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Investing in The Safety and Integrity of Nigerian Girls (I-SING)
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Expected results:
- Adolescent girls and boys, (IDPs and host community aged 10-19), have improved life skills, reproductive health knowledge and psychosocial support;
- Adolescent girls and boys have improved financial literacy and access to savings and loans, improved livelihood skills and links to vocational training;
- Community leaders and members—particularly men and boys—including government actors and local service providers offer an enabling and supportive environment for adolescent girls to thrive.
Main activities:
- Identification of safe spaces;
- Development of curriculums on life skills, reproductive health, psycho-social support, financial literacy for girls and boys;
- Distribution of vouchers to most vulnerable girls and boys in safe spaces;
- Train community leaders, government actors and service providers on protection issues facing adolescent girls (and boys);
- Development of tools to address adolescent girls’ needs in emergency settings;
- Organization of a “Reaching Girls in Humanitarian Settings Summit” for government actors, peer agencies and donors focused on Nigeria.
Main accomplishments to date:
- Contract start date 1/09/2016; 700 (193 boys and 507 girls) safe spaces have been established with 15, 904 adolescents enrolled (11,923 girls and 3,981boys) in Borno and Gombe;
- 983 mentors and coordinators have been trained on Health/Life skills/Financial education curriculum(578 female mentors and 14 female coordinators, 243 male mentors and 48 coordinators) for Safe Spaces in Borno and Gombe;
- 99 Health workers trained on issues relating to sexual and gender based violence (SGBV);
- 1,566 community leaders and members sensitized on the importance of I-SING interventions for adolescent girls and boys;
- 119 community and religious leaders (60 Religious leaders and 59 community leaders) trained on protection issues facing adolescent girls and boys;
Source of funds: EU Emergency Trust Fund for Stability and Addressing Root Causes of Irregular Migration and Displaced Persons in Africa (ABAC Ref. T05-EUTF-SAH-NG-0201)
Total budget (EUR): 3.5M
Implementation period: 2 years (2016 – 2018)
Implementing agency: Mercy Corps
Geographical Area: 3 North East States (Adamawa, Borno and Gombe)