ARFH-ICHSSA 2 Project-Surviving Malnutrition During COVID-19 Crisis: Roqueeba’s Story
The first 1000 days of a child’s life offer a unique window of opportunity for preventing malnutrition and its consequences. Sadly, in Nigeria, not every baby gets to enjoy or survive this period of their life. According to UNICEF, Nigeria has the second highest burden of stunted children in the world with an estimated 2 […]
Integrated Child Health and Social Services Award (ICHSSA-2) Project
About the Project Between 2014-2019, ARFH implemented the USAID-funded Local Partners for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Nigeria (LOPIN1 Project) across 3 states- Lagos, Akwa-Ibom, and Rivers. During this period, the project reached about 300,000 vulnerable children and caregivers with a range of quality services in the areas of health, education, nutrition, psychosocial support, legal […]
IMPROVING ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION IN RURAL COMMUNITIES IN NORTHERN NIGERIA
The HIV/AIDS epidemic has been in Nigeria since 1986 but long before then, orphans and children in especially difficult circumstances have been of major concern in most child-oriented programming. The situation which already existed due to other causes of orphaning and vulnerability has been increasingly worsened by the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The Global […]