A few words

About Us

Our story starts way back


Our Motto

……………. attaining greater heights for women and youth in a conducive environment


Our Goal

……………. to reach the less privileged with succour while engaging communities actively in finding solutions to their problems


Our Vision

We envision Good Health, Zero level of Ignorance, Health Friendly Decisions and Hazard Free Environment for the betterment of women and youth and the community at large.

Our mission
A non governmental, non sectoral organization that is committed to identify with the average Nigerian Women and Youth, Promote, Enlighten and Enhance all-round Comfort so as to bring smiles to their faces.

Aims and Objectives

Aim:
To provide for women and youth a voice, identify with their hopes and aspirations in view to develop and promote their relevance and sense of belonging in the development and stability of the communities, environment and the nation.




Objectives: 
Carry out studies of various problems confronting women and youth and finding ways of alleviating them.
Organizing vocational training, seminars, symposiums, workshops, conferences and information technology for women and youth
Identify and source for ways to alleviate/ solve women and youth problems, such as drug abuses and addiction, teenage pregnancy, sexual harassment and exploitation, cultism, examination malpractices, peer pressure e.t.c.
Networking, activism and linkages with local and international donors’ agencies.
Promotion and source for funds for programmes that can and will empower both the youth and women with disabilities to positively contribute to the society.
Promotion and enlightment on the elimination of harmful traditional practices that affect female generally such as early marriage, circumcision e.t.c.
Organizing programmes aimed at improving and promoting the ending of gender based discrimination and rights/dignity of women and female youth.
Enhancing accessibility to basic hygiene health education by providing information, education and safeguards against preventable and communicable disease such as STDs, HIV/AIDS, TB and CANCER e.t.c to which women and youths are the most vulnerable.
Encourage and organize programmes and projects that create awareness among women and youths of the dangers population and environmental degradation.
Organize programmes that will encourage women and youths to have a deep sense of responsibility, civility and discipline, self reliance, self sacrifices, hard work, creativity in dealing with the public and national issues.
Promote our cultural heritage and encourage the utilization of the good aspects of our cultural values to serve as the ingredients or integration and unity.
Promote and create social security programmes that will provide financial and/or material assistance to trained but unemployed women and youth so that they can be empowered.
Providing information and education on child/human trafficking and forced labour.
Source for aid and assistance for the less privileged, handicapped, orphans, widows e.t.c.
To provide access to information while advocating and raising awareness on hygiene and sanitation and overall healthy living standard of urban and rural dwellers.
To enhance women and youth involvement and inclusion in decision making processes, civic right, peace building and sustainable development.
To develop and distribute educational resources on hygiene and sanitation in our communities for better enlightenment.
To fund and support worthwhile programmes targeted at improving the quality of life of women, youth and children in countries especially Nigeria.
To introduce new and sustainable method of hygiene and sanitation in our environment.
To ensure Disaster Risk Reduction while ensure conflict management and safe environment for women, youth and children.
To train and provide necessary equipment for people in communities for better hygiene, sanitation and healthy living.

Target

At Risk Communities
Sectoral Leaders (Youth leaders, community leaders’ e.t.c)
Female Adolescents
Persons Living with Disabilities
Persons Living with HIV/AIDS
Orphans and Vulnerable Children
Women
Youths
Children



Values

Fairness
Justice and development
Peaceful co-existence
Commitment to work
Proper time management
Team building
Networking
Love and friendly personalities
Affectionate
Realistic
Hard work
Respect and obedient


Thematic Areas

Health
Environment
Education
Rights
Social and Economic Justice
Governance and Democracy
Humanitarian Response & Disaster Risk Reduction

Achievements

Training of 200 female adolescents on Basic Hygiene, HIV/AIDS and STDs, Religion and Health in Baruten LGA of Kwara State, August 2008
Participated in the facilitation of the training of 300 youths (100/LGA) in Kwara State, Nigeria on Freeing the Youth from the Scourge of HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse in collaboration with NYNETHA funded by Federal Ministry of Youth, Nigeria, with support from OSSAP and MDG, Nov., 2008.
Capacity Building for Christ Apostolic Church youths using the Faith-Based Approach on HIV Prevention and Care and Support for PLWHA tagged- Stemming the Scourge of HIV/AIDs among Christian Youths through Information Dissemination, May, 2010.
In collaboration with CSIAIAD WOYODEV Initiatives facilitated flag off of ‘Reach the kids before Drugs do’ in secondary schools in Kwara state, Oct, 2010.
Facilitated a forum on Women Development and Effective Women and Youth Involvement in Decision making processes, May 2010
Hand washing Exercise in collaboration with RUWASSA in 6 LGAs in Kwara State (supported by UNICEF).
Promoting Behavioural Change in Community through Social Mobilization and Awareness on TB Care (supported by Global fund through ARFH& HAF), (Jan 2012, 0ngoing).
Organised a discussion Forum on Youth in Decision making processes (Health and HIV/AIDS) for CrowdOut AIDs.
Organised a Rally on Green Economy; Does it include you? In commemoration of World Environment Day, 2012
Facilitated in VCT/ BCC for 114 University of Ilorin youths in partnership with Rotaract Club, University of Ilorin- April 2012.
Training of School Based Management Committee with support from SUBEB, Nov., 2012.
Facilitating CSOs forum on Flood and disaster risk reduction and mitigation with support from NEMA
Implemented Community TB Care project (CTBC) as Subsub recipient to HAF, Globalfund R8
Implemented Community System Strengthening project to end HIV/AIDs, TB and Malaria with support from SFH, ACOMIN, 2015-2017
Implemented a project on End to Female Genital Mutilation (End FGM) with funding support from The Girl Generation, UK. 2017
Implemented the Views from Frontline Project (VFL) with support from Global Network on Disaster Risk Reduction (GNDR) funded by European Commission
those who work with us

Partners and Affiliations

Development Partners (Local and International)
LGAs
Civil Society for Consultative Network on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (CISCHAN)
Association of Civil Society Organization on Malaria in Nigeria (ACOMIN)
Civil Society Initiative against Illicit& Addictive Drug (CSIAIAD)
Nigeria Youth Climate Change Coalition (NYCCC)
Association of NGOS working on Orphan and Vulnerable Children (AONN)
Nigeria Youth Network on HIV/AIDS (NYNETHA)
National Alliance against Hunger & Malnutrition (NAAHM)
Network on Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (NWASH)
National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN)
Hope Worldwide  
Nigeria Youth Habitat Network (NYHN)
Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, WSSCC, Geneva, Switzerland.
SUSAN, FAN, ANEW
Young Feminism Wire (AWID)
World Youth Movement for Democracy (WYMD)
Stop TB Partnership.
Kwara State Ministry of Women Affairs
Kwara State Ministry of Youth and Sports Development
Kwara State Ministry of Environment and Forestry
Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency- RUWASSA
Kwara State Action Committee on AIDS, (KWASACA)
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