Every girl is worth protecting, teaching and hearing.
We work with adolescent girls and women in urban slums and underserved communities, so they can stay safe, healthy, in school and economically independent.
Where we work
Hard-to-reach communities, where girls are least likely to be reached by health, education or protection services.
All eight focus areasSafety from violence
Preventing, responding to and reducing gender-based violence among adolescent girls and women.
Health and rights
Friendly, age-appropriate sexual and reproductive health information and services.
Education
Scholarships and grants for brilliant girls who cannot afford school, and a route back for out-of-school children.
Income and resilience
Life skills and income-generating training for caregivers and female-headed households.
Built to be trusted
Governed by a Board of Trustees
A defined management structure, written manuals and clear job descriptions for every role.
Protection policies in place
Child protection, PSEAH, and anti-fraud and whistleblowing policies guide everything we do.
Audited every year
External auditors review our accounts annually, with dual-signature controls on every withdrawal.
Help us reach the girls who are hardest to reach.
About Shekinah Girls’ Empowerment and Protection Initiative
Based in Bwari, Abuja, FCT.
Our story
We exist to sustainably improve the sexual and reproductive health of adolescent girls and women living in urban slums and underserved communities.
We prevent, respond to and reduce gender-based violence, and make sure girls and women can reach timely, user-friendly health services and information that suit their age and gender.
We also open doors to education through scholarships and grants, support out-of-school children to return to formal schooling, and train caregivers and older girls who head households in life skills and income-generating activities.
Beyond these, we respond to crises and manage disaster risk in hard-to-reach communities, promote public health, strengthen community health systems, support menstrual hygiene, and back female smallholder farmers with innovation and technology.
Our vision
To build and develop the complete woman through impactful programming for access to inalienable human rights and restoration of the dignity of their human persons.
Our mission
To promote the dignity of women and girls and provide a platform for women’s voices for a more inclusive and equitable society.
What guides us
- Sharing
- Learning
- Accountability
- Teamwork
- Unity
These are the habits of our organisation’s culture, written into how our Board, management and staff work together.
Eight ways we protect and empower
Each focus area serves girls and women in urban slums and underserved communities.
Ending gender-based violence
We prevent, respond to and mitigate the risk of gender-based violence among adolescent girls and women.
Sexual and reproductive health and rights
We promote SRHR and make timely, user-friendly, age-appropriate services and information available.
Scholarships and return to school
Educational programmes and grants for indigent, brilliant adolescents, and re-enrolment support for out-of-school children.
Humanitarian response
Crisis response and disaster risk management in hard-to-reach and underserved communities.
Wealth creation and economic empowerment
Life skills and income-generating training for caregivers and older female adolescent-headed households.
Maternal and child health
Community-based health systems strengthening to reduce maternal mortality and deaths of children under five.
Menstrual hygiene management
Awareness and distribution of sanitary pads in urban slums and underserved communities.
Agricultural resilience
Innovation and technology for female smallholder farmers, so farming can sustain families through shocks.
Public health promotion runs alongside all eight areas.
Want to support or partner on one of these areas?
How we stay accountable
Members, donors, programme participants and communities should be able to see how we are run and how funds are used.
Governance
A Board of Trustees and management structure, with decision-making, procurement, human resource, financial and communication manuals.
Planning
A draft strategic plan sets our vision, mission, goals and objectives. It guides key decisions and is tied to an annual operational budget, with deliverables and indicators.
Finance
An updated financial manual, controls against fraud, theft and embezzlement, and an external audit every year.
Application of funds
Income and property are used solely to advance the Foundation. None is paid out to members as dividend, bonus or profit.
Banking
Two corporate accounts at an Abuja bank, with multiple signatories. No withdrawal is made without the required signatures, and the Board regularly reviews the accounts.
Our policies
- Child Protection
- Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment (PSEAH)
- Anti-fraud and Whistleblowing
- Financial Management
- Human Resource
To request a policy or report a concern, contact us.
Our organisational structure
Every role has a clear description and reporting line.
MEAL: monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning.
Get in touch
Partnerships, volunteering, donations or a concern: write to us.
- Address
- House 6 (Red Roof), Winner Ben-Abba Close,
Behind NDE, Zone C, Kuduru Extension,
Bwari, Abuja – FCT, Nigeria - info@sgepi.org