MAMA Centre 2019 ANNUAL REPORT Mothers And Marginalised Advocacy Centre Plot 120, Olusegun Obasanjo Way, Wuye District Abuja. Email: [email protected] Tel: 234 8089788590 Mothers And Marginalised Advocacy Centre mamacentre.org.ng @mamacentreng @mamacentre1 MOTHERS AND MARGINALISED ADVOCACY CENTRE (MAMA CENTRE) MAMA CENTRE 2019 ANNUAL REPORT Ngwo community elected target-led women (right holders) for proposed strategic policy and legislave advocacy under the aegis of EMPOWER project implemented by MAMA Centre with support from OXFAM MAMA Centre 2019 ANNUAL REPORT 001 TABLE OF CONTENT The Board of Trustee .................................................................................................................................................3 The Advisory Council.................................................................................................................................................3 The Secretariat .............................................................................................................................................................3 Office Address .............................................................................................................................................................3 Brief About MAMA Centre ....................................................................................................................................4 The Vision .....................................................................................................................................................................5 The Mission ..................................................................................................................................................................5 The Motto .....................................................................................................................................................................5 Objectives .....................................................................................................................................................................5 Message from the Executive Director ................................................................................................................6 Agriculture and Women Empowerment ..........................................................................................................7 Foreign Skill Acquisition Training for Young Females ...............................................................................16 Gender, Human Right and Social Inclusion ...................................................................................................16 Girl Child Right ..........................................................................................................................................................19 Maternal and Child Health ...................................................................................................................................19 Media Tracking Reports ........................................................................................................................................21 MAMA Centre 2019 ANNUAL REPORT 002 THE BOARD OF TRUSTEE This is the policy-making organ of the organisation. The Board approves the budget of the organisation, provides contacts for operational funds and supports the operation of the secretariat. 1. Princess Ufoma Hamman-Obels – Chairperson 2. Barr. (Ms.) Chiamaka Nnadika – Member 3. Mr. Nwagwu Ezenwa Sampson – Member 4. Ms. Chioma Kanu – Secretary ADVISORY COUNCIL The Advisory Council is an advisory organ consisting of people with vast experience and knowledge of socio-economic and political dynamics in the country and across the world. 1. Hon. Henry Nwawuba 2. Ms. Chiamaka Joyce Onyegbula 3. Dr. Cephas Lerewonu 4. Ms. Akunne Kanu 5. Yushau A. Shuaib 6. David Valera THE SECRETARIAT The Secretariat is vested with the day-to-day running of the organization. It implements the decisions of the Board of Trustees. It is headed by an Executive Director who oversees the day-to-day running of the organisation while a Senior Program Officer oversees programmes implementation along with other programme staff. 1. Barr. (Ms.) Ola E. Onyegbula – Executive Director 2. Ms. Chioma Kanu – Program Manager 3. Ms. Peace Ikoku – Program Officer 4. Mrs. Joy I. Okara – Finance Manager 5. Ms. Rahma Oladosun – Office Manager 6. Abubakar Jimoh – Communications Manager 7. Ms. Grace Oriaku – Volunteer OFFICE ADDRESS Headquarters: Plot 111a Olusegun Obasanjo Way, Wuye District, Abuja. Regional Office, Enugu: House No. 4, Real Estate, Uwani, Enugu state. MAMA Centre 2019 ANNUAL REPORT 003 BRIEF ABOUT MAMA CENTRE he Mothers And Marginalized reproductive life, including shared Advocacy (MAMA) Centre was responsibilities for the care and nurturing of Testablished and registered with the children and maintenance of the household. Nigeria Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) on 5th November 2014 with the The organization works to alleviate threat to registration number CAC/IT/NO73269 as a women's lives, health and well-being as a Non-Governmental, non-profit making, result of being overburdened with work and non-partisan organisation with primary of their lack of power and influence. It mandate to engage government on empowers women to receive formal legislative and policy advocacy to eliminate education in showcasing their knowledge, threats to socio-economic and political abilities and coping mechanisms to attain status of the marginalised groups and healthy and fulfilling lives. advance their socio-economic and political rights towards self-determination, self- Through regular field-based research and reliance and self-sustenance in Nigeria. fact-findings, MAMA Centre creates socio- economic empowerment platform that Through its engagement enables women to innovatively improve on strategies—advocacy, capacity building, the existing income generating activities, research and networking, the Centre works save more money, develop financial literacy, to ensure full participation and partnership and diversify in other income-generating of women and men in productive and activities. reproductive life, including shared responsibilities for the care and nurturing of Mothers and Marginalised Advocacy children and maintenance of the household. (MAMA) Centre has hitherto through public donation and support from partners, MAMA Centre works to ensure recorded tremendous achievements in its empowerment and autonomy of women programmes and activities. and the improvement of their political, socio-economic and health status and self- The organisation has a vision to see “A sufficiency towards achieving inclusive and world where women are involved in decision sustainable development. Through its making for sustained development” and a engagement strategies—advocacy, capacity mission to ensure:“Women and building, research, service delivery and marginalized groups participate in networking, the organization works to governance and economic resources are ensure full participation and partnership of distributed equitably”. women and men in productive and MAMA Centre 2019 ANNUAL REPORT 004 VISION “A world where women are involved in decisions making for sustained development” MISSION “Women and marginalized groups participate in governance and economic resources are distributed equitably”. MOTTO “Giving voice to marginalised” OBJECTIVES The aims and objectives of MAMA Centre are as follow: · To engage legislative and policy advocacy to eliminate threats to socio-economic and political status of the marginalised groups and advance their socio-economic, education, health and political rights towards self-determination, self-reliance and self-sustenance in Nigeria. · To empower women and young girls to receive formal education in showcasing their knowledge, abilities and coping mechanisms to attain healthy and fulfilling lives. · To eliminate threats to sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and young girls in Nigeria. · To raise public, public and community consciousness on the impact of adequate maternal and childhood nutrition status to physical and cognitive development of a child through advocacy, capacity building and outreach services. · To create socio-economic empowerment platform that enables women to innovatively improve on the existing income generating activities, save more money, develop financial literacy, and diversify in other income-generating activities. · To ensure full participation and partnership of women and men in productive and reproductive life, including shared responsibilities for the care and nurturing of children and maintenance of the household. · To deploy engagement strategies—advocacy, capacity building, service delivery, research and networking in achieving its objectives. In addition to increasing women's access to financial services, the organization priorities skills learning and capacity building, self-esteem, increasing access to information and resources, and promoting collective action among women in community associations. MAMA Centre 2019 ANNUAL REPORT 005 MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR n the year under review, MAMA Centre an open door to select young experienced continued to expand in its programmes Nigerian female to participate in various skill Iand activities with a new support from acquisition trainings in Kazakhstan. OXFAM-The Voice Projectto implement a project titled “Engendering More Through its Girls Hub platform Participation