Women’s March: Fatima M. Habib, born with humanity at heart

Fatima Mohammed Habib is a humanitarian with a heart full of love and empathy. And she is only 21.

At age 14, she founded an NGO, Advocacy for Human Value Foundation, in the year 2016 during her second year as a sociology and anthropology student in the University of Maiduguri to advocate against child sexual exploitation.

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In continuation of the Daily Trust Women’s March series on Nigerian women worth celebrating, here a few reasons why Fatima Mohammed Habib made the list;

• She is the founder of Advocacy for Human Value Foundation, an NGO known for impacting the lives of thousands.
• She is an alumnus of Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI).
• She has enrolled hundreds of children in school and funds their education.
• Works actively with IDPs (internally displaced people) at various camp sites in Maiduguri on mental health and coping with trauma.
• She raises funds to settle the hospital bills of people living with disability.
• She is an advocate against sexual violence.
• She dreams of breaking all glass ceilings.