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Multi-Sectoral Integrated Resilience Programme (MIRP) in Zamfara State
UNICEF / FCDO (UK aid)
- Status & duration
- Active · October 2025 – ongoing
- Location
- Bakura, Birnin Magaji, Bungudu, Shinkafi, Tsafe and Zurmi LGAs, Zamfara State, including IDP camps
- States
- Zamfara
FCDO/UNICEF MIRP: Healing Homes
Case study overview
A family-resilience programme for children and caregivers affected by insecurity and displacement: positive parenting, adolescent life skills, Child-Friendly Spaces, dialogue with traditional leaders on GBV and child protection, birth registration and Community-Based Child Protection Committees, and dignity kits with outreach to persons with disabilities.
Key interventions & deliverables
- Positive Parenting Sessions: 1,205 documented caregiver attendances in April–May 2026 (597 in Session 1, 608 in Sessions 3–6), 74–78% women.
- 25 community facilitators and caseworkers trained across the six LGAs.
- Adolescent life-skills sessions (35–41 adolescents per sitting) and Child-Friendly Space sessions (16–22 children per sitting).
- Four Reflective Dialogues on GBV and child protection with around 40 leaders each, including at the Emir's Palace, Tsafe.
- Civil/birth registration officers' review and CB-CPC orientation and review meetings in five LGAs.
- Dignity kit distribution in Zurmi, Shinkafi, Bakura and Birnin Magaji with outreach to persons with disabilities (March 2026).
Headline impact
1,205 caregiver attendances at Positive Parenting Sessions across all six LGAs (April–May 2026).