ACTION 3 – SHELTER SUPPORT
Action Aid Nigeria supported the Dorothy Njemanze Foundation’s 14-bed shelter in 2022, providing a safe haven for survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in Abuja. The grant facilitated a secure environment for adults, teenagers, and children and boosted the capacity of DNF’s account in the Police Hospital by paying medical bills for survivors of […]
NWTF PROJECT
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 […]
STRENGTHENING: OSIWA PROJECT
The DNF shelter was established in 2020 with the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) support. Since its inception during the COVID-19 pandemic, the DNF’s 14-bed facility has catered to over 500 survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and their children. The Crisis and Transitional shelter serves as a safe space, offering a […]
HEINRICH BOELL FOUNDATION: Improving Feminist Leadership In Nigeria
This project seeks to promote the principles of inclusion, transparency, accountability and shared-power, which are the cornerstones of feminist leadership, in Nigeria at all levels of leadership. Under this project, DNF created a documentary titled “Leadership as e Suppose Be” which explains the feminist approach to leadership and highlights the need for the inclusion of […]
FORD FOUNDATION: The Gate-Keepers to Bystander Project
FORD FOUNDATION: The Gate-Keepers to Bystander Project Strengthening SGBV Response in FCT and Environs Using Storytelling and Community Engagements is an ongoing project aimed at combating Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)and its surrounding environs. This project seeks to strengthen community responses to SGBV through the use of storytelling and […]
IMPROVING MENTAL HEALTH AND SEXUAL REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS OF ADOLESCENTS IN AMAC, ABUJA
This project addresses a critical gap in the support services provided to adolescents as it relates to mental health, especially among adolescents and teenagers who have experienced violence, discrimination and other forms of dysfunction in their immediate environment and communities. It seeks to raise awareness on mental health among adolescents, young persons, especially those from […]