Ongoing Project

GCCYF has a project called Household Economic Strengthening (HES), which is an OVC project aimed among other things to reduce the economic vulnerability of families and empower them to provide for the essential needs of the children in their care through

• Money management interventions for savings, access to consumer credit and fostering knowledge and behavior for the better family financial management.
• Integration of H.E.S activities with complementary interventions, such as parenting skills.
• Income promotion using low risk activities to diversify and stimulate growth in household income.
• Market driven vocational training.

Need and fields assessment was carried out on all beneficiaries to ensure that the informations they gave were appropriate. Also there were various trainings on book keeping, better parenting and saving which helped to boost the awareness of the beneficiaries.

It is a non-interest loan grant and GCCYF has disbursed to two batches of widows and caregivers. The first batch were 10 beneficiaries and a total sum of N190,000 was disbursed. The second batch has a total of 12 beneficiaries and a total sum of N305,000 was disbursed, giving us a total of 22 beneficiaries and a total sum of N495,000 disbursed.

From this project, the beneficiaries testified that indeed the grants were worth it and helpful to them and it really assisted them in their businesses. One of the beneficiaries said she was able to save a total of N150,000 within the period of disbursement and remission and this is our success story and even though we have had series of challenges, the project has always been successful.

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION & MITIGATION

Goal: 100000 trees to be planted before 2030

100,000 trees are being planted as part of the Trees for Life programme launched by us Golden Change for Concerned Youth Forum (GCCYF) in June 2020.

The operation involves planting oranges, Cashes, African oil palm, Mango and Bamboo and other economic trees in order to:

• Encourage the production of humus, thereby reducing run-off and soil erosion.
• Intercept rainfall and reduce its impact on the soil.
• Filter the water and increase the groundwater supply
• Create 8,250 days of work for local people
• Provide source of income and livelihood for local communities
• Build shelters for local wildlife
• Protect against flooding and, more generally, against climate change
• Absorb CO2 and generate oxygen

USEFUL INFORMATION:

• The trees receive about
  90% of their nutrition from the atmosphere
  and only 10% from the soil.
• A tree inhales up to 20.3kg CO2 per year
  and produces enough oxygen for a family of
  four for one year.
• Evaporating water from the leaves of a single tree
  can produce the cooling effect of 10 air-conditioning units
  the size of a room running for 20 hours.

• Make a donation of $3 or N1080.00 = to plant 1 tree [CLICK HERE TO DONATE]
  

ON-GOING PROJECT 2020

Climate change poses threat in our food security in Africa which has led so many into poverty and to ensure food security Africans needs to take climate action. In the wake of the impact of land degradation by human activities, such as deforestation, bush burning, use of inorganic fertilizer, tree logging, the soil fertility has been depleted as such Leda community in Kwali Area council of FCT is losing their means of livelihood and host of natural resources for survival.

The goal of this project is to replenish degraded land through capacity building and economic tree planting towards promoting environmental sustainability in FCT, training and building the capacity of the community members on the imperative of economic tree planting and establishment of tree nursery. This will reduce logging, charcoal production, and bush burning occasioned by hunting.

We have planted 3550 trees. This 3550 trees planted is funded by Global Shapers Community and The Climate Reality Project.

GCCYF In line with Target SDG 3.8 – Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all

The neonatal period is the most vulnerable for a child; Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS 2013) estimated Neonatal Mortality Rate (NMR) as 37 per 1000 live births which constituted about 54% of infant mortality. Globally, Nigeria ranks second to India with highest number of neonatal deaths, 34 deaths per 1000 live births in 2015. The burden of neonatal mortality in Nigeria is higher than African region as a whole in 2009 (36 per 1000). every single day Nigeria loses about 2300 under-five year old and 145 women of childbearing age, neonatal deaths of 34 deaths per 1000 live births as reported by (UNICEF 2015). Each of these deaths is a tragedy, because majorities are preventable.

According to Nigeria Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (2016-17), Nigeria requires 69% reduction from her current neonatal mortality rate to achieve SDG 3.2 target of reducing neonatal mortality to at least 12 per 1000 live births, she requires 79% reduction in current under-five mortality rate to meet the SDG target of 25 per 1000 live births.

In Nigeria, despite efforts to increase deliveries attended by skilled provider, fewer than 36% are reached with such care, traditional births attendants (TBAs) account for 30% of total births in FCT. Most of the population faces significant geographic barriers to care, and a large proportion of newborns are exposed to poor hygiene over their first few days of life leading to death.

Nearly 70% infants’ death occur within first month of life, the most common cause being infection. According to the prevalence rate of clean birth survey in FCT 2015, about 50% of the current 138 deaths per 1000 live birth in Federal Capital Territory could be averted if delivery procedure was done under clean and proper hygienic condition. Clean birth could avert six to nine percent of mortality rate of new born and their mothers if the six cleans are followed.

One of the strategic goal of  our organization is in line with SDG  goal (3) of  ensuring good health and well-being for all, we are currently implementing projects called Health Impactful Project for Women and children  (HIPAC) which is aim at reducing mortality rate for mothers and their newborn, through in-kind support from  vitamin Angel USA. We are currently distributing vitamin A supplement drugs to pregnant women and vitamin A and deworming drugs for children between the age of 6 months to 5 years.

Vitamin A and de-worming distribution, is a project that GCCYF started in 2019.

Vitamin Angel also known as retinol, is an essential, fat soluble nutrient that we obtain from a range of foods and supplements which stores in our bodies. It is required for maintaining eye health and vision, growth, immune function and survival. Everybody needs vitamin A to protect and promote our health. Our bodies cannot make vitamin A, as a result, all the vitamin A that we need has to come from what we eat. If we do not eat enough foods containing vitamin A to meet our body’s needs, we would suffer from vitamin A deficiency which is known as VAD.

VAD has many adverse health effects. It is a major contributor to child mortality. It is critically important that we continue to make intensive efforts to prevent and control VAD.

It is in view of the above that GCCYF started this project on distribution of Vitamin A to children from 6-59 months and pregnant women which are our targeted audience and distribution program.

We use the community base outreach approach which is based on massive social mobilization where the supplements are distributed in Primary health centres and communities.

Before the administering of the supplement, we do a pre-service counseling for caregivers, we make them understand the benefits, safety and side effects of Vitamin A. children are being screened to ascertain their eligibility to receive vitamin A.

We have a record and distribution card for every child and after every administration, we inform the caregiver on the next appropriate time to administer Vitamin A. this is our follow-up strategy. The dosage or time range for vitamin A administration is 4-6 months.

During our distribution, we administer vitamin A alongside de-worming drug to children. The de-worming drug is administered to children from ages 12-59 months.

The supplements for pregnant women are to be taken once everyday, that is 1 tablet everyday. We encourage pregnant women to get adequate nutrition which is best achieved by eating a healthy balanced diet. We also advice the women on the importance of feeding their infants using breast milk exclusively for 6 months.

The vitamin supplements for children are

• 100,000IU for children from 6-11 months
• 200,000IU for children from 12-59 months

Albendazole (de-worming drug)

• 200mg (1/2 tablet) for children from 12-23 months
• 400mg (1 tablet) for children from 24-59 months

The table below shows the data of children WITH Vitamin A supplements and de-worming drugs as well as pregnant women reached in communities