Sunbeam of Hope for Women and Children Initiative

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Sunbeam of Hope for Women and Children Initiative is a non-governmental, non-profit organization that strive to attain a gender equitable society and to improve the quality of life of women, girls, young people and vulnerable children in Nigeria.

SUNBEAM OF HOPE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INITIATIVE PARTICIPATED IN A 2-DAY CAPACITY BUILDING ON ADVOCACY STRATEGY AND BUD...
01/12/2023

SUNBEAM OF HOPE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INITIATIVE PARTICIPATED IN A 2-DAY CAPACITY BUILDING ON ADVOCACY STRATEGY AND BUDGET TRACKING ORGANIZED BY CIVIL SOCIETY - SCALING UP NUTRITION IN NIGERIA (CS-SUNN)

THE SUNBEAM OF HOPE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INITIATIVE participated in a 2-day capacity building on advocacy strategy and budget tracking and implementation organized by Civil Society - Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria.

The 2-day training started on Tuesday 28th November and ended on Wednesday 29th November 2023.

The training started with opening prayers, introduction of participants and a general overview of the activities of CS-SUNN in Nigeria.

The training also included an advocacy for 6 months paid maternity leave to nursing mothers, budget tracking, action plan development and implementation modalities, monitoring and evaluation of advocacy programs.

The program also also focused on the link between budget and nutrition.

The participants were assigned a series of group activities and plenary sessions on budget trends and analysis.

By the end of the training, participants understood the connection between budget and nutrition.

The 2-day activity rounded up with a post test and a group photograph

SUNBEAM OF HOPE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INITIATIVE CONDUCTS ROUTINE VISIT TO RAMIN KURA IDP CAMP IN PREPARATION FOR THE M...
16/11/2023

SUNBEAM OF HOPE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INITIATIVE CONDUCTS ROUTINE VISIT TO RAMIN KURA IDP CAMP IN PREPARATION FOR THE MAINSTREAMING OF QUALIFIED CHILDREN INTO FORMAL EDUCATION

The Sunbeam of hope for women and children initiative represented by the CEO ( Dr Rauta John) had on 15th November 2023 visited the Ramin Kura IDP camp to access the educational capacity, willingness and readiness of the children and teenagers amongst them for the forthcoming enrolment into formal education and schools.

The children were examined based on age and intellectual capacity and were asked to recite numerics and alphabets as a way of selecting the most qualified ones amongst them. So far, many of the children and teenagers amongst them are qualified for the mainstreaming into formal Education.

SUNBEAM OF HOPE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INITIATIVE CONDUCTS ROUTINE VISIT TO RAMIN KURA IDP CAMP.*On the 28th October, 20...
30/10/2023

SUNBEAM OF HOPE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INITIATIVE CONDUCTS ROUTINE VISIT TO RAMIN KURA IDP CAMP.*

On the 28th October, 2023 the project team of Sunbeam of Hope for Women and Children Initiative (SHOWCI) led by the Executive Director Dr. Rauta John Taylor has conducted monthly visit to Ramin kura IDP camp.

This is part of the organization's efforts to respond to the educational needs of the children at the IDP in view to sustain the formal learning activities in the camp, the team had a robust engagement with the children and some parents to assess their readiness in enrolling the children into formal education.

THE SUNBEAM OF HOPE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INITIATIVE (SHOWCI) PARTICIPATED IN A 1 WEEK COUNSELING AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPP...
16/10/2023

THE SUNBEAM OF HOPE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INITIATIVE (SHOWCI) PARTICIPATED IN A 1 WEEK COUNSELING AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT PROGRAM AT SOKOTO STATE REMAND HOME ORGANIZED BY ASATTAHIR INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION

On Saturday the 14th of October 2023, The Sunbeam of hope for women and children initiative attended the closing ceremony of the 1 week counseling and psychosocial support program which was organised by ASATTAHIR INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION.

The aim of the program was to counsel the young children who have been remanded in the home to look beyond their present predicaments and have a change of attitude for a better life and make better use of their lives when they are finalized freed to unite with their loved ones in the society.

Psychosocial support was also given to them in the area of sporting activities, sporting equipments like football, ludo, skipping ropes were made available to them by the organisation and the females amongst them were thought how to make liquid soap and shampoo, henna etc.

Speaking on the success recorded on the program, the permanent secretary on humanitarian affairs in the state expressed gratitude and appreciated the organisation for coming up with such initiative and hopes that such program will continue.

The Director of the Remand home also use the opportunity to appreciate everyone present for supporting the children under his watch.

In attendance were they Chairman of ASATTAHIR INTERNATIONAL, Board of directors, members of NACTAL, The permanent secretary from the ministry of women and children, members of CSOs etc

The program ended with group photographs

SUNBEAM OF HOPE FOR WOMEN INITIATIVE PARTICIPATED IN THE ADVOCACY VISIT TO THE NIGERIAN IMMIGRATION SERVICE ORGANIZED BY...
10/10/2023

SUNBEAM OF HOPE FOR WOMEN INITIATIVE PARTICIPATED IN THE ADVOCACY VISIT TO THE NIGERIAN IMMIGRATION SERVICE ORGANIZED BY NETWORK AGAINST CHILD TRAFFICKING ABUSE AND LABOUR (NACTAL) SOKOTO STATE CHAPTER.

The Sunbeam of hope for women and children initiative today 6th October 2023 participated in the advocacy visit to the Nigerian immigration service (NIS) Sokoto state chapter.

The visit was aimed at introducing the new excos of NACTAL to the commandant of the immigration service and to synergies on the need to curb the issue of child trafficking and labour in Sokoto state.

Speaking on the matter, the new state coordinator of NACTAL, Mr Rufus Yakgong appreciated the state commandant of the immigration service on his relentless efforts in combating illegal immigration and child trafficking within and through sokoto state and assured of more synergies.

Speaking on the matter, the secretary of NACTAL, Mr Jerry specifically pointed out some red flags in the fight against child trafficking and illegal migration and the need for the immigration service to take more drastic actions in addressing those issues.

Speaking further, the state commandant of the Immigration Service in Sokoto assured members of NACTAL of his teams readiness to partner and Synergies with NACTAL and other relevant agencies to bring this menace of child trafficking, illegal migration to an end.
The meeting ended with a group photograph

SUNBEAM OF HOPE FOR WOMEN INITIATIVE PARTICIPATED IN THE ONE-DAY STEP DOWN TRAINING ORGANIZED BY THE NETWORK AGAINST CHI...
10/10/2023

SUNBEAM OF HOPE FOR WOMEN INITIATIVE PARTICIPATED IN THE ONE-DAY STEP DOWN TRAINING ORGANIZED BY THE NETWORK AGAINST CHILD TRAFFICKING, ABUSE AND LABOUR (NACTAL) ON COUNSELING, SOKOTO STATE CHAPTER.

Sunbeam of hope for women and children initiative today 29th September 2023 attended a one-day organised by NACTAL on counseling with the theme " understanding human trafficking and relative vulnerabilities"

The aim of the step down training was to intimate member organisations with knowledge on how to respond to Human trafficking victims, counsel them, give them psychosocial support.

The state coordinator for NACTAL in Sokoto Mr Rufus Yakgong in his opening remarks urge every member organisations to use this training as a stepping stone in the fight and curtailing of child abuses and GBV within and beyond the state.

In attendance also where the Personnel from the NIGERIAN IMMIGRATION SERVICE, members of NIGERIAN UNION OF ROAD TRANSPORT WORKERS, NAPTIP who are in the forefront in the war against Child trafficking and labour.

The stepdown training was coordinated by Mr jerry Ameh who is the secretary of NACTAL sokoto state.

The meeting ended with a group photograph

SUNBEAM OF HOPE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INITIATIVE (SHOWCI) REPRESENTED BY THE PROGRAMS OFFICER ATTENDED THE WORLD’S DAY ...
01/08/2023

SUNBEAM OF HOPE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INITIATIVE (SHOWCI) REPRESENTED BY THE PROGRAMS OFFICER ATTENDED THE WORLD’S DAY CELEBRATION AGAINST HUMAN TRAFICKING ORGANIZED BY THE NATIONAL AGENCY FOR THE PROHIBITION OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (NAPTIP) SOKOTO ZONAL COMMAND IN COLLABORATION WITH NETWORK AGAINST CHILD TRAFFICKING, ABUSE AND LABOUR (NACTAL) AND OTHER CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS

On the 31st of July 2023, the Sunbeam of Hope for Women and Children initiative (SHOWCI) participated in the World’s Day celebration against human trafficking organized by the national agency for the prohibition of trafficking in persons (NAPTIP) Sokoto State chapter in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.

The program was held at the American Space Centre sokoto and the theme for this year’s commemoration is tagged “Reach Every Victim of Human Trafficking, Leave no One Behind”.

The (NACTAL) state coordinator Mr. Rufus Yagkong in his welcoming address appreciated the Zonal Commander NAPTIP and his Team, all CSO’s, Government agencies and members of the Press for their support in this year’s commemoration against Human Trafficking.

In his remarks, he called on relevant stakeholders to collaborate in the fight against human trafficking and swift response to victims of trafficking.

The Sokoto State Zonal Commander NAPTIP Abubakar A. Tabra and Mal. Bello Sambo who represented the Chairman coalition of NGO’s sokoto in their Goodwill messages, stated emphatically, the importance of this Day, as July 30th is a date set aside by the United Nations to raise awareness on the menace of trafficking and also to proffer solutions.

There was a campaign & Awareness Walk to the Government House where we were received by his Excellency The Deputy Governor of Sokoto State Alh. Idris Mohammed Gobir, The chief of staff, permanent secretaries.
The team further told the Deputy Governor of how Sokoto State has over the years been used as a Transit-Source-destination for human traffickers that needs urgent intervention.

The Deputy governor in his remarks assured of the readiness of the State Government to collaborate with relevant agencies to address the issue of human trafficking as it has become a recurrent decimal which is neither constitutionally, morally or religiously accepted in the state.

There was a group photo with the Deputy Governor and the leaders of some selected CSO’S.

SUNBEAM OF HOPE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INITIATIVE (SHOWCI) PARTICIPATED IN THE PRE-TESTING OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOURAL CAM...
24/07/2023

SUNBEAM OF HOPE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INITIATIVE (SHOWCI) PARTICIPATED IN THE PRE-TESTING OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOURAL CAMPAIGN MATERIALS ORGANISED BY USAID ADVANCING NUTRITION CAMPAIGN AND HOSTED BY ASATTAHIR INTERNATIONAL AT GWIWA EKA IDP CAMP ON THE 17th AND DUNDAYE COMMUNTIY IN WAMAKKO LOCAL GOVERNMENT ON THE 18th IN SOKOTO STATE.

Sunbeam of hope for women and children initiative (SHOWCI) has on the 17th and 18th of July 2023, represented by the programs officer participated in the pre-testing of social and behavioral change (SBC) campaign messages previously developed by civil society organizations, care-givers and other stake holders such as the government agencies and international NGO’S under the USAID advancing nutrition project in Sokoto State.

The pre-testing was first he held at Gwika Eka IDP CAMP, one of the IDP CAMPS in Sokoto Metroplis on the 17th and in Dundaye community on the 18th of July. FIVE MALES and FIVE FEMALES from the IDP CAMP were selected for the pre-test and were divided into 2 groups, which was more of a discussion group on their knowledge of Orange Fleshy Sweet potatoes.

The materials developed which are posters, flipcharts, songs containing vital information on Orange Fleshy Sweet Potatoes were used to pass information to the farmers, care-givers on the health, economic and other benefits of (OFSP), and one of the key performance indicators was the willingness of the famers, care-givers, and other people to eat and feed their children with OFSP.

The responses of the farmers and caregivers regarding Orange Fleshy Sweet Potatoes (OFSP) and the communication tools used in disseminating the vital information to them was recorded and documented to determine the long term efficacy of both the communication materials and OFSP

The program was anchored by Mrs Ruth Mshelia, a multi-sectoral nutrition coordination specialist with the USAID in Sokoto.

USAID’s ADVANCING NUTRITION CAPACITY BUILDING ON SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOURAL CHANGE DESIGN AND COMMUNICATION MATERIALS DEVELO...
24/07/2023

USAID’s ADVANCING NUTRITION CAPACITY BUILDING ON
SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOURAL CHANGE DESIGN AND COMMUNICATION MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT IN SOKOTO STATE

Sunbeam of Hope for Women and Children Initiative (SHOWCI) represented by The Programs Officer participated in the 5day training.
The training started on Tuesday 13th June 21, 2023 and ended on the 17th of June 21, 2023 at Dankani guest inn Sokoto.

The training started with Self introduction by participants and the program was anchored by the USAID nutrition consultant Emeka Chima.
The objective of the training was aimed at improving nutrition particularly in children aged 6-59 months old with specific objectives to identifying what needs to change, and how to apply the right strategies such as targeted messages IECs and effective communication pathways as well as identifying key barriers and motivators of SBC.

This training also focused on certain motivators and barriers in advancing food nutrition among children, care givers, families and communities in advancing food nutrition through social and behavioral change (SBC)
In advancing food nutrition, the training also focused on various strategies that could be used to advance food nutrition and creates awareness such as mass media, social media, advocacy visit, and public outreach

The participants were given a pre-test to gauge their knowledge on social and behavioral change (SBC). They were also given series of group works on the approaches of SBC in caregivers within various communities in Sokoto state. They were later divided into 4 groups for a more intimate conversation on how we could we could come up with a social and behavioral change in care givers within a community
the training centered on Orange Flesh Sweet Potatoes (OFSP), were participants were tasked with the responsibility of designing campaign strategies on how families will become informed on the nutritional benefits of OFSP and how to it in their meals, especially the children 6 to 59 months .

The participants identified advocacy, mass media, interpersonal communication, posters, jingles, flip charts with posters of OFSP as effective to raising awareness to care givers on the overall nutritional benefits of OFSP to children 6 to 59 months and its economic values to the community in general

The participants also composed a song in Hausa on the nutritional and economic benefits of OFSP. We concluded by designing posters and flip charts with pictures of orange flesh sweet potatoes and its nutritional benefits to both caregivers and the children. we also composed a song in the local parlance on the nutritional, economic and health benefits of orange flesh sweet potatoes.

The training came to an end with a post-test to test on the overall modules of the training and group photographs.

*SUNBEAM OF HOPE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INITIATIVE CONDUCTS ROUTINE VISIT TO RAMIN KURA IDP CAMP.*On the 2nd of June, 20...
24/07/2023

*SUNBEAM OF HOPE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INITIATIVE CONDUCTS ROUTINE VISIT TO RAMIN KURA IDP CAMP.*

On the 2nd of June, 2023 the project team of Sunbeam of Hope for Women and Children Initiative (SHOWCI) led by the Executive Director Dr. Rauta John Taylor has conducted monthly visit to Ramin kura IDP camp.

This is part of the organization's efforts to respond to the various health, educational and psychosocial needs of the IDPs.

Responding to the various health issues in the camp, the team supported several sick members of the IDP camp particularly Zharadeen Mu'azu a 3 year old boy who has been down with diarrhea, high body temperature. The Executive Director fixed drip and provided necessary support to stabilize him.

To prevent infant and maternal mortality in the camp, SHOWCI interacted with some pregnant women to ensure they go for antenatal care. The organization plans meet with all pregnant women in the camp within the month to ensure they access the needed healthcare services.

To sustain the non-formal learning activities in the camp, the team had a robust engagement with the learning facilitator and some members of the CBMC to promote retention and completion of the learning program.

SUNBEAM OF HOPE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INITIATIVE (SHOWCI) INAUGURATES CENTRE BASED MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (CBMC) AT RAMIN...
13/11/2022

SUNBEAM OF HOPE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INITIATIVE (SHOWCI) INAUGURATES CENTRE BASED MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (CBMC) AT RAMIN KURA IDP LEARNING CENTRE.

Yesterday 12th November, 2022 the management of SHOWCI led by the Executive Director Dr. Rauta Taylor John has inaugurated a 5 member centre based management committee (CBMC) for the learning centre established at Ramin Kura IDP camp, Sokoto.

The CBMC which will be led by the centre facilitator, Shamsudeen Bello who also doubles as the secretary will work as a team in coordinating learning activities to ensure prompt attendance, retention and completion of the non-formal learning activities in the centre.

Earlier in September, 2022 SHOWCI established the learning centre to introduce basic literacy, numeracy and life skills to the Internally Displaced Children who don't have access to formal education.

Learning materials such as pencils, sharpeners, erasers, exercise books were distributed freely to the learners.
Learning activities hold at least 3 times a week with over 100 learners enrolled.

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No. 10 Mabera Junction, Eastern Bypass
Sokoto
840240

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Monday 09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00
Thursday 09:00 - 17:00
Friday 09:00 - 14:00

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