A global non-governmental, humanitarian aid organisation, Mercy Corps, has empowered over 26,000 young girls through its Girls Improving Resilience through Livelihood and Health (GIRL-H) empowerment programme in Lagos and Kano States.
The Country Director, Mercy Corps Nigeria, Ndubisi Anyanwu made this known in Abuja at the GIRL-H Learning Workshop Programme aimed at sharing valuable findings from an assessment conducted to foster cross-country collaboration amongst key stakeholders in Nigeria.
The GIRL-H programme is in collaboration with Action Health Incorporated (AHI), with the Isa Wali Empowerment Initiative and the Lagos and Kano States governments as partners.
Mr Anyanwu said the GIRL-H programme was a multi-time country programme that has been implemented in Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda.
In Nigeria, it has impacted over 26,000 girls in life skills training, entrepreneurship, team work, management and product, he explained.
Most of the beneficiaries are young people that have had very hash experiences, having come from less privileged backgrounds, but whose lives have been transformed through the interventions.
The Programme Manager, GIRL-H in Nigeria, Jennifer Madueke explained that the intervention was to enable beneficiaries improve their live skills and financial literacy for their overall wellbeing in their communities by building their resilience in support of their households at the long-run.
Easter Musa , the Programme Director for GIRL-H said Lagos and Kano were considered due to their populations and receptiveness to the engagement of young people.
