Naomi Shute

I was born and grew up in Nigeria. Later on I moved to London and studied Business and Computing at Roehampton University London. In London I was involved with Nigerian associations, raising funds for maternity units and for hospital equipments such as beds and incubators.  From an early age I was interested in women and children issues and I volunteered with a “Women’s Group” in Kaduna whose aim is to provide the women with basic skills, knowledge of hygiene and promotion of their products.  The products were promoted and sold in Bazaars twice a year. I was also one of the committee members of the Nigerian Union who in cooperation with the Nigerian High Commissioner negotiated to bring the break-away branches of the Union together.                                                                                                                       

After working a few years in London with an international export/import company, an IT company and the British Transport Police, I moved to Germany. A year later I started my Masters in interdisciplinary European Studies at the University of Flensburg, which I completed with a Dual Degree of the Flensburg University and the Southern Danish University.

SistaEnable in Nigeria

Women in Nigeria lack the general knowledge, education and work that lead to their independence.
Any promotion of the Sistaenable easy-access-info will empower the women here.
Locating Sistaenable Social Store Cafés “Mama’s Garage” will help women identify and encourage them to move on.

Impacting Women through small projects

My personal belief is that women can play a very important role in many male dominated societies.  With a stronger involvement of women in decision-making there will be less corruption, less wars that cause devastation, less violence and less hunger.

As an ambassador for SistaEnable in Nigeria my goal is to help women open our cafés and I will promote small-size projects with direct positive outcome.  Through these small projects local women will be able to sell their products, which will benefit the family directly with no middle persons or institutions. 

Many women die during childbirth or they loose their children because they cannot afford hospital bills but if they have the opportunity to run their own small business successfully, it can give them financial freedom, eradicate poverty and illiteracy, create jobs in the community and promote economic growth. When a woman has the means to care for her family, infant deaths and malnutrition will be reduced. 

Every time I visit Nigeria I am constantly confronted with issues such as:

• Poverty
• Health problems
• Corruption
• Lack of  education
• Violence

One of the reasons that attracted me to SistaEnable (Sustainable) is the idea of promoting and empowering women through small projects.  Such projects have the potential to change the lives of women everywhere.
Also, I hope to open a “Mama’s Garage” in Flensburg, Germany and in Nigeria.

This is why I am excited to be involved with Sistaenable.