CARE in Nigeria

🌟 Welcome to 2025! 🌟 Let's make 2025 a year of progress, compassion, and positive impact. Here’s to a brighter future for all! 💫 #CARENigeria #HappyNewYear #Hope #NewBeginnings #CARE

Merry Christmas from CARE Nigeria! May this season bring hope, peace, and happiness to all. #MerryChristmas #CARENigeria

Wrapping Up a Productive Year 🌟 The CASCADE Nigeria project, implemented by CARE in Nigeria and Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)- Nigeria, and our partners, recently held its Annual Review and Planning Meeting to ensure the continued relevance and effectiveness of our strategies towards ending malnutrition for women and children under 5. 🌾 Highlights of the Meeting: ✅ Our team assessed project strategies and achievements against established targets to ensure we’re on track to deliver impactful results. ✅ Identified key achievements, challenges, and lessons to shape 2025 plans. ✅ Strengthened collaboration and alignment among consortium partners, fostering innovative ideas to strengthen implementation strategies. ✅ Identified key project achievements for increased learning, documentation, and showcasing of CASCADE’s impact. ✅ Laid the groundwork for scaling interventions, improving resilience to economic and climate shocks, and empowering women and communities. As a team, we're building resilient households and communities by improving access to healthy diets and tackling economic and climate shocks affecting nutrition. 🍎 Stay tuned as we move closer to achieving our shared vision for a healthier Nigeria! #CASCADEProject #HealthyDiets #NutritionMatters #CollaborationForImpact #CARE #GAIN #Nigeria Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, CASCADE

"Trace the root of oppression, educate our communities, and empower survivors. Together, we can end GBV." – Mission Anuh, Project Manager at CARE in Nigeria. This powerful reminder from Anuh Mission emphasizes the importance of addressing the root causes of GBV, promoting education, and empowering survivors as key steps toward creating safe and equitable communities. CARE remains steadfast in the fight against Gender-Based Violence. 💪 #16DaysOfActivism #EndGBV #CARENigeria #GenderEquality #WithoutFear #TogetherWeCan

Celebrating International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDoPWD) 2024 🌟 CARE Nigeria, with funding from the USAID - Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA), joined partners and stakeholders in Yobe State to honor the resilience and rights of persons with disabilities. This year’s celebration reflected CARE’s unwavering commitment to gender and diversity inclusion, aligning with our 2030 Strategic Objectives of fostering equity, resilience, and gender justice. 🎁 CARE marked the occasion by distributing 100 dignity kits to vulnerable women and adolescent girls with disabilities. This initiative aimed to enhance their dignity and well-being, addressing hygiene challenges they face daily. In the words of the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities Chairman, Yobe State: “It is indeed a happy day for people facing various disability challenges. CARE has uplifted the dignity of women and girls with disabilities… The joy on their faces is evidence of the smiles you’ve brought.” The group appreciated CARE and its donors for their unwavering support, effective community engagement, and inclusiveness, which reflects our dedication to addressing social injustice and uplifting vulnerable groups. We remain committed to creating a world where no one is left behind. Join us in standing for equity and dignity for all! #IDoPWD2024 #InclusionMatters #DisabilityRights #CARENigeria #EquityForAll #GenderJustice 

#16Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence 🧡 Amina Abdullahi, CARE Nigeria’s Health Sector Lead, reminds us: “GBV isn’t just a women’s issue – it’s a public health issue, a human rights issue, and a call for action.” Ending GBV is key to achieving health equity and sustainable development. It doesn’t matter the time or season, the fight against GBV doesn’t stop - it’s a year-round commitment to creating a world where women and girls, men and boys live free from fear, violence, harassment, and inequality. Join the movement to #EndGBV and stand for justice, equality, and health equity! #16DaysOfActivism #GenderEquality #StopGBV #CARENigeria #WithoutFear #HealthEquity

#16DaysofActivism: Standing Together Against GBV 🧡 In Potiskum LGA, Yobe State, CARE Nigeria, in partnership with the Women Lead in Emergency (WLiE) Groups, EYN Projects (Nigeria), Yobe State Ministry of Women Affairs, International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA Nigeria) Yobe Chapter, and with funding from the UK in Nigeria - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office hosted a Town Hall Meeting to mark the #16Days of Activism Against GBV. 💬 Under the theme “Tracing the Root: Standing Against Gender-Based Violence,” this event provided a platform to address critical community issues on women’s rights, street hawking, and girl-child education, fostering dialogue and collaboration to combat GBV and promote gender equality. ✨ Key Outcomes: ✔️ Stakeholders reaffirm their commitment to collaborating with WLiE groups to combat GBV and raise awareness. ✔️ WLiE groups were integrated into community structures for sustained advocacy and survivor support. ✔️ Actionable strategies were developed to eliminate GBV, protect rights, and empower women and girls. This impactful gathering highlighted the power of partnerships and reaffirmed a shared commitment to a future free from violence and inequality.🧡 #16DaysOfActivism #EndGBV #FCDOSTEPSERN #WLiE #GenderEquality #EmpowerWomen

As we continue to mark this year’s #16Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence, Ncomulwazi K. Khumalo, CARE Nigeria's Food Security, Nutrition & Livelihood Sector Manager, calls on governments to take decisive action to strengthen justice systems and ensure survivors receive seamless and timely support. We want our local, state, and national government to commit to a future where accountability ends impunity and survivors’ voices drive change. Ending GBV starts with justice, but it thrives through collective responsibility. Let’s demand action and work together for a safer, more equitable world. 🧡 Stand with survivors. Advocate for justice. 🧡 #16DaysOfActivism #JusticeForSurvivors #EndGBV #GenderEquality #WithoutFear #CARENigeria

"Her silence speaks volumes. Her bruises a hidden cry." In this #16Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, we honor the resilience of survivors and commit to ending the harmful norms that perpetuate violence. As Rachel Sule, Psychosocial Support (PSS) Coordinator at CARE Nigeria, reminds us: "Let’s challenge the harmful norms that allow violence to thrive and empower her to speak without fear." A future where every woman and girl lives with dignity, safety, and the freedom to thrive is possible. 💜 #16Days #EndGBV #EmpowerWomen #CARE #StandTogether #SayNoToGBV

#16Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence 🧡 Kwami Maina, GBV Coordinator at #CARE Nigeria reminds us that "Tracing the root of GBV means delving deeper than the surface. It challenges us to examine societal norms, economic inequalities, and the silence that shields perpetrators instead of protecting survivors." She inspires us to amplify voices, question harmful practices, and champion the resilience of women and girls. Together, let's say, "And still, I rise." #16DaysOfActivism #EndGBV #JusticeForAll #CARENigeria #WithoutFear