International Alert, in partnership with the Centre for Advocacy, Transparency, and Accountability Initiative (CATAI), has worked for 10 months to implement the project – “Enhancing prevention and response services for child survivors of gender-based violence, including conflict-related sexual violence and protection from sexual exploitation and abuse in north-east Nigeria,” with a component on the principles and practices of peacebuilding, including dialogue, inclusivity, conflict resolution, and gender sensitivity. Identifying and case-managing survivors of GBV and Income generating activities to case-managed beneficiaries, with a holistic approach toward providing service and access to affected populations in 3 LGAs of Borno State, with target sites in Jere: Fori host community and Fori IDP camp in Jere LGA, Bama: GSSS IDP camp Bama LGA and Gwoza: GSSS IDP camp Gwoza LGA.

Within the period of intervention, the project targeted two hundred (200) vulnerable women and children with livelihood and asset building interventions in the safe spaces [50 survivors across the 4 project locations]. CATAI conducted the intervention in two (2) milestones targeting One hundred (100) beneficiaries of each of the milestones with a strong due diligence process in the identification of beneficiaries across the target locations.

CATAI was able to deliver a qualitative and conflict- sensitive IGA training program, which was conducted in two tranches, to accommodate newly arrived and/or newly identified survivors. CATAI conducted a joint market assessment, with support from international alert staff, on the various prospectus businesses of choice by the beneficiaries. In the course of the project, CATAI supported the selected beneficiaries during saving and loan schemes (SLS) meetings and ensured that the cooperatives formed were self-sufficient, CATAI established and ran savings and loan cooperative schemes to effectively manage the income gained from their different businesses.