Endam Home of Hope (EHHOP) has unveiled its five-year strategic plan aimed at empowering displaced women and youth, with a focus on innovation, sustainability, inclusive development and strengthened partnership.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Ndaga Yvonne Endam, noted this during the EHHOP launch on Wednesday in Abuja.
She explained that the five pillars including impact, innovation, inclusivity, climate action and disasters risk reduction, sustainable agriculture and food securities for the empowerment of displaced women and youth.
Yvonne said, “These pillars are designed to work together with the Nigerian blueprint in alignment with the government strategists directly supporting national development goals while remaining faithful to constitutional values”.
During the course of the discussion, Yvonne highlighted the strategic priorities of the plan to be, leadership development and advocacy, economic empowerment and self- reliance, gender-based violence (GBV), prevention and protection, access to education and health services institutional strengthening and sustainability, global advocacy and representation.
According to the CEO, the mission is to empower displaced population especially women and youths by delivering gender sensitive rights programs in livelihood, protection, shelter, mental health and climate change solutions.
She highlighted five objectives to improve disaster risk management and improve sustainable natural resource use as a means to support the refugees.
The CEO further explained that 70% of the plan centers on climate change and livelihoods, stressing that achieving these goals requires collective action and strengthened partnerships.
Also, the Deputy Director of Humanitarian Affairs , Dr. Fatima Lemu, commended the organization and urged stakeholders to do their best to join the course of assisting such initiatives trying to give hope to displaced persons and communities.
She said this cannot be achieved by the government alone but with the help of residents of communities.
Also, education association of the West Africa Civil Societies forum, Komlan Messie, emphasised the need to support refugees and the movement to empower them and internally displaced persons because “no one chooses to be a refugee.”