ActionAid believes, Education – especially that of girls and women – saves lives, reduces inequality and transforms communities.

10.5million children are out of school in Nigeria. It is estimated that 35 per cent of Nigerian children who attend primary school do not go on to attend secondary school. Half of all Nigerian children did not attend secondary school in 2021.

ActionAid Nigeria puts women and women’s rights at the centre of all our work because we believe this inequality is an injustice we must fight and we believe that gender is critical to understanding the causes of poverty and injustice.

We work with women across Nigeria to identify the changes they want to see and to empower them to claim their rights.

When disaster strikes, ActionAid Nigeria responds within hours, providing vital things like food and shelter.

We link our response to our ongoing projects, and we stick around for as long as we are needed, providing practical support, and making sure local people have a say in rebuilding their communities and livelihoods.

Land and water are the key to providing food, decent livelihoods and a sustainable future for everybody. Yet environmental pressures and increasing competition for these resources means that rural communities the world over are being forced off their land. 

ActionAid Nigeria stands up for rural women and smallholder farmers by helping them hold governments, international organisations and corporations to account.