Brief about AfriHUB
African HUB for Community Progress Initiative in Nigeria (AfriHUB) is a Women Led, Gender Friendly and Climate Change Inclined Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)/Civil Society Organization (CSO), a humanitarian organization, not for profit making and nonpartisan. Office Location:
At the moment, AfriHUB Nigerian office is accommodated by the Network of Civil Society Organizations (BASNEC),Sindaba House, No.46, Tafawa Balewa Road, Federal Low-cost, Bauchi Nigeria. AfriHUB will operate in other African Countries in due course. Governing Board:
AfriHUB is governed by 5 Board of Trustee, chaired by His Royal Highness, The Emir
Alhaji Usman Bilyaminu Othman the II, The Emir of Dass. Staffing:
AfriHUB has Senior Management Staff: Country Director (CD); Executive Director (ED); Programs Coordinator (PC); M&E Officer (M&E); Finance and Admin Specialist; Capacity Building Manager; Strategic and Corporate Communications Specialist
Other Personnel: Human Rights Desk Officer, Program Officers (PM); Admin & Procurement Assistant, Desk Officers, M&E Assistant, Communications Desk Officer, Security, Cleaner and Volunteers with diverse skills in all fields. Vision:
Connecting the Dots by linking the local communities in Africa to the Global communities for sustained and effective economic growth and development. Mission:
Devoted to enhancing effectiveness of local organizations and humanitarian services for and sustainable development. Goal:
Empower and boost local capacity towards sustainable development in line with the SDGs goal and provision of humanitarian services with protection of human and children rights. Objectives:
Provision of services to humanity by organizing support to less privileged and underserved persons including IDPs in local communities in African Countries. Building/Strengthening Capacity of local organizations towards sustainable development in Africa. Support and leverage established relationships between International NGOs and local NGOs in Africa. To build strong alliance that will contribute to National development objectives in the host Countries in Africa. Co-values:
Accountability& Transparency
Integrity
Honesty
Responsive speed
Equal Right
Respect for Persons
Who we are
Founded in 2018, AfriHUB is a capacity building/strengthening local organization that connects the missing dots building local organization’s and Institution’s capacity and to link them to the global community to foster sustained development efforts in African Region. What we do
We build capacities of local organization and Institutions. We build Community Resilience on Disaster Management to be able to response to emergencies. We conduct Research on Health & Nutrition, Education, Human Rights Violations and Publish findings. We design and coordinates and train organizations on Advocacy or develop advocacy strategy for local organizations/Institutions. We advocate and defend Human Rights and Child Protection. We empower Women, Boys and Girls. Where we work
Now we are working in Nigeria targeting the 6 Regions more especially North – East Region with low socio-Economic Indices. We aspire work in 7 African Countries in the nearest Future. Who we work with
Partnership: We foster collaborations and build partnerships, we bring organizations and Institutions of like minds for diverse purposes and influence formation of Consortium, Cluster, Coalition, Networks and Umbrella Organizations and provide technical assistants for their functionality. We network with Academia, Researchers, Advocates to chart the course of any of our intervention area. Government: Bearing sustainability in mind, we make sure State government own and drive the process. We engage local government authorizes of the communities we work, and they cooperate. Community: We mobilize local communities through community structures and individuals who have volunteer to commit their time and little resources for development. How we are governed
Governing Body/Board of Trustees (BOT):
AfriHUB is governed by 5 Board of Trustee, Chaired by His Royal Highness, Alhaji Usman Binyamin Othman the II, The Emir of Dass. Women constitute 60% of the Board membership. Meet our Trustees:
Board of Directors (BOD):
We have 6 Board members 3 males and 3 females who seats every six months to review AfriHUB progress and Plan for the next quarter. They review and implement recommendations from the BOT meetings. Senior Management Team (SMT)
We have 8 SMT members, majority are women. They meet every month to deliberate and plan for the organization. Accountability and funding
AfriHUB is guided by its principles entranced on the Co -Values. We get funding donation from our Board of Trustees, Philanthropies, Friends and Staff. OUR WORK/WHAT WE DO/AREAS OF FOCUS/THEMATIC AREAS
Emergency Response
Building community resilience to disasters so that they could Plan, Prepare, Respond and Mitigate
Building community Resilience on Peace and Conflict and reporting of any happenings in their communities to authorities
We map out community resources to determine areas of resource leveraging
Sensitize and mobilize local communities
Conduct community diagnoses through Community Action Cycle to determine their promptness to disaster and types of existing community problems
Mitigation plan such as Tree planting campaigns, light Up campaigns, Stop Violence Against Women and report Violence of any type Campaigns to reduce vulnerability
