Unilever Nigeria partners UNICEF to reach 3 million youths for FUCAP programme

<h2>About UNICEF</h2>, <p>#FeaturebyUnilever</p>, <span>UNICEF is happy to partner with Unilever Nigeria on this important initiative that focuses on developing critical 21st-century skills for young people.</span>, <h2>Unilever Nigeria and UNICEF today announced the launch of the Future-X Campus Ambassadors Program (FUCAP) to reach 3 million Nigerian youth and equip 700,000 of them between the ages of 16 and 24 with the requisite skills to succeed in the workplace of the future by 2026.</h2>, <p>This aligns with the Unilever Compass commitments to equip 10 million young people worldwide with essential skills to prepare them for job opportunities by 2030, and UNICEF’s Generation Unlimited Nigeria initiative – a public-private-youth partnership aimed to support 20 million young Nigerians by 2030 with skills and opportunities to transition from learning to earning, through shared-value partnerships around digital skills development, workforce readiness programmes, and young people engagement.</p>, <p>The FUCAP initiative was launched on UNICEF’s Yoma and U-Report Platforms, a youth-centred platform, to ensure an extensive reach of young people in universities and other institutions of higher learning across Nigeria.</p>, <img src="https://cdn-fmcrawler.shalltry.com/public/prod/files/images/2023-07-20/original/600dbeda-268d-400f-85e8-ca81c2f4b1ac.jpg">, <span>FUCAP is targeted helping young people in Nigeria reach their full potential and contribute to the development of Nigeria.</span>, <p>Speaking on the initiative, the Managing Director, Unilever Nigeria, Tim Kleinebenne, said, “FUCAP is targeted at students in Universities and Polytechnics across Nigeria. This is part of our commitment to helping young people in Nigeria reach their full potential and contribute to the development of Nigeria.”</p>, <p>On his part, the Human Resources Director, Unilever West Africa, Ola Ehinmoro said, “our target for FUCAP which is a three-year program is to equip 700,000 young people with skills to become entrepreneurial-minded a