Duration

15 December 2022 to 15 May 2023

Implementing Partners

Sponsored by European Union in collaboration with UNMAS (United Nation Mine Action Services); the implementing partners are the Center for Social Cohesion Peace and Empowerment (CENSCOPE), Initiative for Educational Awareness and Economic Development (INEAED), and Reawakening Development Initiative (RADI) where the lead consortium is CENSCOPE.

Organization

Initiative for Educational Awareness and Economic Development (INEAED)

Project Location

Location of Communities Konduga LGA: Auno (Lat.11.846743, Long.12.9359852), Njimtilo (Lat.11.083.01, Lang. 13.016.007). MMC LGA: Bulabulin Ngaranam (Lat.11.90239, Long.13.11475) Bulabulin Malumti (Lat.11.89192, Long.13.14797)

Borno, Nigeria

About the Project

The project is sponsored by European Union in collaboration with UNMAS (United Nation Mine Action Services); the implementing partners are the Center for Social Cohesion Peace and Empowerment (CENSCOPE), Initiative for Educational Awareness and Economic Development (INEAED), and Reawakening Development Initiative (RADI) where the lead consortium is CENSCOPE. The implementing partners are implementing Explosive Ordnance Risk Education to the IDPs, Returnees, and Host Communities that are vulnerable to the contamination of explosive ordnances in 6 LGAs in Borno State.

INEAED is implementing EORE in Konduga and MMC LGAs and the communities are Auno and Njimtilo from Konduga LGA and Bulabulin Ngaranam and Bulabulin Malumti in MMC LGA. INEAED is providing EORE to 250 beneficiaries from all four communities (10,000 beneficiaries). Both Males and Females are target beneficiaries and the age of the target beneficiaries is from 12 years and above. The project time frame is 6 Months.

 

Project Justification: The issue of insecurity has affected the lives of the people of Northeast Nigeria especially, Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa states which has lasted more than a decade, though it is now subsiding. IDPs are now returning to their ancestral homes, but their return is faced with another great danger which has affected some of them. These dangers are the contamination of explosives ordnance which is caused by the war between the non-state and the Nigerian Army. As a result of these incidences, various non-governmental organizations deem it necessary to intervene to reduce the number of casualties and risks attached to EO incidences. Borno state has been selected by the European Union in collaboration with UNMAS to implement EORE in some selected LGAs that are most vulnerable.

Project Objectives: The objectives of the project are to:

• Implement a KAPB survey  so as to ascertain the level of awareness of beneficiaries on EOs
• Map out communities that are most vulnerable to EOs contamination
• Carry out EORE sessions and mentoring in the selected communities.
• Record Hazardous Areas
• Record and refer EO survivors

EORE Report

INEAED was able to reach out to 6824 Beneficiaries in the two LGAs (Konduga: Auno and Njimtilo) and (MMC: Bulabulin Ngaranam and Bulabulin Malumti). These activities were achieved through the trained community facilitators and the monitoring of the EORE instructors and M&E department. Beneficiaries were reached and sensitized in their communities using the IEC materials that were provided to the Consortium by the Donor and at the end of the sensitization, the beneficiaries were given leaflets for better comprehension and extension of the EORE message to their loved ones who were not sensitized directly.