Oapu – Otan Ayegbaju Progressive Union, Ibadan, Nigeria, West Africa

Otan Ayegbaju Progressive Union(OAPU) is a non-political, cultural organisation. The OAPU is the umbrella organisation of Otan Ayegbaju indigenes in Nigeria and diaspora.

The idea of Otan Ayegbaju Progressive Union, according to available historical records, stated as Egbe Atunluse of Otan Ayegbaju which was muted at an informal discussion held on the 11th February, 1928 among five eminent and illustrious but deceased sons of Otan Ayegbaju namely: Jacob Kisaiku, John Fajaote, Joseph Abulude and Joseph Oyaniyi.

At her inaugural meeting on the 4th of April, 1928 in Late Pa Joseph Abulude’s house, the foundation members resolved, consequent upon Pa Joseph Fatade’s proposal, to extend membership of the association to seven others namely: Joseph Tanimojo, Jacob Salako, John Oni, Gabriel Adeniran, Joshua Ogunbiyi, Joseph Ogungbenle (Olopa), Samuel Alabi (Sogo).

The aims and objectives of the union are:

i. To promote the cultural, social, educational and economic well-being of Otan Ayegbaju
and her people at home and abroad;
ii. to raise funds for development projects;
iii. to be neutral in all political, religious and chieftaincy matters;
iv. to promote and finance self-help projects;
v. to strive by all legitimate and constitutional means to place the town on the map of
Nigeria; and
vi. to undertake any activity which the Central Executive Committee considers to be in the
interest of the people.

Rural Economic Development And Empowerment Agency Redeema, Jos, Nigeria, West Africa

REDEEMA is a registered non-governmental, non-political and non-profit development agency established in 1997 to improve the well-being of individuals and communities by encouraging local initiatives and Community involvement that would foster holistic development.

Our mission is to promote grassroots development efforts and to empower the poor and the less privileged to use available, affordable and transferable local initiatives to enhance holistic development that would better living standards. Our vision is to see the less privileged people holistically developed, socially, economically and spiritually to live a self-sustainable life.

International Youth Development Forum Iydf, Owerri, Nigeria, West Africa

We are young. We believe youth can make a difference.We want to make this world a better place.We believe in the ideals of the United Nations.

IYDF seeks to bring together young people from all over the world to provide them with a unique opportunity to meet and learn about issues pertaining to environment, sustainable development, rehabilitation and sustainable use of global resources, globalisation, global governance, migration and global human security.

The ultimate aim is to create an environment suitable for continuous exchange of information, knowledge, ideas, opinions and views between the participants, delegates, academics, public policy-makers, representatives of the NGO and the corporate sectors, arts and sports stars, and many others.

IYDF was estabilsed to use youth energy as a force to unite people through promoting international and cross-cultural understanding.Join us.

Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Center Arsrc, Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa

The Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Centre (ARSRC), established in 2003, is part of a Ford Foundation five-year grant-making initiative, “Global Dialogue of Sexual Health and Well Being” aimed at giving visibility, depth and legitimacy to the field of sexuality.

The goal of the ARSRC is to promote more informed and affirming public dialogue on human sexuality and to contribute to positive changes in the emerging field of sexuality in Africa, by creating mechanisms for learning at the regional level. Activities under the initiative will focus on four of the most populous countries in Africa:

Egypt (North Africa), Kenya (East Africa), Nigeria (West Africa) and South Africa (Southern Africa). Action Health Incorporated, a Nigeria-based non-governmental organization, who will also facilitate its activities, is hosting the center.

The ARSRC promotes informed public dialogue and opportunities for learning and advocacy on human sexuality to ensure positive changes in policies and programmes on sexuality issues in Africa.

Caring Hands Christian Home, Asaba, Nigeria, West Africa

We are a non-profit,non-govermental charity organization operating in Nigeria,and gradually expanding to other developing countries around the globe.

We need urgent humanitarian assistance to help in renovating an Orphanage based in a city called Onitsha.

A kind gesture showed to these innocent and defenceless babies who lacked parential love and warmt,will bring lots of blessings to you,as the eyes of the Lord is watching us with interests.

Used clothes and food items is a great way of reaching out with love and compassion.

We need some assistance in helping the poor and sick,who are now in the Hospital unable to receive urgent medical attention because of poverty.

Need help and assistance in designing and hosting our new web-site.

Photographs and legal authenticated documents are legal bindings.

Have a Heart please and Reach out with love and Compassion.

The 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.

CEDSI works to improve the quality of life of its target through various programs. We want to be uniquely positioned to advocate for change, connect communities to knowledge and resources and most of all co-ordinate broader donor efforts at the community level.

This is to help alleviate poverty along low- income disadvantaged individuals through creating an enabling environment for a sustainable development by reduction of violence in the communities where it operates.

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.

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.