DEC Projects

Capacity building for female political party candidates in northeast Nigeria
Project Partners: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Project Status: Completed ( 2011 )

Establishment and sustainable management of non-formal learning centres for OVC in Gamawa LGA, Bauchi state
Partners: Creative Associates/United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Status: Completed ( 2011 )

OVC services in Katagum LGA, Bauchi state
Partners: Creative Associates/United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Status: Completed ( 2013 )

Social and political empowerment of women in northern Nigeria
Partners: Bread for the World (Brot fur die Welt)
Status: Completed ( 2015 )

Social and economic empowerment of women in northern Nigeria
Partners: Canadian Catholic Organization for Development & Peace (D&P)
Status: Completed ( 2014 )

The Orphan & Vulnerable Children (OVC)-focused project availed DEC to work in 12 communities of Toro LGA, Bauchi state providing support to households and caregivers to improve nutrition, health, psychosocial wellbeing, education, shelter & care, protection & economic strength.
Partners: Save the Children International (SCI)
Completed ( 2018 )

Voter education and mobilization of electorates for 2015 elections in Adamawa state
Partners: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Status: Completed ( 2015 )

Socio-economic empowerment of women and youths in northern Nigeria
Partners: Canadian Catholic Organization for Development & Peace (D&P)
Status: Completed ( 2015 )

This intervention was meant to expand access to quality non-formal education to children (aged 6-17) affected by crisis rendering them internally displaced and children of their host communities. It also strived to increase learning performance on literacy, numeracy and socio-emotional learning and provision of a safe learning environment. DEC worked with 2,100 displaced children in 42 communities in Bauchi state.
Creative Associates/United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Status: Completed ( 2017 )

The project was designed to provide access to basic education to vulnerable children and adolescents in Bauchi and Sokoto states in Nigeria. To achieve this, the intervention improved the leadership and management structures of local communities for effective coordination and governance; increased staff capacity for proper management and enhanced organizational efficiency. DEC worked with 4,200 children in 81 communities in Bauchi state.
Partners:Creative Associates/United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Status: Completed ( 2018 )

84 communities spread across 7 states- Bauchi, Gombe, Taraba, Kebbi, Benue, Jigawa and Nasarawa states with improved access to education and livelihood opportunities for women and girls; increased awareness and management of public health issues, including maternal and child health; access to safe, clean water and sanitation; and increased participation in peacebuilding processes.
Partners: Bread for the World (Brot fur die Welt), Berlin, Germany
Status: Completed ( 2018 )

Livelihood and food security
A tri-partite partnership involving the EU, Oxfam and DEC to improve food security, nutrition and resilience of vulnerable groups in Kebbi and Adamawa states-with DEC implementing in Kebbi state. To achieve this, the project will strengthen the productive capacities and governance of the agricultural sector by enhancing the capacity of the local government; building the capacity of smallholder farmers and their associations to play policy influencing roles; increasing food reserves through supporting farmers’ access to agricultural input and technologies; and enhancing the purchasing power of vulnerable populations through integrated cash transfers.
Partners: European Union/Oxfam
Status: On-going ( 2020 )

A project of possibilities emanating from empowering community structures targeted at 2 communities of Ubbe of Nasarawa-Eggon LGA and Moroa of Akwanga LGA, Nasarawa state.
The community improvement committees have been able to drive the development process of their respective communities and are able to .
Partners: Canadian Catholic Organization for Development & Peace (D&P)
Status: Completed ( Aug 2018 )

Livelihood and food security
A tri-partite partnership involving the EU, Oxfam, and DEC to improve food security, nutrition, and resilience of vulnerable groups in Taraba state. To achieve this, the project will strengthen the productive capacities and governance of the agricultural sector by enhancing the capacity of the local government; building the capacity of smallholder farmers and their associations to play policy influencing roles; increasing food reserves through supporting farmers’ access to agricultural input and technologies; and enhancing the purchasing power of vulnerable populations through integrated cash transfers.
Partners: European Union/Oxfam
Status: On-going ( 2021 )

Enhancing responsive governance and inclusion, the project seeks to improve the participation of women, vulnerable groups and other community members, and to encourage them to take ownership and assist Government to drive the process of transparency, accountability, fair and impartial implementation of development opportunities for the benefit of the citizens.
Partners: Canadian Catholic Organization for Development & Peace (D&P)
Status: On-going ( 2021 )

An integrated 5-sectored intervention (livelihood, health, education, environment including water & sanitation and good governance. It is expected that 15 benefitting communities (5 each from Bauchi, Kano, and Kebbi states) will have improved and sustainable livelihood; access to education especially for girls and basic literacy for women; improved maternal and child care; access to safe water, sanitation and environments; increased women participation in grassroots leadership, ability to resolve inter and intra-communal conflicts and participatory communal efforts in environmental sustenance.
Partners: Bread for the World (Brot fur die Welt), Berlin, Germany.
Status: On-going ( 2021 )