The organization was formed in 1999 as Friends of the Habitat in response to the low and pervasive literacy level, rising HIV prevalence, malaria and widespread poverty. However, while registering the Association as a National NGO in the year 2000 the name of the organization was changed to Herwa Community Development Initiative on the advice of the CAC.
The stigma experienced by persons suspected of being Boko Haram insurgents, resulting in their inability to get reintegrated with their home communities and relations, is constituting a cause of intense …
The European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has assisted 3000 returnee-IDPs in Bama to rebuild their homes. The project was facilitated for the two bodies by …
Civilian volunteers fighting dangerous insurgent group preparing for life after terror There has always been fears that the thousands of youths in the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) helping in …
Overview This case story is about Ibrahim Mohammed; a beneficiary of the MCN British Council/EU project implemented by Herwa Community Development Initiative. The success of the project can also encourage …
