Impulse Recycling and LEGASI join hands to reduce Period Poverty in Nigeria
What is Period Poverty
According to @unitednations menstruation is intrinsically related to human dignity. Gender inequality, extreme poverty, humanitarian crises, and harmful traditions can all turn menstruation into a time of deprivation and stigma, which can undermine the enjoyment of fundamental human rights.

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GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT
REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS (RFA) NO. 21-001
PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE (P4P)
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 12:00PM ON FRIDAY 13 AUGUST, 2021

PURPOSE OF RFA
Ladies Empowerment Goals and Supports Initiative (LEGASI) in partnership with Peace Direct is pleased to issue Request for Applications (RFA) announcing the availability of funding for local, non-governmental, community and faith-based organizations (NGOs/CBOs/FBOs) to implement initiatives that will contribute to breaking cycles of violence, addressing human rights concerns, gender based violence, women participation in peacebuilding, trauma counselling and psychosocial support amongst other interventions that are innovative and community driven and will ultimately promote peaceful co-existence in Kaduna and Plateau States.
Though open to all, preference will be given to applicants from the selected Local Government Areas of Chikun and Kaduna North in Kaduna State and Jos North and Riyom in Plateau state.

FUNDING ELIGIBILITY
Applicant organizations/individuals must:
(a) Demonstrate work experience in the two States particularly in the selected LGAs for a minimum of 1 year prior to submission of the response to this RFA; and
(b) Be legally registered with the relevant authorities (i.e. Corporate Affairs Commission, Local Government etc.) or demonstrate/proof of high level of community recognition and acceptance.

Preference will be given to organizations and individuals with an established office or are resident in the selected communities of Kaduna and Plateau States and show demonstrable experience in working with local communities at LGA village level to foster peace through the convening of peace meetings, town hall dialogue, women and youth engagements, and promoting alternative dispute resolution efforts.

Under this RFA, LEGASI will not fund;
(a) Public International Organizations
(b) Government agencies
(c) For-profit organizations

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The WEED project got its inspiration after a community sampling and mapping to investigate reasons why young girls were not consistent in going to school at Ungwan Kudu community, Kaduna state. Considering the extreme poverty levels that existed in many of such communities where farming is the major source of income, the COVID-19 pandemic had further increased their hardship. This has created a spike in menstrual poverty that has each month affected girl’s attendance in school.

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Participating at the African Presidential Leadership Program (APLP), Egypt - June 30th to August 10, 2019
LEGASI represented Nigeria in Egypt, the idea of the program was launched as part of the implementation of one of the recommendations of the 2018 World Youth Forum and coinciding with the 2019 Egyptian Presidency of the African Union. Through the Presidential Programs, the academy works to inject competent youths into the pipeline of the governmental sector and other relevant sectors that contribute to building and supporting the national economy and developing and raising the efficiency and performance of their workers in the administrative sector of the state.

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