Action Health, Incorporated

Established in 1989, Lagos-based Action Health, Incorporated, is a nonprofit dedicated to promoting young people’s health and development to ensure their successful transition to healthy and productive adulthood. This 12-month tie-off award enables the organization to scale up tracking of the Home Grown School Feeding Program to all 341 schools in four Local Government Areas in Ogun State. The organization is training and deploying monitors to track and document implementation of the feeding program, using technology to make data collection easier, holding stakeholder meetings to review results and identify opportunities for improvement, and advocating to stakeholders of the feeding program. It is also strengthening local institutions to continue to demand accountability after the project ends. This award contributes to On Nigeria’s goal of reducing corruption by supporting Nigerian-led efforts that strengthen accountability, transparency, and participation.

With this X-grant, Action Health Incorporated, a non-profit organization in Nigeria, is convening a meeting of members of Parliament and other stakeholders such as policy makers, farmer organizations, and development partners to review the Home Grown School Feeding Program’s benefits and opportunities. This event is intended to raise awareness, share knowledge, and encourage support in the adoption and scaling up of school feeding in Nigeria.

Established in 1989, Lagos-based Action Health, Incorporated, is a nonprofit dedicated to promoting young people’s health and development to ensure their successful transition to healthy and productive adulthood. This award enables the organization to track and advocate for accountability in the Home Grown School Feeding Program in 60 schools in Ogun State. The organization is training and deploying monitors from target communities to track and document implementation of the feeding program, holding stakeholder meetings to review results and identify challenges and opportunities for improvement, and making advocacy visits to feeding program stakeholders. The project contributes to On Nigeria’s goal of reducing corruption by building an atmosphere of accountability, transparency, and good governance.

Staff from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Uganda and Nigeria, representatives from the Government of Uganda, and key education non-governmental organization (NGOs) are participating in a one-week study tour in Nigeria to visit sexuality education programs. The purpose of the trip is to provide Ugandan officials with a better understanding of how sexuality education can be institutionalized and scaled-up as well as to share lessons learned between the Ugandan and Nigerian experts. Findings from the trip are shared with key Ugandan stakeholders.

This grant to Action Health Incorporated aims at promoting youth sexual and reproductive health by contributing to the scale-up of teacher training in the Family Life and HIV/AIDS Education curriculum and to scaling up of youth-friendly services through pre-service training of nurses and midwives. The project will support the continued piloting of confidential youth friendly service models, and ongoing direct engagement with young people, including improving the use of social media in its work.