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About

Who We Are

JIFE Innovation and Leadership Development Foundation works toward self-sustaining communities, empowered youth leaders and internationally recognized farmers.

Five young women in JIFE Foundation T-shirts wearing lanyards marked Usher, standing in front of an event backdrop.

Background

How JIFE has described itself

At JIFE Foundation, we’re dedicated to community-driven change, focusing on education, healthcare, and environmental sustainability.

Our vision

To create self-sustaining communities, empowered youth leaders, and internationally recognized farmers, fostering a world where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.

JIFE Innovation and Leadership Development Foundation

Our mission

Three areas of work

JIFE's mission, in the foundation's own words, and the three areas it names.

To promote a self-sustaining community empowered through youth leadership, technology education and innovative Agro-preneurs.

JIFE Foundation
  1. Community Empowerment

  2. Leadership Training for Youth

  3. International Recognition of Farmers

Our approach

What the work is built on

How the foundation works, and what that has looked like in practice.

An instructor in an orange JIFE polo shirt addressing a seated group of young people in a classroom, with a projector screen behind him.
Community-driven development
In 2024 JIFE described itself as “dedicated to community-driven change”.
Education
Tech Training for Kids delivered workshops and courses for children.
Leadership
“Leadership Training for Youth” is one of JIFE’s three stated mission areas.
Agriculture
In 2024 JIFE distributed 10,000 Brazilian Jumbo Cashew seedlings to farmers in Irepodun LGA, Kwara State.
Technology
Tech Training for Kids taught practical digital skills in Iludun-Oro.
Partnership
Sustainable opportunity
JIFE’s vision describes “a world where everyone has the opportunity to thrive”.

On the record

Milestones

  1. 2024

    Cashew seedling distribution

    10,000 Brazilian Jumbo Cashew seedlings distributed to farmers in Irepodun LGA, Kwara State.

Leadership

Meet the people behind the work

Full profiles

Community members gathered outdoors at a JIFE Foundation event.

Our purpose

Our work is about creating opportunities that communities can build on.