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The Family International Nigeria

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Active in 26 states throughout Nigeria since early 1996, the Family International has centers in Lagos, Abuja, and Port Harcourt. The Family in Nigeria operates two projects: Family Care Association and Eduvision.

To date, we have facilitated free medical treatment for over 228,000 people, vocational training and educational development to thousands of underprivileged children and teenagers, and we have distributed hundreds of tonnes of food and other items, and helped orphanages and individuals achieve self-sufficiency through setting up businesses.

We strive to help restore a sense of self-respect and spiritual fulfillment to the people. We seek to achieve this by providing a tangible example of God's love and showing love for humanity.

Project Highlights

Education Support Programmes, Countrywide | Our methods of promoting educational development range from constructing/refurbishing schools, subsidizing teacher salaries, training teachers and caretakers, and providing textbooks, school stationery, furniture, wall posters, maps, and other aids. We hold teacher training seminars and workshops to ensure that the teachers' and caregivers' methods are up to date and effective. During the workshops our educators work alongside the teachers to create indigenous teaching aids and materials. Our seminars address topics such as motivating children to learn, character building, establishing positive learning habits, self-discipline, and drug prevention. Stories & articles | Photo album

Vocation Development Initiatives, Countrywide | Our vocational training courses provide hundreds of teenagers and young adults with tutoring and hands-on experience in the vocation of their choice. Most of our training courses run full time, five days per week. Others run after school hours, complementing the students' scholastic education. Our students include the deaf and mute, the blind, handicapped, women from rural communities, and less-advantaged teenagers from all walks of life. The majority of the courses take place in already established institutions and centres. The classes are taught by skilled volunteers and tutors who impart their knowledge to a dedicated and determined audience. Stories & articles | Photo album

Community Development, Port Harcourt | Spiritual, moral and character growth, for children and adults alike, have been a long-standing, central focus for our unit in Port-Harcourt. We believe that in order to achieve visible outward progress and development the process must begin inwardly. By so doing, we strive to create a lasting, positive impact within this country. Stories & articles | Photo album

Aid Distribution & Charity Shows, Port Harcourt | Throughout the 14 years we have been operating in Port-Harcourt Nigeria, providing assistance and offering our help to those in need has been very important to us. From performing Charity shows at schools, orphanages and handicapped centres, to distributing food and clothing; from sponsoring medical treatment to lifting others’ morale, we have endeavoured to raise the quality of life in whatever way we are able for the underprivileged and disadvantaged. Stories & articles | Photo album

Gwako School, Abuja | The Gwako School was set up by the Family International in Nigeria in order to meet the demands for quality education in the villages surrounding Abuja. This school provides the means for the children of these farming communities to improve their quality of life, by receiving a quality education. Stories & articles | Photo album

Free Healthcare, Countrywide | The need for accessible healthcare in Nigeria's rural areas has continued to spur us on to reach out to remote communities with Family Care's free healthcare projects. Over the years we have established relationships with scores of medical professionals who are ready to volunteer their time to accompany us to remote communities. They give of their time, skills, and energy to extend a helping hand—or stethoscope as the case may be—to diagnose patients' maladies and offer relief. Stories & articles | Photo album

Targeted Dental Projects, Countrywide | Family Care has pioneered smaller healthcare initiatives that are aimed at selected groups of individuals. Two dental projects have been carried out; one at a school for the deaf and a home for street children in Oyo state; the other for a remote cluster of villages in Kaduna state. These programmes are miniature versions of the much larger free healthcare projects. Stories & articles

HIV/AIDS: Ibadan Women Empowerment Program | Very few HIV-positive mothers within the underprivileged strata of society realize that there is a way to prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS to their unborn child. In Southwestern Nigeria, Family Care works in partnership with a local NGO that works closely with mothers who have HIV/AIDS, and helps provide much needed emotional and physical support for families and children whose lives have been affected by the disease. Stories & articles | Photo album

Vesico-Vagina Fistula Patient Support, Countrywide | We have been working with women who have Vesico-Vagina Fistula (VVF) since 2002, teaching them trades, and paying a small monetary allowance for their sustenance. Family project Eduvision has helped to renovate and set up vocational centers where VVF patients are able to learn a trade and obtain basic literacy classes. Eduvision's VVF patient support project also helps these women get on their feet after the training, by supplying those who graduate from the course with a small stipend and tools to set up their own small businesses. Stories & articles | Photo album

Support Programmes for the Disadvantaged, Countrywide | The Family International provides support to orphanages, rural communities, homes for the aged, schools for the deaf, blind and dumb, orphanages and centers for street children in all parts of Nigeria. Some of the donations include food and nutritional supplements, milk powder, infant formula, baby care items, clothing, shoes, household items, equipment, and toys. Stories & articles | Photo album

Family Care Ikota Medical Centre, Lagos | The Family International works in partnership with several hospitals, rural health centers and mobile clinics in northern and south-western Nigeria. These partners have staff and facilities on the ground, but lack some of the necessary resources to attend to the many underprivileged and destitute who request their help. Family Care provides supplementary medical supplies and pharmaceutical products, nutritional items to aid patient recovery, and other necessary hospital/healthcare items. Family Care has also partnered in the construction and renovation of the health facilities. Stories & articles | Photo album

Sustainable Poultry Farms, Countrywide | Several poultry farms were constructed and have commenced operation after training for the recipients was concluded. The poultry farms, specializing in layers, broilers, cockerels, and even turkeys in some instances, have been highly successful. These farms generate income and economic empowerment for the communities, orphanages, homes for deaf and mute youths, as well as centers for the disabled for whom they have been set up. An additional benefit to the poultry farms is the nutritional supplements it provides for the beneficiaries' diet.

IT/Computer Training Centres in Lagos and Enugu State | The IT/computer training facility in Enugu state provides free internet access and IT/computer training courses to less privileged and handicapped youths. The centre also offers the same courses and an internet café to the general public at a subsidized rate; this supports and generates income for the IT/computer training centre. Besides improving the outlook for sustainable business practices and increasing individuals' capacity and knowledge, the courses increase self-assuredness and confidence in the participants. Stories & articles | Photo album

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