Protection
Gender-based violence response and safeguarding for vulnerable beneficiaries.
Protection work sits alongside every other program area, since safety underpins whether health, education, and livelihood gains can hold.
Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Response: psychosocial support, case management, and sustained community awareness, including the 16 Days of Activism campaign.
PSEA & Safeguarding Policy: zero-tolerance compliance framework safeguarding beneficiaries against sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment across all programs.
- Focus areas
- 2
- States active
- 11
- Established
- 2004
Active Projects in Protection
These field-level interventions are currently or previously implemented under our Protection thematic portfolio across Nigeria:
ActiveAccelerated Basic Education Programme (ABEP) for Out-of-School Children in Sokoto State
Quality basic education for out-of-school and over-aged children, including Almajiri learners, girls and children with disabilities affected by conflict and displacement: foundational literacy, numeracy and life skills in 35 learning centres, with pathways into formal school and a crisis modifier for emergency radio learning.
ActiveMulti-Sector Life-Saving Assistance and Targeted Nutrition Response
Multi-sector life-saving humanitarian assistance in Northeast Nigeria alongside targeted nutrition response in Northwest Nigeria. Under a pre-award arrangement, IRC authorised LHI to begin implementing the approved technical proposal and budget.
CompletedPromoting CSO-led Peacebuilding Initiatives in the Lake Chad Basin Sub-region
A consortium-led project deploying location-specific interventions across peacebuilding, livelihood development, protection, agriculture-based support and institution building for marginalized populations.
ActiveMulti-Sectoral Integrated Resilience Programme (MIRP) in Zamfara State
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.
CompletedLeading the Global Agenda to End Child Marriage by 2030 in Zamfara State
A pivotal grant to transform the lives of vulnerable adolescent girls through stakeholder engagement and advocacy for policy change, removing barriers and vulnerabilities through technical and vocational skill empowerment.
ActiveStrengthening Resilience through Multi-Sectoral Response in Borno, Zamfara and Sokoto States
With IRC and CHAD International, a 24-month multi-sectoral action providing coordinated life-saving assistance in hard-to-reach areas, improving the ability of IDPs and host communities to meet basic needs.
CompletedReaching and Empowering Adolescent Girls in Northwest Nigeria (REACH)
With the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, LHI supported enrolled adolescent girls in Binji and strengthened grassroots engagement through community groups and protection structures.
ActiveIntegrated Multisectoral Lifesaving Assistance for Conflict-Affected Households
In a Save the Children-led consortium, LHI delivers nutrition, WASH and protection services and strengthens state, LGA and community structures to provide adequate services.
CompletedEnding Gender Violence against Women and Girls in Selected LGAs
Provided an immediate supportive platform for survivors and strengthened community structures to identify and support survivors of violence, including those living with disabilities.
CompletedStrengthening Systems for the Protection of Vulnerable People: Protection and Livelihood
Advocated for policies that promote women's participation in decision-making, built the capacity of government officials, ensured survivors were well served and set up livelihoods for vulnerable households.
— In pictures
Protection in the field
