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Accelerated 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.
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Accelerated Basic Education Programme Launched in Tambuwal, Sokoto State
… Makarantar Malam Bala Liman Salah Centre in Tambuwal LGA , Sokoto State. The event was led by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, representing the Honourable Com…
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CBHVs, Agents of Change: 770 Women Improving Maternal and Child Health in Sokoto
…s to reduce maternal and child deaths across all 23 LGAs of Sokoto State . One of its first goals is for more women of childbearing age, adolescent girls, newborns and children under five living in po…
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Compendium of IHP Success Stories: Better Child Health Care in Sokoto and Kebbi
Health workers at 17 facilities in Sokoto and Kebbi describe how LDHF clinical skills training changed the way they test, treat, counsel and refer sick children. Pneumonia, diarrhoea and malaria, toge…
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Lean Season Food Assistance in Goronyo and Rabah LGAs of Sokoto State
Improves food security and protects vulnerable households during the annual lean season, reducing the impact of seasonal food shortages, preventing negative coping mechanisms and supporting the nutrition and resilience of women, children and other at-risk community members.
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Opening Doors to Learning for Displaced and Out-of-School Children in Sokoto
…o education for out-of-school and displaced children across Sokoto State, with focused support in Goronyo IDP Camp and surrounding communities. Through the establishment and support of Non-Formal Lear…
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Strengthening 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.
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Strengthening RMNCH+NM Quality of Care in Primary Health Care Facilities of Sokoto State
Strengthens maternal, newborn and child health services by building health worker skills (Specialized Newborn Care, Kangaroo Mother Care, Helping Babies Breathe) and improving service quality through training, mentoring and supportive supervision.
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The Meeting That Changed the Response: LHI and Sokoto SEMA
…families faster. For families like Aisha's in a flood-prone Sokoto village, past disasters meant waiting and desperation. "Help would come late, or not at all." Poor coordination left her and her chil…
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105 Facilitators and 164 Committee Members Trained to Deliver Quality Learning
… recruitment attracted more than 680 applicants from across Sokoto State. 105 facilitators were selected and deployed across the six participating LGAs. A three-day workshop covered the ABEP curriculu…
Success Stories
A Bag, A Dream: Saudatu Aliyu
…4, the second of seven children in a family from Wurno LGA, Sokoto State. Until recently only her eldest sibling had attended school. She spent her days helping at the market and learning a few words …
Success Stories
A Child Saved, A Mother's Hope Restored
…ealth clinic changed everything for his family. In Goronyo, Sokoto State, seven-year-old Basiru faced a life-threatening condition that left him unable to walk. After developing severe swelling in his…
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A Group That Grows Together: The Bankanu VSLA
…ether in maize for resale. In Bankanu community, Kware LGA, Sokoto State, 25 women formed a Village Savings and Loan Association to strengthen their financial resilience. Through weekly savings they m…
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Accelerating the Control of HIV Epidemic Cluster 3 (ACE-3) Project
A ₦43 million grant supporting facility-based comprehensive HIV treatment for mothers and children and activating community access, care and support.
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CBHVs, Agents of Change
770 women community-based health volunteers improving maternal, newborn and child health in seven LGAs of Sokoto State.
Success Stories
Champions of Change: Young People Overcoming Depression Through Group Therapy
…ugh Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Groups, young people in Sokoto who had withdrawn from school, work and friends found support, skills and hope again. Depression can quietly take young people away f…
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Compendium of IHP Success Stories
Health workers at 17 facilities in Sokoto and Kebbi on how LDHF child health training changed testing, treatment, counselling and referral.
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Cultivating Resilience: A New Harvest in Northwest Nigeria
The Resilience Building and Smallholder Farmers Support Project in Sokoto and Katsina: 5,700 households, VSLAs, farmer stories and the Noma Tushen Arziki hub.
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Cultivating Resilience: A New Harvest in Northwest Nigeria (Magazine Vol. 1)
…ject, implemented by Life Helpers Initiative and WFP across Sokoto and Katsina States. Welcome to the first edition of Cultivating Resilience . This feature tells the story of a transformative journey…
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Empowering Communities Through Innovation, Skills & Livelihood Support (Magazine Vol. 2)
…le sanitary pad Goshen Development Centre, Tamaje Bye Pass, Sokoto and WeSpeak Muyi Magana , LHI's weekly radio programme on Radio Nigeria Royal FM 101.5. For feedback, suggestions, appreciation or co…
Success Stories
From Hunger to Hope: Jamila's Daily Miracle
A ₦10,000 VSLA loan helped Jamila Malami, a mother of seven in Wammako, start a soya bean cake business. She now earns over ₦3,000 a day and all her children are in school. Jamila Malami, a 50-year-ol…
Success Stories
From Silence to Strength: Atika's Journey from Hopelessness to Healing
…40-year-old mother of six from Gabashi Ward in Wammako LGA, Sokoto State, has faced profound loss. Without capital her rice-processing business had fallen apart. "A wancan lokacin, rayuwa ta tsaya cak…
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From Wheelbarrow to Classroom: Nasiru Umar
…We ate rice only occasionally." Three years ago he moved to Sokoto State, where his uncle enrolled him at Mohammed Kofar Gwandu Arabic School in Wamakko LGA. After Islamic school he still returns to t…
Newsletter
Helpers Digest, December 2023: Champions of Change
Five young people in Sokoto find their way out of depression and isolation through Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Groups IPT-G , with Plan International and LHI. The December 2023 Helpers Digest shar…
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Helpers Digest: Champion of Change Success Stories
Five young people in Sokoto overcome depression and isolation through Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Groups (IPT-G).
Success Stories
Hope Restored Through Care in Shagari
…ed to care. Today the family is thriving. In Shagari LGA of Sokoto State, a young breastfeeding mother faced fear and uncertainty as her twin babies repeatedly fell ill. The situation changed when Lif…
Success Stories
How Nutrition Support Saved Ahmad's Life
…n a family displaced from Kunawa to an IDP camp in Goronyo, Sokoto State. A routine MUAC screening placed him in the yellow zone: moderate acute malnutrition . His mother, struggling with limited reso…
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Integrated Emergency Response to the Displaced Population
In an IRC-led consortium with ALIMA, COOPI and GISCOR, funded by the US Government's Office of Humanitarian Assistance (formerly BHA), LHI was the health and nutrition lead for Sokoto State, serving displaced people and host communities through supported PHCs, mobile clinics and community nutrition programmes.
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Integrated Health Program: Child Health Clinical Skills, CP & PPMV Training and Malnutrition Reduction
A grant-under-contract health system intervention improving prevention, diagnosis and treatment of childhood illness at primary facilities and in communities, using the low-dose high-frequency (LDHF) approach.
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Learning for a Brighter Future
The Accelerated Basic Education Programme for out-of-school children in six LGAs of Sokoto State: 3,255 learners enrolled, 105 facilitators and 164 CBMC members trained.
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Learning for a Brighter Future: ABEP Project Magazine
…UNICEF Accelerated Basic Education Programme in six LGAs of Sokoto State: 3,255 out-of-school children enrolled, 105 facilitators and 164 CBMC members trained. The Accelerated Basic Education Programm…
Closed vacancy
LGA Protection Officer
LHI is recruiting a LGA Protection Officer (Tangaza, Sokoto; Ngala, Dikwa and Monguno, Borno State; Geidam, Yobe; Jibia, Katsina). Open to qualified and experienced graduates in the relevant or related fields. Applications close on 24 October 2026.
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LHI 23rd Anniversary
Life Helpers Initiative was founded in Sokoto on 1 October 2004. Each year we celebrate with the communities, partners, staff and volunteers who put smiles on faces across Nigeria.
Press Release
LHI Adopts Its Strategic Plan 2026–2030
… review and planning workshop at Goshen Development Centre, Sokoto, from 23 to 27 February 2026. Goal Improved well-being, resilience, and inclusion of vulnerable populations in communities where LHI …
Newsletter
LHI Newsletter: Strengthening Resilience, Restoring Dignity, Transforming Lives
…ronyo, the FCT office's year, a new coordination drive with Sokoto SEMA, and stories of hope from Shagari and Zamfara. Life Helpers Initiative operates across eleven states in Nigeria, supporting popu…
Closed vacancy
Medical Doctor
LHI is recruiting a Medical Doctor (Tangaza, Sokoto). Open to qualified and experienced graduates in the relevant or related fields. Applications close on 24 October 2026.
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Mentoring Frontline Health Workers Under the Integrated Health Program
…cross 712 PHCs and communities in Bauchi, Ebonyi, Kebbi and Sokoto States. See the project dossier /interventions/palladium-ihp-child-health · View the IHP presentation /fact-sheet ihp
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Needs Assessment: Agric-Led Livelihoods in Kware and Wamakko
…m carried out a needs assessment in Kware and Wamakko LGAs, Sokoto State , in March 2026, to shape an agric-led livelihood project. Download the report PDF /documents/agric-livelihood-needs-assessment…
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Noma Tushen Arziki: The Farming Wealth Hub in Wamakko
…rziki Hub meaning "Farming Wealth" in Hausa in Wamakko LGA, Sokoto State, was officially commissioned on 27 November 2025 and began operations on 10 December 2025 . By February 2026, monitoring confir…
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Our history
From the Beulah Project in Sokoto to 11 states.
Closed vacancy
Project Lead
LHI is recruiting a Project Lead (Sokoto). Open to qualified and experienced graduates in the relevant or related fields. Applications close on 24 October 2026.
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Radio Program
WeSpeak (Muyi Magana) radio programme, Royal FM 101.5 Sokoto.
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Reaching 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.
Closed vacancy
Referral Nurse
LHI is recruiting a Referral Nurse (Sokoto). Open to qualified and experienced graduates in the relevant or related fields. Applications close on 24 October 2026.
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Resilience Building and Smallholder Farmers Support Project in Northwest Nigeria
A multidimensional approach to the interconnected challenges facing smallholder farmers: farmer-led irrigation development (FLID), access to farming inputs and market systems, community-managed assets and non-farm income streams, with a phased exit strategy that leaves community-owned systems behind. Two farmers service hubs, Noma Tushen Arziki in Wamakko and Gidan Arziki in Batagarawa (commissioned 27 April 2026), now run as community enterprise centres.
Magazine
Restoring Hope, North West Lives
The USG OHA-funded Integrated Emergency Response in Sokoto State: 109,225 outpatient consultations, 76,257 children screened, 9,614 children treated for SAM and 5,635 skilled deliveries across Goronyo, Rabah, Isa and Sabon Birni.
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Restoring Hope, North West Lives: OHA Project Magazine
…tion of the USG OHA-funded Integrated Emergency Response in Sokoto State: 109,225 outpatient consultations, 76,257 children screened for malnutrition, 9,614 children treated for SAM and 5,635 skilled …
Closed vacancy
SC Nutrition Coordinator
LHI is recruiting a SC Nutrition Coordinator (Tangaza, Sokoto; Jibia, Katsina). Open to qualified and experienced graduates in the relevant or related fields. Applications close on 24 October 2026.
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Stabilizing Food Security of Households Affected by the Humanitarian Crisis in Wurno and Kware LGAs
Stabilised food security for households affected by the humanitarian crisis in Wurno and Kware Local Government Areas of Sokoto State.
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Strengthen Health Outcomes for Women and Children (SHOW)
Improved utilisation of essential health services by women of childbearing age, adolescent girls, newborns and children under 5 living in poverty, with strong institutional strengthening of health workers and systems.
Success Stories
The Impact Beyond the Classroom: A Village Head's View
…he European Union, UNICEF, Life Helpers Initiative, and the Sokoto State Government for giving our children hope, confidence, and a brighter future." From the ABEP Project Magazine /blog/abep-magazine…
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WASH Officer
LHI is recruiting a WASH Officer (Tangaza, Sokoto; Ngala, Dikwa and Monguno, Borno State; Geidam, Yobe; Jibia, Katsina). Open to qualified and experienced graduates in the relevant or related fields. Applications close on 24 October 2026.
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WeSpeak (Muyi Magana): LHI's Weekly Radio Programme
…y radio programme implemented by Life Helpers Initiative in Sokoto State and aired by Radio Nigeria Royal FM 101.5 . It cuts across all thematic areas: health, education, livelihood, agriculture and g…