STLC is a small, effective and efficient organization but big on achieving results. In 2015, STLC designed and carried out an award-winning project “Blind Kids lead Kids with Disabilities to School”. This project engaged the community to send children with disabilities to school. It was a community advocacy project that reached 5000 people in 4 low resource settlements in the FCT.

In the course of the project, a 17-year-old blind boy with no parents, was encouraged and sent to school so he can study braille. Today, he is in the Pacelli school for the blind in Lagos. STLC is proud to record that another alumna, J.A, a visually impaired girl who was inspired by the mentorship program to seek and gain admission into the University after dropping out of school. Supported by her mentor and STLC, she is happy studying at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. J.A. was a participant in Project Thinkable.

Women living with disabilities (WWD) have many limitations, but none as crippling as a mindset characterized by low self-esteem, lack of leadership competencies and inability to speak out and be heard. Many excellent projects that are developed by or for WWD are focused on policies, advocacies or economic empowerment. Many hard-working WWDs would excel if they had some life skills necessary for social integration into their communities. STLC seeks to fill that gap by offering services in terms of personal leadership development, mentorship and positive shifts in mindset.

STLC developed a baseline project, Project THINK-able, with 3 thematic areas of Leadership Development, Mentorship and Community service. From 2017-2018, Project Thinkable engaged WWDs in transformational leadership development and engaging conversations.

THINK-able Two scales up and consolidates the excellent outcomes of the first year. Women with Disabilities are moving from participating and learning to Leading and Learning. They are supported to train other WWDs with leadership skills. They mentor and support peers to design and carry out community service.

Two distinct sets of participants are involved in this project.

1)Alumni of Project THINK-able who serve as facilitators and mentors to a new set of participants

2)Newly enrolled women who also go through the traditional THINK-able Pathway of leadership development, mentorship and community service activities.