The WeCare4IDPs
Initiative, a campaign launched by private organisations and individuals in
Nigeria, has continued to raise support among Nigerians for the Internally
Displaced Persons in the north-eastern part of the country with the objective
of raising N1 billion towards the implementation of key projects in the region.
The citizenship
initiative is a campaign to raise at least N1,000 donation from 1 million
Nigerians with funds raised to go directly to funding direct impact projects
defined in the 2017 Nigeria Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) developed by the
United Nations Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) with
the support of the Federal Ministry of Budget and Planning.
Funds raised will be
committed towards implementing the projects below in 5 key areas:
- Reducing the scourge
of malnutrition faced by IDPs, especially children.
- Preventing the
potential for the spread of disease by improving sanitation and access to
water.
- Reducing mortality
rate, especially in children, by providing access to improved healthcare.
- Providing access to
basic education for displaced children living in camps and host communities.
- Re-integrating IDPs
into society through economic empowerment and skills training.
Organisations and
partners involved in the initiative include Union Bank, The Future Awards
Africa, Soni Irabor, CEO, Ruyi Communications; Toke Ibru, Executive Director,
Guardian Newspapers;Morayo Afolabi-Brown,
Head of Programmes, TVC Entertainment; Benny Ark, Head of Programmes, City FM;
Onimisi Adaba, Operations Manager, Cool FM; Ali Nuhu; Steve Onu (Yaw); Bukky
Shonibare, Co-ordinator, Adopt-A-Camp; YNaija.com; Information Nigeria; Tosyn
Bucknor, Timi Dakolo, Cobhams Asuquo, Eromo Egbejule, Isime Esene, Lala
Akindoju, Red Media Africa, Media Reach, among others.
It is estimated that
more than 8.5 million people have been affected by the insurgency in the North
East and require humanitarian assistance. According to the United Nations, over
400,000 children in the camps could be lost severe malnutrition this year.
About 6.9 million children and adults are expected to be impacted if the 2017
HRP is fully implemented.
Donations can be made to
Wecare4IDPS - Union Bank Account No. 0055815573. Interested partners can also
visit www.wecare4idps.org for more information.
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