Humanitarian response, resilience and sustainable development

Building resilient communities. Creating sustainable futures.

Verdantrise Humanitarian Initiative is a Nigerian humanitarian and development organisation working with vulnerable and crisis-affected communities to improve wellbeing, strengthen resilience and create sustainable opportunities.

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Who we are

Locally led. Rooted in the communities we serve.

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Verdantrise delivers humanitarian assistance, strengthens community resilience and sustainable livelihoods, advances health and WASH, supports protection and inclusion, empowers young people, and generates evidence that contributes to sustainable development and policy change.

Dignity and do no harm

We protect the dignity of every person and actively avoid causing harm in all our actions.

Local leadership

We are locally led and deeply rooted in the communities we serve.

Transparency

We are open about what we do, what we have achieved and what we are still working to do.

Integrity

We uphold honesty, accountability and high ethical standards in everything we do.

Verdantrise at a glance

13,000+

People reached

Cumulative, across all programmes

Priority states

Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Gombe, Bauchi and Oyo

2021

Established

Damaturu, Yobe State

Strategic objectives

Strategic Plan 2025–2030

What we do

Six strategic objectives guide our work

All programmes

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Objective 3

Food Security, Agriculture & Livelihoods

Building food security and sustainable livelihoods through agriculture and market systems.

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Objective 2

Health, Nutrition, WASH & Community Wellbeing

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Objective 1

Humanitarian Response, Protection & Emergency Action

Objective 4

Climate Resilience & Disaster Risk Reduction

Strengthening capacity to anticipate, prepare and adapt to climate and disaster risks.

Objective 5

Youth, Governance, Democracy & Social Cohesion

Empowering young people and promoting good governance, peace and social cohesion.

Objective 6

Evidence, Institutional Excellence & Localisation

Strengthening systems, evidence, accountability and local leadership for sustainable impact.

Where we work

Anchored in the northeast, expanding with purpose

Our core programming is concentrated in the BAY states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe, where conflict, displacement and humanitarian need are most acute. We are expanding into Gombe, Bauchi and Oyo where capacity, funding and programme fit justify a presence.

Our head office is in Damaturu, Yobe State, with a second office in Maiduguri, Borno State.

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