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Welfarewatch International (WI)

Established 2003, WI is non-governmental organisation that promotes social welfare of humankind through youth empowerment activities, gender equality promotion, social justice advocacy and community development programmes. WI engages itself in services that mostly support and promote the social well-being of the poor and marginalised people in Nigeria and beyond. The principal focus of the organisation is social capital formation and community organising through capacity building for local-self management and community development schemes. In its effort to make the world a better place WI saddles itself with following responsibility: 1- Public education, enlightenment and awareness on topical issues that are inimical to human welfare through printed and electronic media, debates, quiz competitions, dramas, brainstorming events, public lectures, community service awards, summit and conference events among others. 2- Training programmes for the marginalised people, stake holders and policymakers on important social issues that WI works to improve. 3- Conduct issues based advocacy through protests, vigils, lobbies, rallies, letters, petitions and others with the sole aim of influencing social attitudes and governmental policies on certain social issues. 4- Research and conduct case studies to identify impacts of social policy on the people. 5- Support the disadvantaged, less privileged and people negatively affected by socio-economic policies and public service programmes. 6- Coalition building and networking with other non-governmental organisations and civil society groups that share common-goals with it.

WI Vision and Mission

Vision: To promote globally social welfare of humankind Mission: Through social capital formation, community organising, grassroots mobilization, community assets development and management, WI is poised to promote globally, social welfare of humankind.

WI Aims and Objectives

Among other things WI set out: 1- To promote consistently, social well-being of humankind all over the world. 2- To support the global efforts aimed at finding lasting solution to the incidence of climate change impacts, unemployment, hunger, poverty, diseases, maternal and child mortality, crimes and other social problems. 3- To conduct public enlightenment programmes and organse people at the grassroots with the sole aim of helping them improve their living standard through self-help community assets development practices. 4- To promote healthy society through public education on health issues such as reproductive health and rights, malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, poliomyelitis and other preventable diseases. 5- To conduct research and disseminate beneficial information, ideas, solutions, lessons learned and global practices on social needs of women, rural people, the poor in general and other disadvantaged groups of people in the society by giving adequate publicity to research findings and solutions to human problems in its publications and training programmes. 6- To improve, through community organising and self-management training, provision of extension services to farmers and support women enterprise development, the living conditions of the rural dwellers. 7- Through healthy and result-oriented networking, convening of conferences, consultative meetings, seminars and rallies among to reach-out to groups, institutions, opinion setters, decision and policymakers in Nigeria and beyond with a view to establishing useful social links in the effort to make the world a better place. 8- To publish life coping materials, job (skills) readiness handbooks and community development manuals, with the fundamental objective of building the capacity of children, youths, women and men within its areas of influence on how to handle effectively life challenges, situations, uncertainties and difficulties.

WI Major Thematic Focus

Poverty reduction and alleviation Human rights advocacy Good governance campaign Gender-rights and women welfare promotion Reproductive health and HIV/.AIDS prevention Drug demand-reduction and crime control Environmental protection

WI Core Programmes

In its self-imposed responsibility to promote the social welfare of humankind in Nigeria and beyond, WI is actively involved in the following poverty alleviation, equality and social justice promotion, community development schemes and environmental protection activities that include: - Promotion of child and maternal health, conduct of anti-malaria, HIV/AIDS, TB and other health problems campaigns as well as provision of potable water and proper solid waste disposal services to check health hazards caused by these diseases and environmental pollutants. - Conduct programmes that help in reducing level in Nigeria such as empowerment programmes, vocational training, job search-support services for job seekers, enterprise/business development seminars, entrepreneurial skills acquisition training, technology transfer to the poor and other skills acquisition schemes for youth, women, girls, unemployed, persons living with disability and other under privileged groups in WI area of influence. - Give support to the agricultural communities to create job opportunities, increase food production and security among the poor by giving them farm inputs and appropriate extension/outreach support services. - Organise public enlightenment, information sharing and awareness campaigns on the plight of the poor, the less privileged and socially oppressed through public education, advocacy, brainstorming sessions, debates, quiz competitions, youth parliament and town meetings among other activities as well as lobby all levels of governance for pro-poor socio-economic policies and programmes. - Micro credit services for smallholder farmers, rural women in agricultural value-chain enterprises, petty traders, small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs.

Summary of WI Programmes and Activities

Youth empowerment Gender equality education Poverty reduction through job readiness skills acquisition and enterprise development and entrepreneurial skills training Business financial support through micro-credit schemes Water and sanitation campaigns Community health promotion among disadvantaged communities Community leadership development among others

Target Groups and Beneficiaries

Youth, girls, women and disadvantaged segments of the society Community groups Political gladiators Social opinion leaders (religious and members of civil society groups) Organised private sector Voluntary organisations Government officials and other stakeholders

WI Management Structure

The day to day activities of WI is ran and managed by a management team comprising the Director of Project, Senior Programmes Officers, Programmes Officers, Monitoring and Evaluation Officers, Account Officer and Clerks, Secretary/Receptionist, Office Assistants and Drivers. In the same manner, activities and cause of the management team are charted and guided by a Board of Trustees and Advisory Committee that consist of eminent personalities fromn different sectors of Nigeria’s socio-economic life.

Contact Information

All correspondence should be directed to: The Adninistrative Secretary Welfarewatch International (WI), Nigeria 2, Oloruntosin Street, Behind Wema Bank Plc Sango-Ota P.O.Box 547 Ota Ogun State E-mail: winigeria@gmail.com Tel: 234-8033541121