Nigerian nonprofit · Est. 2003

Positive change.
Definite impact.

We're a Nigerian nonprofit working alongside communities in their hardest moments: protecting rights, responding to disaster and building lasting peace. We train the people who hold the line, from community women and traditional leaders to the Nigerian military.

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Participants at the public presentation of the Enhancing Peace in the Niger Delta project report, Orchid Hotel, Asaba, Delta State.

ASABA, DELTA STATEWe presented our Niger Delta project report to European Union Delegation partners and community leaders at the Orchid Hotel in Asaba.

2003

Working with communities since

12 states

Where we have run programmes

1,000+

Military officers trained

1,400+

Community women trained

Who we are

We're a Nigerian nonprofit built around one idea: people deserve support exactly where life is hardest. That means protecting rights, and it means walking alongside communities through disaster and conflict, guided by a board of trustees and a small, multi-disciplinary team who do the work themselves.

ApproachRights-based programming

IncorporatedNovember 2003

Head officeMagboro, Ogun State

Niger Delta officeAsaba, Delta State

Programme areasSix

Operating principlesEthics · Quality · People-centred · Results

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Our work

What we focus on.

We keep our work concentrated where rights, resilience and peace intersect, rather than spreading thin across unrelated causes. These three areas break down into six programme areas, each with its own projects.

Human rights

We protect and promote human rights, especially for people facing the hardest circumstances.

Disaster reduction & management

We help communities prepare for disaster, respond when it hits, and recover afterward.

Peacebuilding & conflict management

We train communities in non-violent conflict management and open dialogue that leads to lasting peace.

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community leaders trained in non-violent conflict management

Featured project

Enhancing Peace in the Niger Delta

We trained community women, youth and traditional leaders in non-violent conflict management, in Amai (Ukwuani LGA) and Oleh (Isoko LGA), Delta State, working alongside the Delegation of the European Union to Nigeria.

We presented our findings at a public forum at the Orchid Hotel in Asaba, joined by HRM Monday Ossai, Dr/Chief Kate Aduba and Dr. Joseph R.P. Golwa, Director-General of the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution. The project report was published with an ISBN and is listed on our publications page.

Participants at a training workshop on non-violent conflict management, Ukwuani community, Delta State. — Ukwuani Community workshop, Delta State

Participants at a workshop on non-violent conflict management skills, Isoko community, Delta State. — Isoko Community workshop, Delta State

Working with the military

We wrote the manual the Army teaches from.

Every year we run a five-day seminar and workshop on democracy, peacebuilding and conflict management for the Nigerian Army, Air Force and Navy, together with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. The point is to build peacebuilding into peacekeeping, so that officers can hold a peace once the fighting stops.

It worked. Conflict management and peacebuilding are now part of the training curriculum of the Nigerian Army College of Logistics, taught from a manual we developed, Introduction to Conflict Management and Peacebuilding for the Military. More than a thousand officers have come through the programme.

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A senior officer presenting a plaque to an IMPACT trainer at the Nigerian Army College of Logistics.

The Nigerian Army College of Logistics presents a plaque to our training team at the annual Conflict Management Seminar and Workshop.

In the press

"Why peace is elusive in Niger Delta –IMPACT"

Daily Sun · South-South Report · 30 October 2012, p.24 · byline Paul Osuyi, Asaba

Field notes

Moments from the work.

A look at our programmes on the ground, in the community's own moments.

Participants at the community healing and dialogue skills workshop, Jos, Plateau State. — Community healing and dialogue skills, Jos, Plateau State

An IMPACT facilitator leading a plenary session with military and police personnel. — A plenary session at the Nigerian Army College of Logistics

Traditional rulers seated at the high table of a pre-election community outreach forum. — Traditional rulers at a pre-election community outreach

Women in discussion during a question and answer session at a training workshop in Isoko community. — Question and answer session with women in Isoko community

Students and facilitators at a child rights and responsibilities training session, Acumen School, Magboro. — Child rights training, Acumen School, Magboro

An IMPACT representative at the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations. — Representing IMPACT at the UN Commission on the Status of Women

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Publications

What we have put in writing.

Project reports, handbooks and training manuals produced out of our own programmes. One of them is used to teach conflict management inside the Nigerian Army College of Logistics.