An NGO, Christian Aid, said it has selected over 200,000 poor rural women and people with disabilities in Kaduna and Anambra states to benefit from its poverty alleviation programmes.
In an attempt to reduce poverty and improve the wellbeing of over 200,000 selected adolescents, poor rural women and people with disabilities in Kaduna and Anambra States, Christian Aid-Nigeria has launched a programme called Evidence and Collaboration for Inclusive Development (ECID).
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Programme Officer, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion, Christian Aid who doubled as the Project Lead, in Kaduna State, Mercy Okeke, said the programme is funded by UK aid and led by Christian Aid in collaboration with CSOs in Kaduna and Anambra.
According to her, the programme, which is expected to run between May 2020 and September 2022, focuses on four priority areas of interventions namely, health, education, agriculture and infrastructure.