About us
Caring Hands Empowerment Foundation is a nonprofit organization that works to provide help to refugee, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and migrant children, in Lagos Nigeria, through sustainable and empowering educational support programs. It was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Lagos.
From April to June 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, Caring Hands Empowerment Foundation, through partnerships with 3 refugee-led organizations, provided food items to 100 families as well as special packages for 100 children in 2 communities Lagos, 10 refugee families in Nairobi, Kenya, and 50 refugee families in Kampala, Uganda.
Caring Hands Empowerment Foundation supports a school in 2 rural/riverine communities where migrant children have access to education and also supports refugee children in a refugee settlement in Lagos. In November 2024, we provided digital skills training to over 20 female entrepreneurs in partnership with ImpactHer.
We have provided holiday gifts and books to 324 children and, provided learning materials to 358 children since inception, we have supported 140 families with food items from April 2020 to April 2024 and provided micro cash to 5 refugee men and women for business and personal support.
— Our Mission
To be the leading organization in educational support and empowerment of young refugees, migrants and internally displaced persons in Nigeria.
— Our Vision
To improve and bridge the quality of life for young refugees and internally displaced persons at the community, local, state and national through sustainable educational and empowerment programs.
Core Values
Transparency
Our organization ensures transparency in our work with our beneficiaries and donors.
Accountability
We are accountable for everything we do.
Equity
We believe everyone is equal and so, our beneficiaries should be treated as equals and with fairness.
Hard work
We are ardent workers committed to ensuring a better life for each beneficiary we work with. With hard work comes great results.
THEMATIC AREA OF INTERVENTION
Our interventions focus on dealing with vulnerable refugee, migrant and displaced children in communities across Nigeria.
OBJECTIVES
- To create positive and personal differences in the lives of young refugees, IDPs and migrants through participatory and engaging educative activities to enable them achieve productive learning lifestyle and be empowered to be self-sufficient to contribute positively to the society.
- To inspire independence and creativity by assisting them in identifying and aligning their innate essential skills that will influence the development of self-sufficiency through empowering programs.
IMPACT STORIES
In March 2024, we were excited to donate two marker boards and essential writing materials to our beneficiary school in Lagos.
We discovered that four classes were sharing just two boards, one of which was in poor condition. Thanks to the generous support of Cohere, we were able to provide two additional boards, ensuring a smoother learning experience for the students.
A big thank you to our partner, Cohere, for their valuable contribution to our educational support initiative.
