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What our Nigerian Grantee Partners said about working with AWDF
What our Nigerian Grantee Partners said about working with AWDF
In June 2013, a 3 member team from AWDF – Rose Buabeng, Anglophone Programme Officer; Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, Communications Specialist, Solange Kuadjo, Programme Assistant – visited 19 grantee partners, and 3 potential grantee partners in 7 Nigerian States (Lagos, Abuja, Ibadan, Ilorin, Nasawara, Ile Ife, Kwara). Chika Oduah, a multi-media journalist who took many of the lovely images you will see below, accompanied the AWDF team on this monitoring visit.
One of the advantages of being on monitoring visits is that you get to see directly the impact of the work being done by grantee partners. An unexpected and always pleasant surprise is the positive feedback you get directly when you are doing a good job.
Below are some of the comments our grantee partners said about the work of the AWDF:
“I am happy to see women trying to touch the lives of other women. I am so glad and encourage you to continue. I know what touching lives mean and the effort and resources that goes into it.”
Ms Ndudi Bowei, Executive Director, The International Center for Environmental Health & Development
Photography by Chika Oduah
“AWDF is supporting a lot of women on the African continent, I am happy for AWDF and praying that they will get more money to continue funding women’s organizations.”
Ms Lucy Attah, Executive Director, Women and Children of Hope Foundation
Photography by Chika Oduah
“I thank God for the people who supported AWDF. It is a wonderful women’s organisation. No matter the quality of one’s application and the standard of the organisation, they still have patience for everybody. Please keep it up. I know this project will take FARDEM to a higher level”
Ms. Rose Nwaogwugwu, Executive Director, The Family Resources Development Motivators
Photography by Nana Darkoa
“With AWDF even if you don’t ask, they know you are there so we don’t need to let them down; we thank them for all the support through the years. They are really a women-focused organization and are always there for women”
Ms Funmi Doherty, Executive Director, Society for Women and AIDS Africa Nigeria
Photography by Chika Oduah
“The partnership between GADA and AWDF has boosted the organization’s morale. We have always resorted to AWDF in times of need and they don’t disappoint. The partnership has also helped GADA leverage more funding and other opportunities. I wish GADA and AWDF partnership never ends”
Ms Ada Agina-Ude, Executive Director, Gender and Development Association – GADA).
Photography by Solange Kuadjo
“AWDF has always supported Ajegunle’s women in politics and leadership project. The women here who are now active in politics owe AWDF and those who support them a great gratitude. They are now very vocal and demanding their rights from political party leaders and others in various leadership positions. The International Workshop on Resource Mobilisation has also been very useful to me. Thanks AWDF”
Ms Funmi Adeniyi, Senior Programme Manager, Ajegunle Community Project
By Rose Buabeng with Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah
Photo essay of AWDF’s visit to grantee partners in Nigeria
Photo essay of AWDF’s visit to grantee partners in Nigeria
Between the 27th of May-7th of June, a team of AWDF staff visited grantee partners, and potential grantee partners in Lagos, Ibadan, Ile-Ife, Ilorin and Abuja.
The images below represent a photo essay of some of the grantees and potential grantees visited. All photography by Chika Oduah.
AWDF to hold a 3 day skills building workshop on ‘Rights and Results Based Programming’ for grantee partners in Southern Africa
AWDF to hold a 3 day skills building workshop on ‘Rights and Results Based Programming’ for grantee partners in Southern Africa
From the 19 – 21st November 2012, AWDF will hold a 3 day skills building workshop on ‘Rights and Results Based Programming’ (RBP) in Johannesburg, South Africa, for 30 grantee partners from the Southern Africa region (Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana and Swaziland). This training will seek to adapt the framework of the RBP to the needs of women’s rights organisations. Participants will be trained on how to use the RBP framework within the context of women’s rights activities and to understand the core questions around the implementation of RBP.
Key objectives for the skills building workshop are:
• To identify some of the common challenges within women’s organizations in their ability to track and report change in their programme to different stakeholders.
• To provide skills that will enable grantees to systematically align their work to anticipated results, track changes and report them in more coherent and compelling ways to the different stakeholders.
This training will be co-facilitated by Hope Chigudu, a women’s rights consultant; Zeytuna Abdellah Azasso, Monitoring & Evaluation Officer, AWDF and Nafi Chinery, Capacity Building Officer, AWDF.
