Jacqueline Brunner
Team leader church partnerships
Tel. 061 260 23 37
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Project Number: 162.1012
The population of Nigeria 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. Added to this is the urgently needed support for the consequences of climate change, 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.
Since 2009, north-eastern Nigeria has been terrorized by Boko Haram and its splinter groups. In central Nigeria, ethnic and religious conflicts have led to violence between sedentary farmers and nomadic Fulani. Around 16 million people are affected and more than 2.5 million have been displaced. Many have lost their possessions and have been living in refugee camps for years. Widows in particular are at risk of falling into extreme poverty. Mission 21 and its partner organizations EYN and EPRT are supporting those affected with food, hygiene products, drinking water, medical care and psychosocial support. In addition, training is offered on livelihood security and disaster risk reduction. In the Wuro Jabbe/Yola camp, vocational training is being continued in order to offer people long-term prospects.
The target group for humanitarian aid are people who are directly affected by disasters and violent conflicts, regardless of their religious, ethnic or political affiliations. A special focus is placed on internally displaced persons and returnee families as well as particularly vulnerable groups such as widows from the states of Adamawa, Borno and Plateau.
In 2023 and 2024, the focus was on emergency aid for victims of natural disasters and internally displaced persons in Nigeria. They received food, hygiene products, medical care and psychological support. Village communities affected by natural disasters or attacks by Boko Haram were supported in their reconstruction efforts. From 2025, training will continue at Camp Wuro Jabbe to enable those affected to gain independence through practical vocational qualifications.
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
Swift BIC: SKLODE66
BLZ: 683 500 48
IBAN: DE39 6835 0048 0001 0323 33
Account No. : 1032333