Jacqueline Brunner
Responsible Church Partnerships
Tel. 061 260 23 37
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Project Number: 162.1012
Nigeria's population is characterized by humanitarian disasters. The terror of the Islamist organization Boko Haram has driven more than 2.5 million people to flee their homes since 2009 and increasingly frequent natural disasters are causing hardship and suffering. Mission 21 and its partner organizations and churches support the people affected by these disasters with vital emergency aid. They also help to rebuild destroyed infrastructure and livelihoods and provide training in disaster preparedness. They also provide urgently needed support in the event of natural disasters, such as drought or flooding. Due to the flood disaster in fall 2024, Mission 21 is stepping up its support for the affected population, particularly in collaboration with its partner church EYN.
The north-east of Nigeria has been massively affected by the terror of the Islamist organization Boko Haram and its splinter groups since 2009. In central Nigeria, the violent clashes between various ethnic and religious groups, in particular sedentary farming families and nomadic Fulani, have caused serious disruption. The inhabitants of the affected regions still have to reckon with attacks, killings, kidnappings and assaults at all times. Around 16 million people are affected by the conflicts and more than 2.5 million people have been forced to flee their homes. The majority of them have lost all their possessions and their livelihoods. Many of them have found refuge in camps for displaced people. However, the situation is particularly precarious for women who were widowed in the attacks. They often have no education and, as widows, they are particularly at risk of falling into extreme poverty and being exploited. For this reason, Mission 21 and its partner organizations EYN and EPRT support the affected people with basic necessities such as food and hygiene products, access to drinking water and basic medical services. Traumatized people can also receive psychosocial support to help them come to terms with what they have experienced. Internally displaced people who return to their home areas are faced with the arduous task of rebuilding their livelihoods.
They support Mission 21 and its partner organizations in rebuilding destroyed houses and wells as well as their livelihoods, e.g. by distributing seeds. In addition, the local population from particularly vulnerable areas attend training courses on disaster risk reduction measures.
Mission 21 also links its humanitarian work to long-term projects, e.g. vocational training measures for internally displaced persons. In the Shuwari camp for internally displaced persons, for example, women and men who have fled their homes can learn various professions so that they can build a long-term livelihood for themselves.
The target group of humanitarian aid is people who are directly affected by disasters and violent conflicts, regardless of their religious, ethnic and political affiliations. A special focus is on internally displaced persons (IDPs) and returnee families, as well as on vulnerable groups such as widows from the states of Adamawa, Borno and Plateau.
In 2022, the focus was on providing emergency aid to victims of natural disasters such as the floods in large parts of northeastern Nigeria, as well as to internally displaced persons of various ethnic and religious affiliations. To ensure their survival and alleviate their suffering, they were provided with urgently needed food and hygiene items, as well as basic medical services and psychological support. In addition, village communities that lost their belongings due to natural disasters or attacks by Boko Haram and other non-state armed groups were assisted in rebuilding destroyed homes and wells. For women and men living as internally displaced persons in IDP camps, various vocational training programs were available again this year at the Shuwari IDP camp. Thanks to practical training in a marketable profession, they are empowered to earn an income and are no longer dependent on humanitarian aid.
The budget is continuously adapted to the current emergency and conflict situation.
Mission 21
Protestant Mission Basel
PO Box 270
Missionsstrasse 21
4009 Basel, Switzerland
Tel.: +41 (0)61 260 21 20
info@mission-21.org
Donation account Switzerland:
IBAN: CH58 0900 0000 4072 6233 2
Tax exemption number:
CHE-105.706.527
Donation account Germany:
Savings Bank Lörrach-Rheinfelden
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BLZ: 683 500 48
IBAN: DE39 6835 0048 0001 0323 33
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