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  • The Initiative Enabling Nigerian Farmers To Grow And Earn More

    September 15, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kubau, Kaduna

    Babban Gona is an agriculture company that helps smallholder farmers in Nigeria produce bigger yields and increase their incomes. The company offers training, fertilizer, herbicides, and seeds in exchange for some of the farmer’s harvest. When the produce sells, the farmers get some of the profit and a bonus if it sells for more than expected.

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  • Drones Are Delivering Medical Supplies To Hard-To-Reach Clinics In Nigeria

    July 08, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kaduna

    High-tech drones from the organization Zipline are delivering medical supplies — from vaccinations to blood and other necessary equipment — to hospitals in traditionally hard to reach areas. The drones can make an hour long trip in 10 to 30 minutes, making the delivery service a valuable tool in emergency situations.

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  • A Mentorship Programme Is Turning Young PWDs Into A Thriving Workforce

    July 22, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    The Peniel Foundation virtually connects people with disabilities with mentors to help them learn to achieve their goals, level up their career skills to access to better jobs and become financially independent. Since forming, the foundation has seen thousands join the program and go on to have great success in their careers and personal lives.

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  • A Visually Impaired Nigerian Is Training Others To Use Gadgets With Ease

    May 12, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kogi State

    In a country where the prevalence of blindness for all ages is 4.2% of the population, Zions Assistive Tech Solutions (ZATS) trains people who are blind on how to effectively use technology like phones and computers.

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  • How Kaduna's Warring Badarawa Communities Became Peace Observers

    February 12, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kaduna

    The Interfaith Mediation Centre trains residents in regions stricken by religious conflict between Christians and Muslims to become Community Peace Observers who promote a culture of non-violence and intervene in potential conflict using targeted communication techniques. The effort has led communities to form their own task forces, committees, and forums around peacekeeping, and Christians and Muslims there now commingle through community events and institutions after years of strict separation.

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  • How Jos Neighbourhood Watch Makes Christians, Muslims Their Brother's Keeper

    May 10, 2021 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Jos, Plateau State

    Following years of religious-based violence throughout Plateau State, Christians and Muslims in the Dutse Uku area of Jos formed a neighborhood watch program to intervene before one killing turns into many. Elders on both sides of the divided community agreed to take responsibility for violence in their area and to help the other side seek justice. Places of worship are guarded by members of the opposite faith, in a show of solidarity that has not completely erased fears and suspicions, but has bred a calmer atmosphere. People now mingle freely at the marketplace and business has improved.

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  • Rababben Birni (2): Addini Ya Raba Mazauna Jos, Kwallon Kafa Tana Hadasu

    April 24, 2021 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Jos, Plateau State

    Tare da yan wasan kungiyoyin kwallon kafa na “Reconciliation” (Sulhu), “Peace” (zaman lafiya), “Love” (Soyayya), “Humanity” (Mutuntaka) da “Forgiveness” (Yafiya); wadanda kungiyar “Face of Peace Global” ta shirya, sun fara kokarin cire duk wani tsoro da rikicin addini ya dasa a garin a tsawon lokaci. Bayan shekaru 18 ana rikici tsakanin musulmi da kiristoci ta yadda har mutane suka koma zama a mabanbanta garuruwa, kocinan kungiyoyin kwallon kafa sun hada yan wasan da aka cakudasu ta fuskar addini da makotaka.

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  • Yadda Garuruwan Jos Ke Kokarin Hadin Kai Bayan Shekaru Cikin Rikici (1)

    April 20, 2021 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Jos

    Tare da taimakon wata kungiya mai zaman kanta, al’ummar wasu garuruwa guda biyu da suka fada rikici a 2001 sun samu hanyar da za su zauna lafiya da juna. Wasu harare da mayar da martani da ya faru a tsakanin kiristocin unguwar Balkazai da kuma musulman unguwar Mai Damisa sun janyo asarar daruruwan rayuka da gidaje. Manyan da kungiyar ‘Youth Initiative Against Violence and Human Rights Abuse’ ta horar suna bawa matasa labaran zaman lafiya da ya wakana a Jos. Samarin da kungiyar ‘Jos Stakeholders for Peace’ ta horar kuma sun yarda su ajiye makamansu.

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  • The Polarised City (2): Jos, Divided By Religion, United By Football

    April 19, 2021 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Jos, Plateau State

    With team names like Reconciliation, Peace, Love, Humanity, and Forgiveness, the football league organized by Face of Peace Global has begun to chip away at the religious-based fears and hostility that tore their city apart for a generation. Following 18 years of sectarian violence between Muslims and Christians in which people settled into starkly separate zones, the football coaches recruited teams deliberately mixed across religious and neighborhood lines. Divisions did not dissolve instantly, but players say that over time they have grown to trust and like their teammates, small steps toward peace.

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  • The Polarised City (1): How 2 Jos Communities Struggle To Unite After Years Of Crises

    April 12, 2021 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Jos

    With help from nongovernmental organizations, the people of two communities who clashed violently since 2001 found ways to coexist peacefully since 2019. Violent attacks and reprisals between the Christians of Unguwar Balakazai and Muslims of Mai Damisa claimed hundreds of lives and destroyed homes repeatedly. Elders trained by the Youth Initiative Against Violence and Human Rights Abuse told youth stories about peace in Jos in the past. Youth ambassadors trained by the Jos Stakeholders for Peace Centre met and agreed to lay down their weapons.

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