Women Aid Collective Wac, Porth-harcort, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, West Africa

WACOL stands for WomenAid Collective. We are an independent, non governmental, non-profit organisation. We are dedicated and committed to helping women and young people in need. We are gender conscious and work towards gender equality and human rights for all.

WACOL was founded in November 1997 with its headquater in Enugu and branch offices in Port Harcourt, and the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, Nigeria. It is registered with the Coporate Affairs Commission as a charitable organisation (N0 RC 388132).

WACOL exists to help women and young people whose rights are threatend and / or have been denied and who are subjected to phyisical,mental, and/or sexual abuse.

The aim of WACOL is to increase legal protection and fight for better choices for abused women and children, facilitate flow of information and experiences between organisation, and develop appropriate Information, Education and Communication materials that will be used in advocacy for human rights of women and young people. At the moment WACOL maintains a combined staff strength of forty-five spread across our six offices.

Civic Life International Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa

Civic Life International is an organization dedicated to using dialogue,deliberation and media strategies to uncover emerging issues facing people and communities and strengthening the competencies of citizen, institutions and governments to respond to these challenges. We work in local communities in Africa and United States.

We believe that an educated, engaged and deliberative citizenry is not only vital to a healthy democracy but also to a peaceful, healthy and vibrant community. We know a bit about convening dialogue and deliberation events.

Rather than use one method, we weave multiple Indigenous and contemporary approaches into more holistic programs that meet a variety of needs, serve many community-building functions, and feed into each other in creative and useful ways.

Our Mission is to work for the establishment of a credible, democratic, multi stakeholder decision making and conflict management mechanism through the use deliberative techniques, inquiry, reflection and group-inclusive interventions.

Development Alternatives For Women And Adolescents Dawa, Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa

Development Alternatives For Women and Adolescents (DAWA) came into existence in response to the need for women and adolescents to have a platform for empowerment and development and so be integrated into societal development grid.

DAWA is not-for-profit, non-religious, non-governmental women and youth-oriented organization.

Youth Golden-path Internative Yogopati, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, West Africa

YOUTH GOLDEN - PATH INITIATIVE (YOGOPATI), IS a non -governmental, non-political, charity organization established for the sole purpose of developing an agenda for the indigenous youth towards self-emancipation, reliance and independence through youth empowerment, capacity building and the promotion of a peace culture, Youth Golden - Path Initiative is a multi ethnic organisation that has a balanced representation of both genders.

Our initiative runs through all the facets of the human development especially the youth age. These include health issues, education, job creation, skill development and acquisition, arts, information technology and rehabilitatory processes.

YOGOPATI's believe in the development of the total person, proves our doggedness and determination in ensuring that every aspect of the human endeavor especially as it affects the young person are highlighted and stressed upon

Centre For Law And Social Action Clasa, Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa

The Centre for Law and Social Action [CLASA], a non-profit, non-partisan research and advocacy organization, brings together scholars and activists in law and the humanities for inter-disciplinary research and advocacy on governance, development, democratisation, human and peoples’ rights, law reform, social issues, economic policy and international affairs. CLASA informs and shapes policy dialogue and political action through research, analysis and advocacy.

CLASA’s work integrates social research, legal and policy analysis and syntheses of quantitative research and best practices in governance and development — building upon contemporary thought in political economy and years of experience in public policy debates. Key tools include research, analysis, policy and advocacy.

Center For Development Support Initiatives Cedsi, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, West Africa

In recent times, the resultant effect of long-term neglect has become more evident, the great toll of which is better imagined. Despite growing stakeholders interventions, there is still a wide gap towards rural women and youth empowerment as a lot still wallow in poverty, ignorance, lack of basic functional education, incessant conflicts, insufficient reproductive health information and no sustainable means of livelihood.

At the turn of the new millennium, in order to join hands with the global community towards achieving the lofty goals of strengthening the Niger Delta community folks for sustainable development, a group of professionals came together leading to the birth of the enter for Development Support Initiatives CEDSI.

CEDSI is a not-for profit, non-governmental Organization, clearly committed towards improving the quality of life of women and youths in the Niger Delta region. It currently has its headquarters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and branches in other parts of the Niger Delta region.

CEDSI works in 5 core areas of: Agriculture and rural development, HIV/AIDS mitigation, Skills Acquisition, Functional education, Peace building, conflict resolution and advocacy and Non-profit governance e.g. Board development. CEDSI is poised to promote good governance and sustainable development in our target region through community driven, people focused, innovative, participatory and result oriented initiatives.

We believe that the present intrinsic underdevelopment, suffering and poverty levels among Niger Delta women and youths can be affected in positive and progressive ways. Thus we have committed ourselves to bring agent to bring about positive change.

Creative Minds International Academy, Jos, Nigeria, West Africa

Our goal is to provide opportunities for our students to obtain broad intellectual and values education that will develop their capacities and creative talents and enable them to grow as human beings and good citizens of their communities in aesthetic and/or applied pursuits. For details, read Our Prospectus.

We are committed to being an educational institution of international standing and outlook, achieving excellence through scholarship, teaching, learning, research and service to its local, national, regional and international communities, beginning with the good people of Plateau State and Nigeria as a whole.

Our aim is to provide a vibrant and responsive educational system that produces literate, numerate, well-educated citizens with the capability and confidence to make a positive contribution to our society. As a school community we seek to work together to build a culture that demonstrates care, ensures security and provides opportunities for individual contribution, success, recognition and enjoyment.

Development Information Network Devnet Nigeria, Lagos, West Afrca

Development Information Network (DevNet) is a coalition of over 100 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other civil organizations that utilize development information.

It was formed in 1994, under the auspices of the British Council following a series of consultations with Development workers, Librarians and NGO practitioners in the West African sub region.

Our membership is open to those who have responsibility for information and documentation in the private sector, government agencies, parastatals, non-governmental organizations and international organizations whose activities focus on issues of development.

Save The Youths, Ondo, Nigeria, West Africa

We are dealing with all life aspect from home to environment and other things that pertain to the youths and their (our) life activities. once again wellcome, as you join us in eradicating all forms of pro-progressive things in our youths socitie.

we will appreciate mails or ideas from anybody that have the feelings for others (less priviledgeour youths! our youths needs our helps! all the time.

they needs our guides, advices, care feelings and many other things to make them act right and think right all the time.Here, in Africa, the right of the youths are always violated by the adults most of the time, this is due to some facts ranging from our beliefs to carelessness about our youths.

we must wake up! from our sleep! and help the youths today.With the believe that, our youths is our hope, heritage and leaders of tomorrow!today hundred of million human beings continue to suffer today from racism, discrimination, xenophobia and other exclusion.

these forms of discriminising practices have liggered internal strife in many counmtries and brought immense suffering.some live with it in silence while other return it with more acts

Pro Natura International Nigeria Pnin, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, West Africa

Pro-Natura International Nigeria works to achieve long-lasting solutions for community development within the Niger Delta. By establishing trusted and transparent Community Foundations, PNI helps communities to lead their own development process.

By building institutions, capacity, trust and confidence within the community, PNI is redefining community-led development in the Niger Delta through the Community Development Foundation Initiative.

Pro-Natura International (Nigeria) advocates that in the absence of good governance, an effectively implemented community led development process is the only viable vehicle for sustainable development, conflict resolution and economic improvement for poor and marginalised communities in the Niger Delta and elsewhere. There are no short cuts or simple solutions.

Human Rights Law Service Hurilaws, Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa

HURILAWS started in 1997 as a specialist provider of human rights legal services and purveyor of skills in the legal aspects of transition management.

Today, HURILAWS is also a public policy think-tank and pressure group working in partnership with multi-sector development and change actors to promote accountable and transparent governance in Nigeria. In particular, HURILAWS is the driver of the Multi-Sector Law Group (MSLG), which is a multi-disciplinary network of civil society actors and organizations for democratic change in Nigeria, chaired by Olisa Agbakoba, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and founder of HURILAWS. HURILAWS is able to draw on the skills of a wide range of specialists in law, public and economic policy, among its staff of sixteen people and associates.

Project Alert Violence Against Women, Ikeja, Nigeria, West Africa

Project Alert is a non-governmental women's rights organisation set up to provide information on all forms of violence against women, and render support services to female victims of violence.

Project Alert is being established to play this critical role. Ideal as it may seem to affiliate Project Alert to one of the already existing women’s rights organisation, this will only succeed in further playing down the importance and seriousness of these issues. Violence against women is a cog in the wheel of this country’s development process.

Knowledge House Africa, Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa

The KnowledgeHouseAfrica is a youth led organisation that started in 2003 with the aim of empowering the African youths and women by equiping them with skills and knowledge using the best technology available so that they will be able to positively impact their community.

The organisation which is a non profit and non governmental organisation currently operate in Nigeria but effort are being made to impart other African nations.

We will operate a unique,professional and self sustaining organisation that will empower youths and women to fight poverty by imparting them with knowledge and skills using free and open source technology as a key tool to brigding the digital divide.

Leap Africa, Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa

OUR MISSION: To inspire, empower and equip a new cadre of African leaders.

OUR VISION: Youth Leadership Programme By 2025, LEAP's alumni will be recognized as dynamic, principled and innovative leaders in the private, public and non profit sectors, spearheading Africa 's ascent into the international arena.

Business Leadership Programme
By 2052, 60% of businesses established by LEAP's alumni would be thriving in the second or third generation.

OUR VALUES:

Commitment: We celebrate, recognize and reward passion, dedication and loyalty to the mission and vision of LEAP Africa.

Communication: We practice clear, timely and consistent communication, recognizing this as the basis for effective team work, efficient problem solving and organizational success.

Excellence: We demonstrate excellence in all our activities going the extra mile to ensure that our programmes, services and operations are world class and of the highest standards.

Integrity: We consistently demonstrate transparency and truthfulness in all our dealings.

Respect: We recognize and celebrate the diversity in our society and demonstrate respect in all of our interactions with different stakeholders.

Result-Oriented: We focus on outcomes, not activities. Through our programmes, we change mindsets and behaviour - inspiring, empowering and equipping our participants with the tools, skills and support that they need to effectively lead positive change efforts in their companies and communities.

African Students' Tourism Organisation, Ikeja, Nigeria, West Africa

A.S.T.O is a progressive innovation of a team of forward looking undergraduates and post-graduates from various tertiary institutions all around Africa that believes in broadening the educational horizon of students and facilitating health care programmes via tourism.

We also help in enriching the quality of education by exposing students to their colleagues outside their home-lands, this we do in our well organized programmes .We are a non-profit making organisation that operates with high ethical standard taking into cognizance the health and the security of the tourist.

The major objectives of the African Students Tourism Organisation are to facilitate the educational enlightenment of African students and also promote peace and unity amongst African Students via tourism.

Mobility Aid And Appliances Research And Development Center, Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa

Mobility Aid and Appliances Research and Development Centre [MAARDEC] was founded in 1991, and was officially commissioned by the then President of Nigeria, General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida in 1992.

MAARDEC is a child of necessity conceived by the ingenuity of its founder, Cosmas Ikechukwu Blaise Okoli, a Nigerian with disability who has the zeal for empowering people with disabilities so that they can enjoy normal dignified lives.

The organization is registered by guarantee [RC 245710] and was established primarily to research, develop and produce mobility aids and appliances for sales to persons with disability at subsidized rates and outright donations in some cases; these decisions were born out of the realization that Nigerians with disabilities constitute the poorest of the poor in our society most of whom cannot afford the most rudimentary aids and appliances to leave home to find means of livelihood.

Nigerian Association Of University Women, Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa

A group of graduate women (minimum OND degree) interested in improving the mental, social, and physical lives of women and girls in Nigeria, especially in Lagos State and particularly in Ikeja.

Comprised of 85% young members (aged 45 years and younger) NAUW Ikeja Branch focuses on reaching the younger generation, whilst empowering the old.

New Era Educational And Charitable Support Initiative, Jos, Nigeria, West Africa

New Era Educational and Charitable Support Initiative (NEEDCSI) is a Nigeria-based non-governmental, non-religious, non-political, non-ethnic, non-profit, humanitarian and educational support organization committed to the resurgence and revival of human values that transcend religious, ethnic and cultural differences.

These values include a sense of belonging to a common humanity, respect and consideration for all people, compassion and non-violence, a commitment to preserving the natural environment, and a social service ethic.

New Era Educational and Charitable Support Initiative is registered with the Nigeria Corporate Affairs Commission and is empowered to work throughout Nigeria in fulfilling our vision and mission.

Our mission is to help young people to discover and develop their inherent gifts, talents and abilities and to help raise ethically responsible, self-disciplined, and creative citizens capable of participation in a positive and sustainable society. We are deeply committed to providing young people with opportunities to develop a sound knowledge, understanding and appreciation of Nigeria's rich traditional values and cultural heritage and to situate this understanding in a global context through a greater shared acceptance and understanding of our diverse the world.

Our work focuses directly at the heart and to great value of human life. We are building local educational and skills development projects, especially for the benefit of young people, women and children.The focus of our organization is on initiatives that improve educational opportunities and provide life skills, including self-confidence, goal-setting, problem-solving, conflict resolution, and teamwork by equipping young people with essential skills that will empower them to become competent, confident, responsible, and caring adults.

Syto Nigeria, Ibadan, Nigeria, West Africa

Our organisation, Student & Youth Travel Organisation, SYTO Nigeria, is registered and established in Nigeria as a non-governmental organisation (NGO). SYTO Nigeira is aimed at promoting educational and cultural exchange programmes including social travel among students and youths the world over.

SYTO's mission is to expose students and youths to the world, to promote understanding, knowledge acquisition and the development of skills for living in a globally interdependent and culturally diverse world.

SYTO Nigeria has developed a broad range of programmes which consist of Inbound and Outbound programmes, and issuance of International Student Identity Card. Participants in our programmes receive a meaningful cross-cultural experience. All programmes run throughout the year.

SYTO Nigeria is an associate member of Federation EIL.

The Neo Black Movement Of Africa, Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa

Neo Black Movement of Africa Purpose:

To promote activities that will encourage Black people towards the full exercise of the human spirit, the re-awakening of all its Inventive, Creative and Moral Capacities.

To stand against all acts of Racial Contempt and Conflict, Exclusion, Discrimination and Intolerance.

To engage in researches on African Traditions and Culture.

To internalise and evolve realistic approach towards providing solutions for Africa's problems.

To enhance and promote the image of Black people all over the World.

To promote the aims & objectives of the Neo-Black Movement of Africa