Health

ctivity strategies we carry out include Advocacy, Awareness, House to House visits, Capacity building, Health Outreaches. Areas of focus are

Maternal Newborn Child Health – focuses on issues that relates to Pre, Ante & Post natal, Immunization, other related issues on the health of a mother and her child

Nutrition – focuses on Nutrition Education & Counseling for women, children& households; Infant Young Child Feeding [IYCF] especially identifying malnourished children through use of MUAC Tape, linkages, referrals and follow-up for CMAM, Promotion of micronutrients and Tom-brown; Food Demonstration & Home/Micro Gardening Promotion; Food Distribution

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene [WASH] – Personal, Household & Environment Hygiene through handwashing education and use of soaps/ash; Promotion of Tippy Tap in communities and schools; water usage, storage and purification; Promotion of lowcost toilets (SANPLAT) for households and public places; waste related issues management; WASH Committees establishment, mentoring & supports, Water point repairs & maintenance using ,

HIV/AIDS & TB – HIV Testing Services, Support Group Formation & mentoring, Adherence & Home Support visits, Referral & Linkages

Malaria – Prevention Awareness, Promotion of Long Lasting Insecticidal Mosquito Nets, Facility based treatment

Education

Activity strategies include Advocacy, Community Mobilization, Capacity building, Linkages and referrals. Some key areas of interest are as follows

Access to Basic Education – Enrolment, retention & transition of children especially the girl child; supporting learning outcomes; establishment of in and out of groups girls based groups or clubs

Education Support Services – covers support systems such as Adolescent Girls groups, Kids Forum, Safe Space, etc and other sporting related programs such as Quiz, Table Tennis, Spelling Bees

Educational Governance – establishment, strengthening and mentoring of School/Center Based Management Committees [SBMC/CBMC], Mothers Associations, Women Groups, Education Unit of Ward Development Committees towards school infrastructure development, increased learning outcomes while working closely with State Universal Education Boards [SUBEB] and State Agency for Mass Education [SAME]

Governance & Gender Inclusion

Activity strategies are

Basic participation for marginalized groups – identifying, selecting, training and supporting women, youths and people with special needs to be involved in local and political governance

Governance Education and counseling – Continuous Voters Registration, Party Politicking, campaign management etc in support of marginalized groups

High-level Advocacy & Engagement – Negotiation, dialogue with state government actors, political actors

Gender Based Issue – Child Protection issues includes Identification of abused and vulnerable children using the national standards and protocols, community and household education on Child Protection and setting up of Community Child Protection Committees; Family tracing and reunion; Psychosocial and access to justice; prevention, response and support as well as access to justice for marginalized, violated and abuses; providing gender based counselling and other supports

Livelihood/Socio-economic developments

Activity strategy grouped as follows

Vocational/Technical Skill Training – Transfer of direct skills to beneficiaries through staffs or use of master craftsmen in various selected skills which are relevant and related to the beneficiaries at a given community

Group Savings & Loan Association – supporting livelihood through group formation, training and mentoring of savings and loan association either using the traditional VSLA methodology or the SILC [Savings & Internal Lending Community]

Cash Transfer Program/Seed Grant – modeling both piecemeal and lump sum to beneficiaries using modulated, conditional or unconditional methods in the various communities. Direct disbursement as well as through microfinance institution in order to promote greater financial inclusion for beneficiaries through smart grant; provision of seed grants either in cash or an in-kind material supports as start-up for small capital trade and businesses initiatives on an individual or group based

Business/Financial Education Counseling & Training- Using documented manuals, international approved modules such as Start & Improve Your Business, Enterprise Your Household, Market Identification Opportunities among a few. We will provide for youths, women and others information that can help them develop their trade, business as well as develop fundable business plans to access soft loans or grants from government and other private agencies. We have experience in linkages with existing government.