PJI Conducts Working Group Session II for its CCM and Focus Group for HERS Africa

August 29, 2022- BENIN CITY, EDO STATE. Following our successful 2-day stakeholders’ Roundtable in July 2022 to initiate the creation of a Coordinated Care Mechanism (CCM) by service providers for survivors of human trafficking in Edo State, Pathfinders organized the CCM’s Working Group Session I, with eighteen (18) organizations in attendance, on August 3, 2022. […]

Pathfinders Graduates its 2nd Adult Literacy Education Program Class

BENIN CITY, EDO STATE- On August 25, 2022, eleven students enrolled in our Pathfinders’ Adult Literacy Initiative (PALI) celebrated the completion of their three-month course. PALI, which partners with women in local communities to provide free adult education courses to decrease vulnerability to trafficking, began its second session in May 2022. All students on our […]

Pathfinders Conducts “We Survived, We Thrive!” Adaptive Skills Exhibition

BENIN CITY, EDO STATE, JULY 29, 2022. Pursuant to ‘The Freedom Project, ’ (TFP), Pathfinders organized Part 1 of its second Adaptive Business Training by conducting a Survivors’ Entrepreneurs Exhibition. Our team of 13 beneficiaries consisted of several successful PJI entrepreneur alumni as well as some TFP beneficiaries who we believed were prepared to take […]

Pathfinders Conducts Life Skills Training for Survivors

JUNE 15, 2022- BENIN CITY, EDO STATE. As part of our holistic effort to address the mental health challenges of our beneficiaries, PJI organized a second life skills training further to ‘The Freedom Project,’ a Pathfinders initiative funded by the United States Department of State.  Facilitators addressed ‘Coping with Emotions and Self Esteem’ and ‘Fostering […]

Pathfinders Conducts Food Drive for At-Risk Beneficiaries

APRIL 28, 2021- BENIN CITY, EDO STATE. One of our core values at Pathfinders is granting access to women who are at-risk to trafficking, providing them with opportunities to educate and empower themselves and thus reducing overall vulnerability. To this end, and with the support of a Global Freedom Exchange grant from Vital Voices Global […]

PJI Conducts Trainings for ‘The Redemption Project’ Beneficiaries

APRIL 2022, BENIN CITY, EDO STATE- The Redemption Project (‘TRP’), launched in August 2021, is an ongoing 18-month project implemented within the framework of The Action to Support the Fight against Human Trafficking in the Gulf of Guinea (the “ALTP Project”), which is funded by the European Union and implemented by Expertise France. As part […]

Pathfinders Launches ‘The Justice Project’

APRIL 2022- BENIN CITY, EDO STATE. Pathfinders is proud to launch ‘The Justice Project’ (TJP), a 6-month Project which commenced on the 1st of April 2022, with support from the French Embassy to Nigeria, pursuant to its Innovative Projects from Civil Societies and Coalitions of Actors (PISCCA). The Justice Project (TJP) will improve on how […]

Pathfinders Launches its Social Justice Institute (PSJI)

BENIN CITY, EDO STATE- March 9, 2022. We are so excited to be launching Pathfinders Social Justice Institute (PSJI), our training institute which will educate houses of worship, learning institutes/schools and local communities on societal ills and how they can actively participate in addressing them. ⁣ ⁣We launched on March 9, 2022 with a 10 […]

Pathfinders Conducts Life Skills Training and COVID-19 Relief Drive for TFP Beneficiaries

BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. December 9, 2021- Pathfinders launched ‘The Freedom Project’, which is providing holistic support for sixty (60) beneficiaries (survivors of sex trafficking and at-risk-women) over the next two (2) years, in October 2021. Because we appreciate the need for psychosocial competence and personal skills that help our beneficiaries make optimal decisions, communicate effectively […]

PALI Free Adult Education Classes Underway at PJI

Our Pathfinders Adult Literacy Initiative (PALI) is now underway! These free, three month adult education classes are geared towards providing basic education for women and girls, (generally) ages 15 to 35, enabling them to read, write and enunciate correctly. At Pathfinders, we understand that education has a ripple effect on other aspects of a person’s […]