DRA Nigeria JR 6 - JDF 2020
Nigeria has been confronted with multiple security challenges and has been suffering greatly since the Boko Haram insurgency ...
Nigeria has been confronted with multiple security challenges and has been suffering greatly since the Boko Haram insurgency began in 2009. The violence, particularly by the Boko Haram insurgency, has displaced more than two million people, an estimated 1.8 million of whom are currently internally displaced. The vast majority - an estimated 80 per cent - of these internally displaced persons take shelter among local host communities. The conflict between Boko Haram and military forces in the northeast of Nigeria has escalated to directly affect some 15 million people. More than 20,000 people have been killed and an estimated 4,000 women and girls have been abducted since the conflict began eight years ago.
Through this project, Jireh Doo Foundation (JDF) will support crisis-affected communities in Nigeria through an integrated program including Food security and Livelihood support, WASH, and Protection activities. JDF is a local Nigerian partner and has been involved in NJR since phase 3 in 2017. The main focus of JDF ́s efforts in NJR7 is in WASH and Protection activities in Dikwa in Borno State. In Dikwa,