The Nigerian Women’s Trust Fund funded a project on “Improving DNF’s Shelter Management for Effective Response to SGBV in FCT” in 2021. The project aimed to provide institutional strengthening to the DNF Shelter, ensuring it could offer a survivor-centred response to women and girls in Abuja. The core activities included providing a temporary safe shelter for women and girls, offsetting utility and maintenance bills, supporting personnel costs for six staff members, and ensuring communication through two hotlines and social media.
Additionally, the project focused on a social media campaign aimed at sharing impact stories of survivors, which enhanced outreach and awareness.
By the end of the project, the DNF Shelter extended its services to a combined total of 372 women and girls with safe shelter and essential utility provisions while 224 survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence received first response and psychosocial support through the DNF Hotlines.