Niger Delta Women For Justice, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, West Africa

The Niger Delta Women for Justice (NDWJ) is a non-profit making, non-sectarian, civil society organisation, founded in December 1998.

The organisation is a child of circumstance born out of 40 years of economic and environmental neglect of the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria, culminating in the militarisation of the region over the past 10 years and increased human rights violations.

NDWJ works in close collaboration with other grassroots organisations and women's groups in all of the 15 ethnic nationalities in the Niger Delta. It is committed to improving the personal, economic and educational status of women and to ensuring that their environmental and human rights are upheld.

NDWJ's vision is to facilitate the empowerment of disadvantaged women particularly those in rural areas, through programmes of participatory development.

These programmes seek to transform all aspects of women's lives so that the women themselves begin to recognize their own potential and their rights and begin to speak through their own voices.

Youth Media And Communication Initiative Ymci, Lagos, Nigeria

The Youth Media & Communication Initiative (YMCI) is a non-governmental, not-for-profit organisation actively engaged in developing the involvement of children and youth in the media. YMCI equips children and youth from 10 to 18 years with media and communication skills on child rights, gender, conflict resolution, HIV/AIDS, environment, globalisation, leadership, and development to cope with living in a multi-ethnic and multicultural society, thus laying the foundation for social justice for future generations of Nigerians.

It is open to every Nigerian child/youth irrespective of religious affiliation, language or social background. YMCI aims to provide an opportunity for them to examine the country, its strength and shortcomings in a congenial atmosphere devoid of the tribal and religious tensions that have dogged Nigeria since independence.

The common purpose and focus for all participants in YMCI activities will be how to empower themselves to build a future that will give Nigerians equal opportunities. YMCI will provide a level playing field for children and youth in every nook and cranny of Nigeria. Our agenda is not to teach children and youth to become journalists, but to train them as agents for social mobilization and social change; to develop their capacity for effective communication and self-expression so that they can positively impact their schools, communities and society.

Baobab For Women's Human Rights, Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa

BAOBAB For Women's Human Rights is a not for profit, non-governmental women's human rights organization, which focuses on women's legal rights issues under the three (3) systems of law - customary, statutory and religious laws in Nigeria.

The organization evolved from an ad hoc group of activists, social scientists, lawyers, and specialists in Muslim laws and Arabic who were responsible for executing the Women and Laws Nigeria project, under the auspices of the International Solidarity Network of Women Living Under Muslim Laws from 1993 to 1996.

This three-year multi disciplinary research project on women's legal rights generated a wealth of data which, in order to be efficiently utilized, needed an organizational structure from which outreach work could be planned and executed in the states under study. In 1996, BAOBAB as presently constituted formally came into being.

BAOBAB operates from a national office in Lagos and with outreach teams in 14 states across Nigeria. These are: Adamawa, Borno, Edo, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Taraba and Zamfara. The organization works with women, legal and paralegal professionals, human rights NGOs and members of the general public.

BAOBAB's stated mission is "to promote women's human rights principally via improving knowledge, exercise and development of rights under religious laws, customary laws and statutory laws." We believe our activities during the past few years illustrate our commitment to this mission.

Youth For Technology Foundation, Owerri, Nigeria, West Africa

YTF works to integrate technology into disadvantaged communities in an effective, sustainable way to achieve real access and outcomes for people to put technology to work to improve lives.

YTF realizes the importance of digital inclusion of youth in the field of education, sciences, culture and communication.

Our mission is to: Inspire and educate communities and youth, who are on the forefront of technological innovation and development, on the application of technology tools and information in their daily lives.

Implement community-based technology programs that will help youth develop a passion for technology and an understanding of how technology can improve their communities by being users or inventors of technology.

Partner with existing community organizations and non-profit organizations, particularly those focused on providing technology access to rural communities, to leverage existing resources, serve more of the community members and share best practices.

Foster a digital culture among youth, women and men to help them realize their dreams of technical literacy by acquiring computer knowledge and skills that will enable them to be productive community individuals and enthusiastic employees or employersYTF Is About Helping Young People.

African Citizens Development Foundation, Ikeja, Nigeria, West Africa

ACDF is an acronym for African Citizens Development Foundation. It is a private initiative to curb and if possible eradicate the tragedic effects of indiscipline in African society which include: lawlessness, corruption, poverty, violence, strife, greed, avarice and other negative social forces.

African Citizens Development Foundation was established out of the realization that bad leadership is actually the bane of development in Africa. The founder of the Foundation, Otunba Dele Ajayi Smith strongly believes that bad leadership is the product of the nature of the citizens.

In essence, the quality of the followership determines the leadership. And since the leadership and the followership cannot be divorced from the socio-economic and political system that is operative in a society, it is imperative to awake the consciousness of the citizes to the truth that they hold the ace to good governance

Founded on the 3rd of April 1995 and registered by the Corporate Affairs Commission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, in the year 2000, the Foundation sets out to redeem the image and values of Africa through education on the importance of integrity, which breeds transparency and accountability in development.

The African Citizens Development Foundation is strongly committed to projects and programmes that are geared towards transformation of the whole Africa from what it is to what it ought to be. We focus on a number of programmes within our broad objectives.

Autism Associates, Nigeria

AUTISM ASSOCIATES is an organization founded by Psychologist Okey-Martins and a group of therapists and parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and related developmental disabilities in Nigeria.

The primary goal of Autism Associates is early detection, intervention and integration of young children and adults with ASD in Nigeria. We are deeply convinced that there is hope and help for individuals living in the autism spectrum and that such hope and help can be made available in Nigeria.

Persons with developmental disabilities particularly autism spectrum disorders are at the short end of the stick in our country, where services are minimal and in critical shortage. Autism Associates emerged as one of the few services to bridge the gap in service availability for this neglected community.

Individuals with ASD are not burdens and hopeless economic liabilities as is wrongly believed by some people. In fact, they can be cute, wonderful and resourceful persons, who like everyone else, are simply different. Each individual is unique, has unique potentials and we of Autism Associates are committed to helping each person reach his or her fullest potentials.

Community Conservation And Development Initiatves Ccdi, Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa

CCDI started in August 1998 as an ecological think tank, an operational response to the belief that human beings are a central part of the global ecological system and the sustainable use of natural resources is the key to poverty alleviation and economic development.

The organisation which is supported by the Ford Foundation, was registered as a non-profit organisation on 20th June 2000.Our mission is to offer vision and solutions to the relationship between poverty, environmental protection and sustainable human development.