Nigeria Leaders

Secretary, YMCA Kaduna | Nigeria Jeremiah Elisha is an active community mobilizer, developer, and facilitator in his current role where he administers the programs of YMCA Kaduna. He is passionate about youth empowerment, women’s rights, and gender equity, and has significant experience around management, leadership, program initiation and development, and creative monitoring and reporting. Jeremiah is the Secretary of the … Read More

Founder and Executive Director, The Basileia Vulnerable Persons Rights Initiative | Nigeria Jennifer Agbaji is a lawyer and humanitarian actor from Kaduna State, Nigeria. She is the founder and executive director of the Basileia Vulnerable Persons Rights Initiative, which engages and empowers vulnerable persons, especially women and girls, to live socially, economically fulfilled lives. Through the initiative’s GirLead Innovation Fellowship, … Read More

Executive Director, Agama Centre for Peace and Development | Nigeria Ibrahim is a social development worker with over 12 years of experience advocating for the cause of women and girls on issues of equity and equality in education, social inclusion, and economic empowerment. He studied peace and conflict resolution at the National Open University of Nigeria and is a certified … Read More

Program Officer, Family Health Advocates In Nigeria Initiative (FHANI) | Nigeria Grace is the program officer at Family Health Advocates in Nigeria Initiative (FHANI). She has over eight years of experience in advocacy, administration, and logistics management, and more recently has become a tenacious advocate who strongly believes that every girl child has the right to school and to pursue … Read More

Advocacy Program Manager, Education as a Vaccine (EVA) | Nigeria Grace has over seven years of experience in designing and implementing sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR) advocacy programs. Presently, Grace works as the advocacy program manager for  Education as a Vaccine (EVA), where she leads advocacy at the national, regional, and global levels on the health and rights of … Read More

Executive Director, Creative Arts for Development Center (CRADC) | Nigeria Franklin Pyokpung Zaure is the executive director at the Creative Arts for Development Centre (CRADC). He is the team lead for the Artists Against Desolation (AAD) project, an initiative that uses diverse alternative media tools to communicate development across different spectrums of social and human engagements. Franklin envisions a favorable … Read More

Reproductive Health Advisor/Volunteer, Family Healthcare Foundation (FAHCI) | Nigeria Esther Waryit Yonah is the reproductive health advisor for the Family Healthcare Foundation (FAHCI) and the state coordinator for the Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria Nasarawa State Chapter. Esther is a public health nurse with over 16 years of experience in development work, especially in the areas of sexual and reproductive … Read More

CEO, Zoos Initiative for Women and Children | Nigeria Doo Kene Tsumba is an economist and  national advocate for gender equity in education for women and girls in Nigeria, currently serving as CEO for Zoos Initiative for Women and Children. As CEO, she leads a program to promote Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), which encourages the enrollment of girls … Read More

CEO, Fantsuam Foundation | Nigeria Comfort Kazanka is a community development worker and founding member of the rural-based organization Fantsuam Foundation Nigeria. As the CEO, Comfort represents the management team on the Board of Directors and is responsible for implementing the decisions of the board. She additionally chairs the implementation team, a membership of five heads of programs, and receives … Read More

Program Manager, Earthspring International Outreach | Nigeria Chiamaka Ada Pius is a program manager and social worker. She is an advocate for women, girls, equity, social justice, and female mental emancipation, and runs a back-to-school initiative for underprivileged children and children who have dropped out of school. Chiamaka is a member of the Nigerian Association of Social Workers, International Society … Read More