Accomplishments
Ongoing project implementation
1. U.S. Embassy Abuja Public Affairs Section (PAS), Project title: Empowering Marginalized Women as Entrepreneurs Through Vocational Education and Training skills (EMWEVET) in Nigeria
2. Philanthropist members of FAROF, Project title: Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights ASRHR Project in North West region of Nigeria ”Using ICT to fight HIV”
3. TY Danjuma Foundation, Project title: Emergency intervention to improve the good health and well-being of Buruku IDPs community in Kaduna state.
4. TY Danjuma Foundation, Project title: Strengthening Primary Health Care system for an improved Maternal and Child health (SPHEC-MCH) in Kaduna state, Nigeria.
See FAROF Food Project
Key Achievement from January to November 2024
- Supported 2 additional facilities with Emergency Transport system; PHC Narayi (Chikun LGA) and PHC Miyatti Allah (Igabi LGA).
- Renovated 1 health facility in Kaduna state (Health Clinic NDC)
- A total of 321 vulnerable pregnant women received delivery kits from January to September 2024 across 6 facilities. .
- With support from the Nigerian Breweries a total of 864 Maltina drinks were distributed during ANC across the facilities as incentive to increase ANC attendance
- A total of 2,005 women enrolled for antenatal clinic at the various facilities.
- A total of 1,347 women delivered at the various facilities.
- A total of 40 MAM children in PHC Rafinguza and PHC Miyatti Allah received treatment with full recovery treatment and have been transitioned
- Trained 20 Traditional birth attendants on pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum and newborn with focus on timely referral of pregnant women to facility for delivery, ANC and HIV testing.
- Engaged 10 Traditional birth attendants (TBAs) to carry out community HIV/ HBV screening and referral for pregnant women at the community level.
- A total of 295 pregnant women were screened for HIV by the TBAs at the community level from June to August 2024.
- A total of 7 HIV positive women were referred to the health facility for treatment and are adhering to treatment.
- A total of 417 pregnant women were screened for HIV during antenatal clinic from June to August 2024.
- A total of 92 women were tested for HBV at the community level by the TBAs
- A total of 5 HBV positive women were referred to the facility for treatment.
- A total of 378 women utilized the ETS at PHC Rafinguza, PHC Television, PHC Narayi and PHC Miyatti Allah
- carried out advocacies and sensitization meetings with 200 community stakeholders.
- Carried out 2 series of maternal child health – technical working group MCH-TWG meeting with 10 stakeholders
FAROF was able to achieve the following as regards PARTNERSHIP:
• Through the support of Center for Initiative & Development (CFID), FAROF was able to acquire HBV test kits for HBV screening at the community level for pregnant women.
• Through the support of Center for Integrated health Programs (CIHP), FAROF received HIV test kits, unigold, delivery mat, handgloves, alcohol swabs and safety box to support HIV screening at the community level and during ANC, and referred to the CIHP supported secondary facility for treatment.
• Strengthened continous partnership with Nigeria Breweries for increased ANC attendance by pregnant mothers.
• Success stories on nutrition intervention through use of wonderfood and micronutrient powder is available on Success Stories – FAROF
2023 Achievements
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· 150 Children screened and treated for malnutrition including number of women benefiting from improved nutrition
· · 2additional Ambulance donated to Farakwai PHC and Nasarawa PHC
· 2Health facilities renovated and strengthened with delivery equipment
· · 774 people reached with live saving information on maternal and child healthcare
· · 700 infants surviving past 1 month in target communities or PHCs
· · 780 children fully immunized at 24months in target communities
· · 612 women who utilizes the Postpartum Family Planning (PPFP) service at the facility level
· · 403 women who utilized the donated ambulance
· · 380 mothers who receive Delivery kits
· · 50 stakeholders supports projects as evidence of their buy-in
· · 45 mothers who’s under 2years child has received all required dosage of Vaccines received performance incentives materials
· · 100 under-five malnourished children fully recovered
· · 50 community Leaders trained on fistula and contraceptive use
· · 885 women with improved access to ANC services
· · 10 women received referral incentives
· 56 vulnerable mothers with malnourished under-five children trained on how to use stable foods to make Ready-to-Use
Complementary for their children and to Prevent malnutrition in pregnant and breastfeeding mothers
· 646 mothers with under-five malnourished children received vitamin A maize seedling
2022 Achievements
The project has made an impact in the lives of women in the eight targeted communities. With the following achievements:
· · 25 Frontline health workers trained on Emergency Maternal Obstetric and Neonatal Care EMONC
· · 2 Ambulances donated to 2 PHCs in Kaduna state to increase access to health care facility
· · 70% increased in antenatal visit attendance by expectant mothers has been recorded through this intervention, were a total of 1440 expectant mothers benefited from the distribution of Maltina through the support of Nigeria Breweries plc,
· · 642women benefitted from the distribution of delivery kits whereby an assessment carried outto prioritize delivery distribution, vulnerable women who cannot afford the delivery kits were placed at top priority for the distribution of delivery kits. and
· · 285 women benefitted from the ETS from the month of May 2022 to December 2022 on arrival of the ETS at the two new PHCs.
· 250 women benefitted from the distribution of the long-lasting insecticidal net (LLIN).
2021 Achievements With the Support of States Primary Health Care Board and the TY Danjuma Foundation
- Sensitization 2,350 pregnant women, men/husbands on the need for ANC attendance and hospital deliveries to avoid complications that may arise during labour and delivery.
- 250 pregnant women with evidence of atleast 4 ANC visits were provided with delivery kits, The delivery kit contains sanitary items; methylated spirit, cotton wool and other basic items required for delivery, such as Misoprostol drugs (3 tablets) and Chlorhexidine gel to avoid/prevent postpartum haemorrhage PPH and neonatal infections respectively
- 25 Health Workers HW were trained on Emergency Maternal Obstetrics and Neonatal Care (EMONC).
- Emergency Transport System (ETS)-Ambulances were provided to Primary health Care facilities located in Hard to reach communities.
Provided 250 Long lasting Insecticidal Nets LLIN to nursing mothers and its adequate usage
2020 Achievements with Funding from the US embassy, Abuja
- Trained 25 Marginalized girls and women age 15-49 years old as Trainers on financial literacy skills
- Mapped out marginalized communities in 3LGAs of Kaduna state, using google map (
- Mapped out CSOs implementing Vocational Education training activities in the state
- Strengthened the capacity of 25 CSOs/CBOs in Kaduna State to mainstream VET programs into their organizational activities.
- Trained 25 Marginalized women on Business management skills, as an entrepreneur in collaboration with the Kaduna Business School and YALI fellow under the entrepreneurship leadership angle
- Provided empowerment startup kits for 100 graduates of the vocational education Training program.
2019 Achievements Under the US embassy, Abuja Project ( a pilot project targeting 3LGAs in Kaduna state) and the FCT-Abuja survey report
- Established online map of marginalised underserved communities that can be accessed and leveraged by other development partners to avoid duplication of work.
- Identified relevant stakeholders, gatekeepers, community assets and available resources.
- Abuja IDP WaSH (KAP) Survey Report 2019
- Abuja IDP community Survey Report FAROF
- Developed Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning MEL Plan/Logframe, workplan, advocacy plan, and TVET training package.
- Developed needs assessment questionnaires to identified recipients eligible for intervention and entered into ODK tool
- The Advocacy, sensitization and consultative forum meeting with stakeholder and gatekeepers at state and community levels led to smooth entrance/break-in to the community and Project buy-in by stakeholders through the signed communiqués respectively.
- Identified intervention sites/ communities with high number of target beneficiaries (marginalized women).
- Identified 100 eligible recipients for VET programme intervention.
- Built partnership with Kaduna State Business school, National Open University of Nigeria, Kaduna state and other institutes, including computer institutes to register selected recipients to access formal and non-formal VET system
- Increased number of persons enrolled into a formal VET system
- Increased number of Recipients enrolled to access apprenticeship informal VET system
- Engaged 25 VET Trainers to train selected beneficiaries on varied vocational skills.
- Increased knowledge and understanding of VET skills among beneficiaries.
- Enhanced monitoring, evaluation, reporting and documentation system.
- Enhanced monitoring of programme activities. ‘’Developed a Weekly monitoring and reporting template for enhanced monitoring, evaluation, reporting and documentation system.’’
2018 ACHIEVEMENT In 2018, FAROF;
- Reached over 1000 adolescent boys and girls with Sexual Reproductive Health and Right information in Abuja IDP camp.
- Established a Sexual Reproductive Health youth friendly corner at Wassa IDP camp, FCT-Abuja.
- Provided educational support materials for two (2) schools at the internally Displaced Persons community at Abuja.
- Established a multipurpose cooperative society for over 100 women in Anguwan Kargi, Kaduna South LGA, and built their capacities on various areas such as; Financial Literacy, Menstrual hygiene management and Vocational Education Training VET
- Reached 2000 adolescent boy and girls age(10-23 years old) with HTS, and Menstrual hygiene management at queen Amina College, Kaduna.
- Trained 100 parents on better parenting skills at Wassa IDP camp, as a means to address the rising issues of child abuse perpetrated by parents.
- In partnership with Facebook, Google, Divigate 360, Edubridge and Kaduna State AIDS Control Agency (KADSACA), trained over 50 Civil Society Organisation CSOs/non-governmental organizations on resource mobilization through the use of the digital platforms such as facebook, instagram, Google, etc.
- Established a 15 boys’ network as champions of gender norms and other gender related issues at Wassa IDP camp, Abuja.
IN 2017, FAROF Has:
- Enrolled 1200 Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) into her HIV care and Support programmes and provided various services for them.
- Provided educational support materials such as sandals, socks, school bags, exercise books, textbook for 400 OVCs in Birnin-gwari and Kaduna South Local Government Areas (LGAs).
- Empowered 300 women from poor households with various vocational skills and start-up kits to improve their standard of living, thereby enabling them to send their children to school.
- Provided block grants through the renovation of schools, sanitary systems for 5 schools in North west Nigeria.
- Reached 14,000 Adolescent and Young people AYPs with HIV testing services in 5LGAS, Namely: Birnin-gwari, Zaria, Kaduna south, Kagarko and Kaduna North LGAs, Kaduna State.
- Trained 100 caregivers and community leaders on gender norms in Birnin-gwari LGA, Kaduna state, to equip them with knowledge and skills necessary to advance gender equality in their lives and community.
- Facilitated the formation of 5 savings group in Kaduna North LGAs.
- Implemented activities on END Child TB Nigeria, and report was published on TB global news.
- Registered with three networks in Nigeria; NEWSAN, TB NETWORK and NACTAL for exchange of knowledge, information and resources to improve service delivery.
- Trained 50 married adolescent girls on family planning to educate others as mentor mothers.
- Trained 50 victims of GBV on entrepreneurship skills and provided start up kits.
- Reached 19,800 people with HIV preventive messages and distributed 28,938 male and female condoms.
- Reached 5 schools and a total of 300 caregivers with TB education.
- 80 health care providers were oriented on PMTCT and HIV/AIDS counseling
- 150 TBAs were sensitized about PMTCT and referral to facilities
- 1,200 pregnant women were counseled and tested for HIV.
2017 AYP Achievements
2016 Achievements
- FAROF Management in 2016 established a unit for Adolescents and Young People AYP in order to coordinate the implementation of the national action plan.
- Reached 155 communities with information on gender norms to equip them with skills to combat harmful norms that are detrimental to the girl child.
- Reached 6750 pregnant women and nursing mothers with RDT, LLIN, ACT for the prevention of malaria.
- Enrolled 2,230 Orphans and Vulnerable children (OVC) into program and provided 1382 with the 6=1 services.
- Graduated 148 OVC that were stable from program.
- Trained 100 health facility providers on using ICT to combat HIV/AIDS.
- Trained 130 caregivers and HIV Clients on Enterprise development.
- Distributed 15,552 male and female condoms.
- Reached 2230 OVCs with educational support materials.
- Reached 3788 Adolescents and Young Persons with HTS.
- Reached 2,780 general population with HTS.
2011/2015 Achievements
- Empowered 2900 people from 10 communities in Kaduna State with ICT skills.
- Been awarded a letter of recommendation by the National AIDS Control Agency (NACA), Nigeria for her excellent work in Kaduna state.
- Reached over 900 young people through a capacity building symposium on health related issues focused on teenage pregnancy and abortion, HIV/AIDS.
- Empowered 1170 families in Kaduna state on various vocational skills and enterprise development.
- Empowered 13,800 children, women and men from 5 local government areas in Kaduna state with various vocational skills such as tailoring, fish farming, computer operations, soap/cream and perfume making, renewable energy, satellite installation and rudiments of recycling for improved standard of living.
- Reached 20 schools in Kaduna, Abuja and Kano for sensitization on strategic empowerment program.
- Develop an educative ICT project, registered with the copy rights commission for in and out of school children.
- Empowered 250 women under the women development program through an advance business entrepreneurship workshop
Community Enterprenuership Training
Capacity Building Training For Community Demand Creators On Female And Male Condom Usage By The Ayp Senior Program Associate
Peer To Peer Training Session Of Young People On How To Use The Tell A Friend Method (TAF)
Capacity Building Of Role Models To Demonstrate Peer Group Supervision
PMTCT For Adolescent And Young People Ayp Partner Forum
