Sustainable, community-centered solutions.
We empower women, youth and children across rural and urban communities in Nigeria through health, education, advocacy and protection programs — building the social fabric that lets communities lead their own recovery.
Empowering underserved communities across Nigeria.
Enike Adama Initiative (EAI) is a non-profit organization working to improve life for underserved communities across Nigeria. Our model rests on sustainable development, community empowerment, advocacy and sensitization — training people, opening access to resources, and helping build more vibrant communities with more accountable leadership.
We work alongside women, youth and children in both rural and urban settings, treating every program as an investment in the people who will carry the work forward long after we've left the room.
Empower. Educate. Develop.
To empower, educate and develop women, youth and children in rural and urban Nigerian communities — helping build the educational fabric and social infrastructure of communities facing hardship, and bringing hope where there is despair.
"To improve quality of life for women, children and youth through advocacy, sensitization and social empowerment programs."
A future built on four rights.
Shaping a future where everyone has a right to Survival, Protection, Development, and Participation — regardless of where in Nigeria they were born.
Aims & objectives
Health & disease response
Combat HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria and related infections — with advocacy, counselling, care and support for people and children affected.
Rights & protection
Advocate for and protect the rights of women, girls and children, free from harmful traditional practices and customs.
Poverty reduction
Reduce poverty through rural community capacity building, skills training and economic empowerment.
Health & social infrastructure
Provide health education, safe water, sanitation and other social amenities that development depends on.
Partnership
Work with other charities, voluntary bodies and statutory authorities toward shared community goals.
Seven programs, one community.
Each project area answers a specific, named risk facing families across Nigeria — from disease to gender-based violence to school access.
EAI FIELDWORKHIV Prevention & Care
Testing, counselling, PMTCT and linkage to care and support services.
EAI FIELDWORKMaternal & Child Health
Fighting preventable morbidity and childhood mortality at the community level.
EAI FIELDWORKThe Diabetes Initiative
Screening, awareness and management support for diabetes in underserved areas.
EAI FIELDWORKFeed a Child, Save a Nation
Nutrition support for children in food-insecure households.
EAI FIELDWORKOne Brick, One Book
Our education initiative — improving access to schooling and learning materials.
EAI FIELDWORKSwords Into Plowshares
Our peace project, building dialogue and reconciliation across communities.
EAI FIELDWORKStopVoW
Stopping gender-based violence through survivor support and advocacy.
Strengthening child protection in Gyel, Plateau State.
EAI provided technical support to SOS Children's Villages Nigeria for a two-day capacity-building training and formal inauguration of a Community Child Protection Committee (CCPC), under the EU-supported Strengthening Childcare and Protection Systems Nigeria project. Members left equipped to recognize risk, follow safeguarding standards, and route cases through the correct referral pathway — with signed codes of conduct and a six-month workplan to carry the work forward.
Safeguarding & transparency
Working with women, youth and children means our accountability to them comes first. This is what we ask visitors, partners and donors to be able to check.
Zero tolerance for harm
EAI operates a child- and adult-safeguarding policy covering staff, volunteers and partners on every program, with a confidential channel for reporting concerns and a named safeguarding focal point at each field office. No program participant is ever required to pay, or provide anything in return, to access our services.
Registered, audited, accountable
EAI is registered with Nigeria's Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC/IT/NO 79052, since July 2015) and governed by a board that meets regularly to review programs and finances. Annual accounts are independently reviewed; a summary is available to partners and donors on request.
Core values & identity
Core Values
- Equity and justice
- Mutual respect
- Accountability and transparency
- Participation and teamwork
- Networking, affiliation and information sharing
- Good governance
Identity
- Non-profit oriented
- Non-governmental
- Giving voice to the underserved
- Institutional strengthening
- Building and enriching communities
Partner with us to build stronger communities.
Whether as a funder, a technical partner, a volunteer, or a direct donor — there's a role for you in the work happening in Benin City, Lagos, and beyond.
Prefer bank transfer or an online gateway? Email us and we'll send secure payment details — EAI does not accept donations in cash outside a receipted transaction.