Ai, a participant from Nigeria, cooks food to sell in the local market for a profit to help feed her own family.

Typical huts on the side of the road near Enugu. Many Nigerians live in huts like these as they are not expensive to build and maintain.

The topography of Nigeria frequently forces houses to be built in precarious settings.

A residential neighborhood in Jos, Plateau State.

The program participants in Nigeria wear yellow nametags to identify one another.

Women celebrate International Women's Day with traditional song and dance.

Women play instruments made out of cow horns in celebration of International Women's Day

WfWI-Nigeria participants preparing cassava, a local staple crop. Cassava is grown by participants for sale in local markets or for household consumption.

Women for Women International-Nigeria program graduates not only make their own rice, but started a business to sell it.

Women for Women International-Nigeria graduates keep track of all their records for their rice business.

A WfWI-Nigeria participant at home in Jos, Plateau State.

Women for Women International training takes place in a cement structure built by the community

Women for Women International-Nigeria program participants knit hats to sell in their community.

Sign outside of the Women for Women International office in Jos.

A WfWI-Nigeria staff member standing outside one of the vehicles used for field visits.

Women in the literacy training classes use chalkboards and alphabets to help them practice spelling and writing their name

A group of women sit together during a classroom training

Participants practice literacy by reading to each other in groups

WfWI-Nigeria trainers discussing the training curriculum.

WfWI-Nigeria participants using a milling machine to process grain.

Program participants waiting outside in the courtyard before training begins

Program participants taking a break in a training classroom.

Participants during WfWI-Nigeria's Men's Leadership Program

A women in the program wears signs that read "Courage", "Social Welfare", among others, that represent what the program means to her.

Program participants dancing in a classroom; a common art form in Nigeria that is frequently used to display gratitude, respect, a welcoming gesture, or freedom.

Participants singing and dancing in the WfWI-Nigeria office courtyard.

A participant practicing the vocational skill of basket weaving.

Participants are preparing branches to be used for basket making.

Examples of baskets made by WfWI-Nigeria participants.

A participant displaying a hat she crafted from the skills learned during vocational training.

An image of inside a chicken coop used to raise chickens for egg production and processing intended for retail sale and household consumption.

A WfWI-Nigeria poultry farmer replenishing the water for her chickens.

Farming is a large part of the program, with many of its goods being used to sell in the market

Two children snack on carrots from the crops that the women have planted and harvested

In the market, the women will sell their goods to local shoppers

Produce for sale at a local market.

A Women for Women participant named Eunice smiled for the camera

A participant smiles for the camera

A WfWI-Nigeria participant holding a bowl of roots that can be used for agriculture and as a dietary staple.

A participant uses a sewing machine to help make goods such as clothing and blankets

Participants hold up a blanket they have sewn during their job skills training classes