Enhancing Child Nutrition and Well-being through Soya Plus Production
Strengthening the Bond Between Social and Economic Well-Being
In a bid to ensure the social and economic well-being of enrolled beneficiaries in our Orphans and Vulnerable Children’s (OVC) program, and ultimately achieve viral load suppression among people living with HIV in the demographic, our team in Imo State recently organized a 2-day Community of Practice (CoP) for Household Economic Strengthening (HES) officers and program managers from 12 community-based organisations partnering with Caritas Nigeria to deliver family-centered and child-based interventions at the grassroots level.
Breaking Barriers and Advocating for Gender-Based Violence Intervention in Nigerian Schools
Supporting Community Health: The Role of the “No Means No Boys” Intervention
Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Imo State receive business start-up kits
Enhancing Education in Imo State: Caritas Nigeria’s Desk Donation Initiative
Commemorating the International Day of the Girl Child
To celebrate International Day of the Girl Child marked annually on October 11, the Caritas Nigeria office in Abia State, in collaboration with the Presbyterian Community Service and Development, Aba, organized an educational session at the Presbyterian Secondary School in Aba, with a view to empowering the students and emphasizing their role in leadership. Discussing this year’s theme, “Invest in Girls’ Rights: Our Leadership, Our Well-being,” representatives of our OVC team and the Manager of the Abia State Political Affairs, Gender, and Special Duties, Mrs. Anastasia Uchenna, encouraged the girls to speak up and seek help in times of danger, molestation, and harassment. The excited young females actively engaged with the facilitators and expressed their appreciation for the valuable information and insights provided.
Caritas Nigeria Empowers Adolescents in Abia State for Economic Stability
Thirteen (13) adolescents on our OVC program under the ACCESS project in Abia state were recently supported by Caritas Nigeria to build economic stability. On September 28, 2023, the Caritas Nigeria team in Abia State organized a startup kits handover ceremony in Aba South local government area that heralded the distribution of vocational skill kits to 9 female and 4 male young adults as part of the household economic strengthening component of the stable thematic area of the ACCESS project. Caritas Nigeria delivered the economic intervention with the cooperation of the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria – a community and faith-based organization – facilitating access to Orphans and Vulnerable Children’s (OVC) services under The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and CDC-funded Accelerated Control of HIV Epidemic and Sustainability Solutions (ACCESS) project. Prior, the adolescents had successfully undergone training in various skills, including fashion designing, hairdressing, aluminum production, and pastry-making.
Empowering Vulnerable Communities in Northeast Nigeria: Caritas Nigeria’s CHEERS Project
Given the exponential number and needs of vulnerable persons in Northeast Nigeria, Caritas Nigeria working closely with JDPC Maiduguri is partnering with the Utenriksdepartementet (Norge) through Caritas Norge to implement the Comprehensive Humanitarian Emergency Response and Economic Recovery for Sustainable Livelihoods in Nigeria (CHEERS) project. The intervention seeks to improve the living conditions of target populations while also building their resilience in the face of the biting economic hardship of the vulnerable individuals in Adamawa and Borno States. In line with the project goal, forty (40) persons were selected from Michika and Madagali Local Government Areas and from Bama, and Gwoza Local Government Areas of Adamawa and Borno States respectively, and trained on 16 September 2023 on data collection and how to save lives and protect human dignity in their various communities.
Empowering Young Men to Combat GBV: Caritas Nigeria’s ‘No Means No’ Intervention.
