Borno Women Development Initiative (BOWDI) is a Women-led registered Non-Governmental, Non-profit Organization in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. BOWDI has been active in Humanitarian and development activities in the Northeast, especially in education, peacebuilding, advocacy, food security and livelihood, nutrition, and protection. The organization has registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and Social Control Unit against Money Laundering (SCULM) in Nigeria in 2014 and 2013 respectively.
It has been a member of the protection sector working group, GBV subworking group Education in Emergency working groups, and the Food Security and Livelihood subsector in Borno state. BOWDI has collaborated with many agencies in Borno like the UNFPA, Like-Minds Project, FIDA, GEPADC, Victims Support Funds (VSF), Advisory Committee on Safe School return, Presidential Committee on Northeast Initiatives (PCNI), etc. and state agencies like State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) and State Ministry of Women Affairs (MWASD) to carry out its activities. We have also partnered with several UN
agencies, INGOs and NNGOs in implementing people's centered projects. For the past years, we have implemented several projects ranging from Food Security, Nutrition and Livelihood, Human Rights, Peace-building/Conflict Management, Gender, Reproductive Health, Protection (Gender Based Violence), and Environmental Management (climate change, forest conservation and waste management)
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BOWDI' s mission Is to promote social justice for women/girls and boys, to produce a poverty-free environment by providing access to education for children, and empowering women, by
mitigating and preventing Sexual and
Gender-Based Violence.
BOWDI's vision Is to nurture developed and resilient communities of resourceful, independent, educated women, girls and boys with good vision and services. Reduce poverty and Sexual/Gender
Based Violence.
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