| Grantee Name | Activity Description | Implementing Partner |
| Generation
on Track in Transit (GOTIT), Otukpo |
In Otukpo metropolis there is lack of sexual and reproductive health information among the adolescents. This probably accounts for the early initiation of sexual activities/relationships leading often times to unwanted pregnancy and the attendant risk of STI/HIV infection. GOTIT seeks to make the youth have self-security while making them proactive and responsible for their lives through informed decisions. To this end, various activities have been earmarked including trainings, advocacy visits to opinion leaders, IEC/BCC activities, and non-clinical service delivery. The project is being carried out at various locations in Otukpo, Benue State. | Center for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) |
| Opiatoha Kanyin Idoma Women Association - Otukpo | The high prevalence of HIV/AIDS in many communities in Benue State has invariably led to an increasing number of children who are orphaned, due to parental death from AIDS-related diseases. As the death rate increases, caregivers are becoming fewer, thereby increasing the burden of orphans and their caregivers. Given the difficult circumstances surrounding the death of a loved one, there is an urgent need to address psychosocial support for both the children and their caregivers.. Caregivers and orphans have multiple burdens they face for which they need counseling, support and follow up, to enable them carry on with living. To address these challenges, the Opiatoha Women HIV/AIDS management project intends to carry out awareness raising by rallies and IEC materials to combat stigma and discrimination against PLWHAs and OVC; training in HIV counseling; training in care and support of people living with and affected by AIDS; provide psychosocial support; create an enabling environment through advocacy and provide skills acquisition to care givers and orphans to increase their economic base. This project is in 4 communities in Otukpo LGA. The ethnic groups are mostly Idoma. They are predominantly Christians and the language spoken, which will be used to implement the project, is Idoma as well as English. ????? | Center for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) |
| Buruku Women Against HIV/AIDS (BUWAH) - Buruku | The Buruku Community-based HIV/AIDS prevention, control and counseling project is aimed at reducing the spread of HIV/AIDS in Buruku, and creating an enabling environment for the care and support of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in six communities in Buruku Local Government Area of Benue State. Specific project objectives include increasing by 20% of the baseline information the number of people who know at least 3 correct modes of transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS; establishing 6 home-based care team (HBCT) centers with the capacity to provide home-based care and support to PLWHA and their families. Project strategies and activities are geared towards counseling to address fears, concerns and promotion of healthy reproductive health (RH) behavior, prevention of further spread of the disease by providing factual information through group health education, sensitization of the communities to dissuade people from stigmatizing and discriminating against PLWHA and their families, as well as providing care and support to PLWHA and their families. | Center for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) |
| Catholic Women's Organisation (CWO) - Otukpo | The CWO HIV/AIDS Support Project provides health and educational support for 750 orphans in four communities - Ogwonuigbahapa and Akpa in Otukpo LGA and Idobe and Ojapo in Okpokwu LGA. These catchment areas are four out of the seven communities where previous activities were conducted under the ENABLE Project. The project will also raise awareness on HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support and form support groups of people living with HIV/AIDS in collaboration with Opiatoha Kanyi- Idoma Women's Group. The project communities are Idoma-speaking and include Christians of different denominations, Muslims and traditional religion adherents. CWO's objective for this project is to improve the quality of life of the orphans and vulnerable children. Project strategies include the promotion of an enabling environment and community ownership that will provide access to good education, health care and psychosocial support, building the capacity of caregivers and improving their socioeconomic base. The project will also create a favorable policy environment through advocacy and sensitization activities and raise awareness on issues of STD/HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support in the parishes. | Center for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) |
| EngenderHealth | Works to improve knowledge of and access to safe contraception methods. Trains physicians and nurses to provide clinical family planning services such as male vasectomy, female tubal ligation, IUD insertion. Working with Community and religious leaders to promote male involvement in family planning. Currently works in Plateau, Benue, Cross River, Oyo, Anambra, Ekiti, Kano and Lagos | EngenderHealth |
| Nigeria Police | The project is increasing access to family planning and reproductive health services in the Nigeria Police community through direct support to Police facilities in Lagos, Makurdi, Orji River, Enugu and Kaduna. These locations and its satellite communities have large target population with high-unmet need for family planning and reproductive health services. The project has trained doctors and nurses in basic family planning, Post abortion care and syndromic management. Training in project management and natural family planning have also been conducted in addition to a training of trainers of clinical service providers. Community -based distribution and male motivation have been employed for the distribution of non-prescriptive family planning commodities in the communities. Advocacy visits have been conducted to the Inspector General of Police to secure the support of the police hierarchy for the project. | Pathfinder International |