Humanitarian response
Delivering dignified support in food security, health, WASH, shelter, and protection when communities need it most.
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Locally rooted across Northern Nigeria
Local action.
Lasting change.
NEYIF works alongside people affected by conflict, poverty, and exclusion to create access to humanitarian support, opportunity, and a more peaceful future.
Since 2013working with communities
across Northern Nigeria
across Northern Nigeria
Humanitarian response✦Health & protection✦Youth livelihoods✦Peacebuilding
Our connected approach
Meeting urgent needs. Building lasting opportunity.
Humanitarian support, inclusive development, and peaceful communities are inseparable. Our programmes connect all three.
Livelihoods & opportunity
Strengthening skills, education, enterprise, and pathways to sustainable income for young people and families.
Learn morePeace & inclusion
Building local leadership, dialogue, social cohesion, and protection for people too often left behind.
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50+young people equipped with practical livelihood skills
From support to agency
Opportunity grows when communities shape the answer.
Our work starts with local priorities. From practical skills and financial knowledge to education, health access, and peacebuilding, communities participate in planning and lead change that lasts.
See our impactImpact in motion
Progress people can feel.
400
Flood-affected households received hygiene kits
61
Vulnerable children enrolled in health insurance
50
Young people completed livelihood training
40
Community and religious leaders trained
In the field
Recent stories
Advocacy
Strategic engagement with the Jigawa State Government
November 21, 2025
Health
61 orphans enrolled in Yobe State health insurance
December 29, 2024
Peacebuilding
40 community leaders trained on leadership and PCVE
April 26, 2025
NEYIFField
DigestStories, evidence & learning
DigestStories, evidence & learning
Reports & publications
Evidence that improves the next response.
Explore programme reports, learning briefs, and institutional publications documenting our work and what communities are teaching us.
Browse publicationsWorking together
Partnership makes progress possible.
UNICEF Nigeria
Save the Children International
Isah Chikaji Foundation
Muslim Valley