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.