and employers.
Technology and Logistics Coordination:
Technical unit manages digital tools, coordinates hybrid training sessions, organizes logistics for field trips, and oversees resource procurement and distribution.
I. Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Framework:
HOBSOF’s M&E framework assesses inputs, processes, outputs, outcomes, and long-term impacts. Input monitoring tracks resource utilization and partner engagement. Process monitoring evaluates training quality, curriculum delivery, and internship experiences. Output monitoring measures skill acquisition through assessments, while outcome monitoring focuses on internship and employment success. Impact evaluation monitors career growth and SDG contributions 6–12 months post-program through surveys, interviews, and focus group discussions.
II. Trainee Progress Tracking and Assessment Tools:
Each trainee undergoes an initial skills evaluation to personalize learning. Progress is monitored through weekly reports, practical assessments, quizzes, trainer evaluations, reflection journals, and peer reviews. Internship evaluations further assess real-world application of skills.
III. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):
KPIs include enrollment and retention rates, assessment scores, internship and employment placement rates, income growth among trainees, employer satisfaction, entrepreneurial ventures launched, and alumni engagement metrics.
IV. Data-Driven Continuous Improvement:
Systematic data collection from assessments and surveys enables real-time improvements. Trainer feedback, employer insights, and alumni feedback drive curriculum updates and refine program strategies. Regular internal reviews foster a culture of continuous adaptation.
V. Post-Program Outcome Evaluation:
Follow-up systems track graduate employment, income growth, entrepreneurship sustainability, and career progression. Alumni communities (e.g., Small Industrial Associations and WhatsApp groups) provide feedback loops, ensuring the program remains impactful and relevant.
Industrial Training Fund (ITF), The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), FADAN – Fashion Designer Association of Nigeria, The Chartered Institute of Project Managers(CIPM), and The National Business & Technical Examinations Board(NABTEB), House of Beebah School of Fashion (HOBSOF), Corporate Brands and Sponsors.
SDGS & Targets
Goal 1
End poverty in all its forms everywhere

1.1
By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than $1.25 a day
1.1.1
Proportion of the population living below the international poverty line by sex, age, employment status and geographical location (urban/rural)
1.2
By 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions
1.2.1
Proportion of population living below the national poverty line, by sex and age
1.2.2
Proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions
1.3
Implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and by 2030 achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable
1.3.1
Proportion of population covered by social protection floors/systems, by sex, distinguishing children, unemployed persons, older persons, persons with disabilities, pregnant women, newborns, work-injury victims and the poor and the vulnerable
1.4
By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology and financial services, including microfinance
1.4.1
Proportion of population living in households with access to basic services
1.4.2
Proportion of total adult population with secure tenure rights to land, (a) with legally recognized documentation, and (b) who perceive their rights to land as secure, by sex and by type of tenure
1.5
By 2030, build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters
1.5.1
Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population
1.5.2
Direct economic loss attributed to disasters in relation to global gross domestic product (GDP)
1.5.3
Number of countries that adopt and implement national disaster risk reduction strategies in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
1.5.4
Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies
1.a
Ensure significant mobilization of resources from a variety of sources, including through enhanced development cooperation, in order to provide adequate and predictable means for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, to implement programmes and policies to end poverty in all its dimensions
1.a.1
Total official development assistance grants from all donors that focus on poverty reduction as a share of the recipient country's gross national income
1.a.2
Proportion of total government spending on essential services (education, health and social protection)
1.b
Create sound policy frameworks at the national, regional and international levels, based on pro-poor and gender-sensitive development strategies, to support accelerated investment in poverty eradication actions
1.b.1
Pro-poor public social spending
Goal 4
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

4.1
By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes
4.1.1
Proportion of children and young people (a) in grades 2/3; (b) at the end of primary; and (c) at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in (i) reading and (ii) mathematics, by sex
4.1.2
Completion rate (primary education, lower secondary education, upper secondary education)
4.2
By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education
4.2.1
Proportion of children aged 24–59 months who are developmentally on track in health, learning and psychosocial well-being, by sex
4.2.2
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age), by sex
4.3
By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university
4.3.1
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal education and training in the previous 12 months, by sex
4.4
By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship
4.4.1
Proportion of youth and adults with information and communications technology (ICT) skills, by type of skill
4.5
4.5.1
Parity indices (female/male, rural/urban, bottom/top wealth quintile and others such as disability status, indigenous peoples and conflict-affected, as data become available) for all education indicators on this list that can be disaggregated
4.6
By 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy
4.6.1
Proportion of population in a given age group achieving at least a fixed level of proficiency in functional (a) literacy and (b) numeracy skills, by sex
4.7
By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development
4.7.1
Extent to which (i) global citizenship education and (ii) education for sustainable development are mainstreamed in (a) national education policies; (b) curricula; (c) teacher education and (d) student assessment
4.a
Build and upgrade education facilities that are child, disability and gender sensitive and provide safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all
4.a.1
Proportion of schools offering basic services, by type of service
4.b
4.b.1
Volume of official development assistance flows for scholarships by sector and type of study
4.c
By 2030, substantially increase the supply of qualified teachers, including through international cooperation for teacher training in developing countries, especially least developed countries and small island developing States
4.c.1
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications, by education level
Goal 5
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

5.1
End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere
5.1.1
Whether or not legal frameworks are in place to promote, enforce and monitor equality and non‑discrimination on the basis of sex
5.2
5.2.1
Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to physical, sexual or psychological violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by form of violence and by age
5.2.2
Proportion of women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by age and place of occurrence
5.3
5.3.1
Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2
Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
5.4
Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate
5.4.1
Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location
5.5
Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life
5.5.1
Proportion of seats held by women in (a) national parliaments and (b) local governments
5.5.2
Proportion of women in managerial positions
5.6
Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights as agreed in accordance with the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of their review conferences
5.6.1
Proportion of women aged 15-49 years who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care
5.6.2
Number of countries with laws and regulations that guarantee full and equal access to women and men aged 15 years and older to sexual and reproductive health care, information and education
5.a
Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with national laws
5.a.1
(a) Proportion of total agricultural population with ownership or secure rights over agricultural land, by sex; and (b) share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land, by type of tenure
5.a.2
Proportion of countries where the legal framework (including customary law) guarantees women’s equal rights to land ownership and/or control
5.b
5.b.1
Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone, by sex
5.c
Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels
5.c.1
Proportion of countries with systems to track and make public allocations for gender equality and women’s empowerment
Goal 8
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

8.1
8.1.1
Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita
8.2
Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value added and labour-intensive sectors
8.2.1
Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person
8.3
Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services
8.3.1
Proportion of informal employment in total employment, by sector and sex
8.4
Improve progressively, through 2030, global resource efficiency in consumption and production and endeavour to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation, in accordance with the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production, with developed countries taking the lead
8.4.1
Material footprint, material footprint per capita, and material footprint per GDP
8.4.2
Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP
8.5
8.5.1
Average hourly earnings of female and male employees, by occupation, age and persons with disabilities
8.5.2
Unemployment rate, by sex, age and persons with disabilities
8.6
8.6.1
Proportion of youth (aged 15-24 years) not in education, employment or training
8.7
Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms
8.7.1
Proportion and number of children aged 5‑17 years engaged in child labour, by sex and age
8.8
Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment
8.8.1
Fatal and non-fatal occupational injuries per 100,000 workers, by sex and migrant status
8.8.2
Level of national compliance with labour rights (freedom of association and collective bargaining) based on International Labour Organization (ILO) textual sources and national legislation, by sex and migrant status
8.9
By 2030, devise and implement policies to promote sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products
8.9.1
Tourism direct GDP as a proportion of total GDP and in growth rate
8.10
Strengthen the capacity of domestic financial institutions to encourage and expand access to banking, insurance and financial services for all
8.10.1
(a) Number of commercial bank branches per 100,000 adults and (b) number of automated teller machines (ATMs) per 100,000 adults
8.10.2
Proportion of adults (15 years and older) with an account at a bank or other financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider
8.a
8.a.1
Aid for Trade commitments and disbursements
8.b
By 2020, develop and operationalize a global strategy for youth employment and implement the Global Jobs Pact of the International Labour Organization
8.b.1
Existence of a developed and operationalized national strategy for youth employment, as a distinct strategy or as part of a national employment strategy
Goal 9
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

9.1
9.1.1
Proportion of the rural population who live within 2 km of an all-season road
9.1.2
Passenger and freight volumes, by mode of transport
9.2
Promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and, by 2030, significantly raise industry’s share of employment and gross domestic product, in line with national circumstances, and double its share in least developed countries
9.2.1
Manufacturing value added as a proportion of GDP and per capita
9.2.2
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment
9.3
9.3.1
Proportion of small-scale industries in total industry value added
9.3.2
Proportion of small-scale industries with a loan or line of credit
9.4
By 2030, upgrade infrastructure and retrofit industries to make them sustainable, with increased resource-use efficiency and greater adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes, with all countries taking action in accordance with their respective capabilities
9.4.1
CO2 emission per unit of value added
9.5
9.5.1
Research and development expenditure as a proportion of GDP
9.5.2
Researchers (in full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants
9.a
9.a.1
Total official international support (official development assistance plus other official flows) to infrastructure
9.b
9.b.1
Proportion of medium and high-tech industry value added in total value added
9.c
Significantly increase access to information and communications technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet in least developed countries by 2020
9.c.1
Proportion of population covered by a mobile network, by technology
Goal 12
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

12.1
Implement the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns, all countries taking action, with developed countries taking the lead, taking into account the development and capabilities of developing countries
12.1.1
Number of countries developing, adopting or implementing policy instruments aimed at supporting the shift to sustainable consumption and production
12.2
By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources
12.2.1
Material footprint, material footprint per capita, and material footprint per GDP
12.2.2
Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP
12.3
By 2030, halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses
12.3.1
(a) Food loss index and (b) food waste index
12.4
By 2020, achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment
12.4.1
12.4.2
(a) Hazardous waste generated per capita; and (b) proportion of hazardous waste treated, by type of treatment
12.5
By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse
12.5.1
National recycling rate, tons of material recycled
12.6
Encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle
12.6.1
12.7
Promote public procurement practices that are sustainable, in accordance with national policies and priorities
12.7.1
Number of countries implementing sustainable public procurement policies and action plans
12.8
By 2030, ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and awareness for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature
12.8.1
Extent to which (i) global citizenship education and (ii) education for sustainable development are mainstreamed in (a) national education policies; (b) curricula; (c) teacher education; and (d) student assessment
12.a
Support developing countries to strengthen their scientific and technological capacity to move towards more sustainable patterns of consumption and production
12.a.1
Installed renewable energy-generating capacity in developing and developed countries (in watts per capita)
12.b
Develop and implement tools to monitor sustainable development impacts for sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products
12.b.1
Implementation of standard accounting tools to monitor the economic and environmental aspects of tourism sustainability
12.c
Rationalize inefficient fossil-fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption by removing market distortions, in accordance with national circumstances, including by restructuring taxation and phasing out those harmful subsidies, where they exist, to reflect their environmental impacts, taking fully into account the specific needs and conditions of developing countries and minimizing the possible adverse impacts on their development in a manner that protects the poor and the affected communities
12.c.1
Amount of fossil-fuel subsidies (production and consumption) per unit of GDP
SDG 14 targets covered
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Region
- Africa
Geographical coverage
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Participants
• Aspiring fashion designers seeking foundational and advanced training in design, garment construction, and fashion business.
• Emerging fashion entrepreneurs looking to establish or scale their fashion-related ventures with practical business and branding knowledge.
• Unemployed or underemployed youth interested in gaining vocational skills for income generation and employability in the fashion sector.
• Women and girls aiming to develop entrepreneurial skills and achieve economic empowerment in alignment with gender equality and inclusion goals.
• Artisans and tailors seeking formal training to modernize their skills, adopt sustainable practices, and improve market competitiveness.
• Vocational and technical school students who need practical industry exposure, internships, and career development support.
• People with disabilities interested in inclusive training opportunities in the fashion industry, in line with equitable access and empowerment goals.
Industry partners: Access to Skilled Talent, Workforce Alignment, Brand Visibility, CSR Impact, Networking and Collaborations.
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Habibat Adebanjo, Ms.