I'm a young brainy undergrad realli findin it diifficult 2 srvive in school. For d records am female,and hv a few skills lyk knittin, beadin, writin plays etc bt capital seems 2 elude me

Get non-career jobs possibly part-time. If you are lucky, you could find part-time job in ur area of study. Becareful for it not to affect ur studies, good luck.

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Send me one of your plays and let me see what I can do with Nairaland exposure.

try and get a part time job or a biz that wont interfere with your studies e.g. working part time in a cyber cafe, selling recharge cards, etc

if you stay on campus try to sell some stuff gurls can't do without in ur hall of residence like sanitary pads, you could fix wigs, sell noodles,

a nice partime job you could do that will not take much of your time maybe 1hr, is to wash cloths for people just go around and offer to do it for a small fee .
best of luck and keep up with learning new skills.

You could also set up a webshop to sell what you knit...put up a few samples. Maybe things for children...people like to buy children's things as gifts-personalised sweaters, cardigans etc. You could also do a some asmples of your beading-is that like jewellery?or beading on clothes?
And as suggested, if you can, get a part time job.

Let me find if there is any way i can be of assistance. Are u in a nigerian university? pls i do not know if i can get your details and find out your level of perfomance.

Nigerians are full of hot air. Look at how she just ignored my offer to help. What is that?

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That sound intersting

Wow Seun, give the girl a break.

She sounds really broke, may not even be able to afford browsing time.

Thought of that?

Seun:

Nigerians are full of hot air. Look at how she just ignored my offer to help. What is that?

OUch sorry guys i've bin a lot outta circulation cos a few more issues hv bin added 2 my life apart from survival.
@Seun. I did not ignore ur offer for help& would get back 2 u soonest.
Aspecail thank u 2 everi one.Gota go now. Time's up.

is a gud idea, i am a student as well, i also complain as u do when i do not know the way out.there is a way out that will not affect ur academics.can u operate computer @ ur leisure tym,then ur phone kep on ringing and bank alert keep coming in, people started calling you up and down in your campus. do u lyk these. not fraud pls ,100% legal .call 07037905533

Most students are proud, but if you can put pride aside, then learning to make hair will fetch you a lot of money while in school and you will never be broke.

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Godmother, not just students,but most Nigerian are pathetically proud to make money in the lowest place.

I remember a few years back me ,my mother and an elder brother were building our house in Ogun state,a story building. One cold afternoon, my mom kicked the bucket and our finances went south in 2008.

I tell you, feeding became a problem. That's to show how bad it was. I had to swallow my pride and did all kind of jobs. Is it selling red wine, home tutor, packing sand from the gutter, writing exams? Just name it. I did this because I remember staying with an aunt in Lagos and I hawked onions,yam,palm oil, beans, rice and so on. During the holiday, i would hawk 3 times a day, 7days a week. My hair was pulling off at the center due to excessive weight on it.

I no wowo o but I wouldn't too be ashamed to do anything as long as it put food in my mouth. I am presently studying Petroleum Engineering and would graduate next year. I will say thanks to everyone who are helping this young lady here. If it weren't for such help which I got from friends, I wouldn't be graduating next year as I claimed above.

Where you are coming from has nothing to do with where you are going.

My dear, i was in ur shoes some 7-8 yrs ago, but i was smart enough to start phone call biz from my room off campus,from then d biz grew to an umbrella stand in school selling both recharge cards, after a year i had another shop close to my houe, i was renting out home video's with the phone call/ recharge cards biz. I was living large in school my friends always came to me for one assitance or the other.
You too can do better,think of a need and look for a solution for the population in your school,then money will come chasing you. If u decide to tread my path,u can add your skills to it that way u will have multiple source of income, GOODLUCK

You have taken the first step to enlist some skills you are good in, there those who do not know their stand point.

What is left now is find out how you can properly monetize it, "properly" in the sense that you don't let it adversely affect your main purpose of being in school.

The bitter truth is that things are harder now than expected, an average student has to feed, has to transport him/herself to and from school especially those (like) me who don't live in the nearby school provided hostels, I am student yes, but I have to survive, that's my watch words.

I try to engage myself in good things others do to survive, no matter how small, it still helps life for now.

Like they say, find out your niche, make sells to those who are willing to buy, it could be services or products you manufacture yourself or purchase from others (traders) at a cheaper price.

I believe if those in the business line can survive, students too can.

Currently I started a blog to help others, and like they say, one can make money from genuine blogging, it may take time but with the knowledge I have, I'm optimistic, it is a student blog too that provides information. I hope Nairaland team helps my struggle.

(http://schoolguyng..com is the blog)

One thing is clear; for you to survive, anywhere, any day, you have to find something to do.

hello tho its almost 10years, but i believe others will benefit...since you are in school, that makes it perfect...how about using your phone/tablet to make id cards in a jiffy... whatsapp 08092912930 and get #20,000 or more as a student.

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