According to statistics, 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 10 boys experience sexual violence in Nigeria. (Nigeria Violence Against Children Survey, National Population Commission, September 2015). Our experience confirms these statistics, as our girls continue to face abuse, primarily at the hands of their male relatives and other care takers. Notwithstanding these alarming statistics, less […]
Open Letter to My Beautiful Nigerian Sisters Desperately Seeking Refuge in the Arms of Europe
My Sister, Your mind, body, soul and spirit are about to be broken. You are about to be sold and recycled. You will be beaten, brutally raped, drugged, starved and tortured on multiple occasions, that is if you are not killed along the way by your traffickers who will readily slaughter you for your organs. […]
ICCF Missions IDP Camp
BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. Via our ‘Hearts of Hope’ Project, Pathfinders is proud to adopt and support the ICCF Missions (Internally Displaced Persons) Camp in Benin City, Nigeria. The Camp is currently hosting approximately 1,000 of Nigeria’s 3.3 million internally displaced children and adults. These, however, are survivors of the Boko Haram insurgency who were either orphaned […]
Pathfinders at CWFI Convention 2015!
BENIN CITY, NIGERIA- August 2015. Pathfinders’ R. Evon Idahosa was honored to be an invited speaker at CWFI’s 2015 Love: The Law Breaker Conference in Benin City, Nigeria. Over 25,000 women gathered from all over Nigeria, Africa, Europe and the United States, as Ms. Idahosa spoke on “Overcoming the Stigma of Violence and Shame.”
The Real Woman Foundation Partnership!
LAGOS, NIGERIA- August 2015. Pathfinders’ Anchor Program partners with Nike Adeyemi’s The Real Woman Foundation (RWF) which is located in Lagos, Nigeria. RWF, a registered NGO with the Corporate Affairs Commission in Nigeria, seeks healing and empowerment for abused women and children, particularly women seeking refuge from a life of work in the sex industry. Its mission is […]
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