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Background

Borno State is one of the thirty six states in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and has an estimated population of 4.5 million people which is ranked as the 12th populous state in Nigeria. The state is located in Northern Eastern Nigeria and occupies the greater part of the Chad Basin and shares boundaries with Adamawa State to the South, Gombe State to the West, Yobe State to the North-West, Republic of Niger to the North, Republic of Chad to the North-East and Republic of Cameroon to the East. The State has experienced years of conflict between the military and armed insurgents since 2009. The ongoing conflict in the North East continues to increase population displacements, restrict income generating opportunities, limit trade flows and escalate food prices. As a result of the reduced food availability and access, local and IDP populations in worst-affected areas of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states continue to experience food gaps, in line with crisis (IPC Phase 4) acute food insecurity, with an estimated 4,6M people in Phase 3-5 (Cadre Harmonizé (CH) Analysis)..

What we want to achieve.

GHIV Africa intends to reduce mortality among infants and children through nutritional pragrammes and interventions that targets women and children in humanitarian emergency and rural communities. We intend to address the nutritional needs of women and children during emergencies. GHIV Africa wants to be the representative voice of the Nigeria Development NGO in the rural communities and hard to reach areas.

North East Nigeria continues to experience significant humanitarian needs, following over 12 years of conflict affecting the Lake Chad region. The 2020 Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) identified 7.9 million individuals in the three states of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe (collectively, the “BAY” states) to be in need of humanitarian assistance.1 Partner has faced increasing access restrictions to these areas since the middle of 2019. This situation has been further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic since early 2020. As a result, the humanitarian community has experienced decreased capacities to comprehensively identify the scale of needs in North East Nigeria. Providing an updated evidence-based needs overview of populations in the BAY states is, therefore, vital to inform partners’ strategic planning. 

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This is a training guide for GHIV Africa capacity building program