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