Research from the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics shows that 63 percent of Nigerians are multi-dimensionally poor, approximately 113 million people for context. Understanding this context, South Saharan Social Development Organization, in partnership with ActionAid Nigeria, is implementing the Local Rights Programme (LRP) in Enugu State.
The Local Rights programme is an initiative that aims to reduce poverty by engaging with the poor and marginalized in selected communities through its child sponsorship mechanisms. The project began in 2021 and works towards giving power to people in the most vulnerable and hard-to-reach communities by empowering them with essential skills and capacities to make demands by engaging political and institutional power structures in their communities and the state using the Human Rights Based Approach to programming. The project is currently being implemented across three LGAs in Enugu State.
To improve the socioeconomic status of women, men, and children by mobilizing communities and building their capacity to implement people-centred development programmes using the human rights-based approach to programming. This is done through a three-pronged approach, empowering the grassroots community through rights consciousness and supporting locally initiated projects, capacity building of local institutions and supporting policy and advocacy initiatives that ensure that the voices of people living in poverty are heard and their rights respected.
Women Peer Education: Seeks to foster women’s empowerment through education. It also looks to advocate for women’s rights and bridge women’s capacity deficiency at the community level.
Child Message Collection: This focuses on identifying vulnerable children aged 3 to 8 years in communities and linking them to sponsors.
Presentation of desks: Over 60 desks were constructed and presented to six schools in Oduma achara, Abor isiala, Nkume, Amaeke, Ihenyi,Igga communities in enugu state
Igga is a community located in Isi Uzo LGA in Enugu state. It shares a boundary with Anambra state. It is a tropical savanna environment.
Orokoro is a community situated in Ehe Amufu, Isi Uzo LGA Enugu state. Most indigenes of the Orokoro community are farmers. They are blessed with
Monitoring and evaluation is critical to the success of any intervention. It helps improve evidence-based decision-making, improved performance, better resource allocation, quality assurance, real-time learning,
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela Marginalized communities are often characterized by a higher
Monitoring and evaluation is critical to the success of any intervention. It helps improve evidence-based decision-making, improved performance, better resource allocation, quality assurance, real-time learning,
Research shows that over 90 million Nigerians live below the poverty line. A good percentage live in rural and marginalized communities. These communities are characterized