About us

Founded in 2013 Ruma Initiative as Cooperative Society and officially registered with Nigeria's Corporate Affairs Commission in 2023, Ruma Initiative for Collective Development (CODE) with Registration Number: CAC/IT: 7420182 which is fondly called Collective Development (CODE) as grassroots nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering marginalized communities across Nigeria. We work in unserved, underserved, underprivileged, and marginalized communities, leveraging technology, innovation

We provide innovative, life-saving support to those in need and strive to create more enabling and progressive environments through our work. Our philosophy on aid and development is centered on locally driven solutions from a committed and professional collective of compassionate people.

We are changing lives by developing skills to an individual, enterprise and community level throughout Nigeria. Our technical and vocational skills training programs focus on addressing the scarce and critical skills shortage throughout the country. background.

We foster job creation by means of facilitating apprenticeships, co-operative learning opportunities, skills advancement, work placements to our Enterprnuship Development Centre (EDC). Our model is centered on Training And Placing (TAP) our graduates; through partnerships we facilitate for them with private sector co-operations as well as the Federal Government public private companies.

Our graduates receive a trade specific toolkit on successful completion of the course and each year we increase the number of Business / cooperative / enterprise start up grants we award graduates who demonstrate sound business plans.

OUR THEMATIC FOCUSES

We create and expand education, training and employment opportunities for our beneficiaries through effective programs aimed at ensuring the development of skills and acquisition of knowledge that enables them become productive and engaged members of the society.

Literacy Skills
Access To Opportunities
Girls’ child education
Youth Led Innovation

MISSION

To organize, mobilize and channel human, material, physical and financial resources towards creating multiple, alternative and informal learning and skills opportunities for marginalized populations in order to attain self-reliance and self-development.

VISION

Improve the access and quality of education, skills development available to poor and vulnerable children in rural communities across Nigeria.

OUR GOAL

Our 10-year Goal is to educate, empower and skill Up 2,000,000 children, youth and women by 2030. Educate-Empower-Skill Up 2million Children, youth and women 2030