13/11/2023
It’s been 16 years of selfless and dedicated service to our nation and to the world. What is now CENTRE FOR FAITH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: https://www.cfcod.org/ started in 2006, but was formally incorporated as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) with the Nigeria Corporate Affairs Commission in August 2007 as New Era Educational and Charitable Support Initiative (NEEDCSI). During this period, we have actively engaged:
1. Over 10,000 students through our Peace Education Clubs (PECs) in over 100 schools in 5 States in Nigeria
2. Trained 1,500 young men and women through our Youth Leadership Program
3. Consistently hosted our annual International Conference on Youth and Interfaith Dialogue for 10 years (from 2009- 2018), attracting over 7,500 participants from 15 countries
4. Trained and supported over 2,500 religiously-diverse young men and women, through our P/CVE projects in Northern Nigeria
5. Conducted 50 stakeholder engagement and capacity building workshops for religious, faith and spiritual and traditional leaders, leaders of NGOs, FBOs, CBOs and women groups in 5 states
6. Conducted Livelihood Skills Training and provided Sowing Machines and grinding machines to 100 Women, young girls and youth affected by violent conflicts in Northern Nigeria.
One of our strongest national achievements and global impacts is from our 2012 how-to film, “DIALOGUE IN NIGERIA: Muslims and Christians Creating Their Future”. In the first 2012 year over 5,000 DVDs were requested from every continent by citizens in 570 cities of 70 nations, 20 of these in Africa. This documentary gives voices and faces to 200 courageous Muslims and Christians – diverse young women and men – who we united successfully in Jos, central Nigeria. Refusing to be enemies, they were together during days and evenings at our International Conference on Youth and Interfaith Dialogue. They were tense yet excited to finally cross lines of religion, economics, tribe, and gender to transcend the status quo and discover empathy for each other’s personal life experiences. Together they realized that “an enemy is one whose story we have not heard,” while listening-to-learn and thus dignifying themselves and the “others.” Face to face and in small circles, they began with ice-breakers and continued in depth to discover one another’s equal humanity – fear, grief, needs, hopes, and concrete plans for a shared future. These determined young Nigerians illustrated how others worldwide can successfully connect and communicate to create authentic community. Details are available at: http://traubman.igc.org/vidnigeria.htm. Details of our annual conferences are also available at: http://traubman.igc.org/nigeria2010.htm and http://traubman.igc.org/nigeriahrv.htm
