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Foreign Policy

We strengthen foreign reporting by facilitating transnational research, by educating journalists and by bringing together media workers with differing perspectives into a conversation about themselves and the world.

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Media Advocacy

We help bring attention to people living in underserved communities across the African continent and advocate for change that will affect their life positively.

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Women Empowerment

We give voice, power, and hardship relief to those women by ensuring they are fully empowered, know their rights, heard and supported in participating meaningfully in decisions that concerns their health and wellbeing.

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Organization Empowerment

We help individuals & organizations to conceive agendas for change, generate action plans for sustainable solutions, build coalitions, and gain the skills and tools they need to envision and implement sustainable solutions to their most frustrating problems.

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International Collaboration

We actively seek out individual NGOs, platforms and networks involved in the issue being addressed; ally with relevant international networks; and work bilaterally when appropriate. MFCC maintains both temporary and ongoing international alliances.

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OUR REACH

These are ways we harness new media for sustainable change.

Storytelling

We collect and compose authentic, powerful stories that highlight and contextualize the challenges of the marginalized communities across Africa.

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Partnership

We actively seek and build partnerships with like minded NGOs for various projects. We consistently improve our social and environmental performance and find new opportunities through partnerships with other organizations.

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Capacity Building

With all of our programs we aim to build capacity in individuals and community-based organizations. We empower NGOs, Changemakers around the world.

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Education

We work with children and families in the marginalized communities, providing them with an environment that helps them learn and mainstream into schools and livelihood opportunities.

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Media Law Reform

We work for transparent and accountable media policy and regulatory frameworks by safeguarding the principles of independent and pluralistic media and freedom of expression online.

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OUR PUBLICATIONS

After 29 years, Abandoned Enugu community gets the first-ever borehole

10 Aug

After 29 years, Abandoned Enugu community gets the first-ever borehole

By Titilope Fadare The importation of COVID-19 reiterated the need for nations to focus and invest more in the health sector. The use of soap and clean water was introduced as part of the preventive measures to stem the spread of the virus but it obviously alienates those who still struggle to access clean water…

5 Easy Ways to Locate Communities in First-time Visit

06 Jan

5 Easy Ways to Locate Communities in First-time Visit

If you work directly with communities, either as a community mobilizer, data collector, programs coordinator etc, then you should read this. Up until now, I never had a glimpse of how challenging locating communities could be despite my numerous visits as a worker in the development space. Usually, a member of the team would have…

CSJ trains 50 NGOs on the use of shadow reporting in tackling Gender-based issues

26 Aug

CSJ trains 50 NGOs on the use of shadow reporting in tackling Gender-based issues

Center for Social Justice held a two-day workshop on 20th and 21st of August for 50 Non-Governmental Organisations from the Federal Capital Territory, Adamawa and Sokoto States on the use of shadow reporting as it relates to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) issues. Shadow reports are used by NGOs to present alternative information submitted by state parties to human right…

WASH: Nigerian Based NGO and Partners to leverage Data to address water Poverty.

25 Aug

WASH: Nigerian Based NGO and Partners to leverage Data to address water Poverty.

In an effort to leverage technology as a tool for development, Media for Community Change, a non-governmental organization based in Abuja, Nigeria is partnering with US-based NGO, BLI Global to launch Data4WASH on Thursday, August 27, 2020. The web-based interactive online platform has been designed for open source use and is designed to highlight areas…

Seyifunmi Adebote, others to speak at UN’s #Youth4ClimateLive series – IG Live

21 Aug

Seyifunmi Adebote, others to speak at UN’s #Youth4ClimateLive series – IG Live

Seyifunmi Adebote, a young environmental leader in Nigeria will be speaking through the UN Youth Envoy’s Instagram account as part of a panel on a special Instagram Live on Friday, August 21st between 06.00 pm-06:45 pm WAT. This is part of activities to set the stage for #Youth4ClimateLive Episode 3: Driving Youth Action. Other youth speakers on the panel include…

Hamzat Lawal Listed as a Global Malala Fund Education Champion

07 Aug

Hamzat Lawal Listed as a Global Malala Fund Education Champion

Following his advocacy for policy and programmatic solutions in the education sector, Follow The Money Campaigner and CODE’s Chief Executive, Hamzat Lawal, has been listed as a Malala Fund Education Champion with 57 others from around the world to accelerate progress towards girls’ secondary education. Hamzat Lawal was named alongside other notable Nigerian campaigners: Olabukunola…

#WaterPoverty in Lai Papa Community in Oyo state, Nigeria

03 Jun

#WaterPoverty in Lai Papa Community in Oyo state, Nigeria

Here is a story of a community in Saki East of Oyo state with no source of Clean #Water. Lai Papa, like many other Nigerian communities, A stream is the only source of water– drinking, bathing, laundry. Diseases emanating from using unclean water cannot be treated because they lack health care facilities hence their existence…

MFCC partners with Swedish Embassy to commemorate World Press Freedom Day

05 May

MFCC partners with Swedish Embassy to commemorate World Press Freedom Day

To celebrate 2020 World Press Freedom day, Media For Community Change partnered with the Embassy of Sweden in Nigeria to host a webinar. The day is marked every May 3. This year’s event was organized to celebrate principles of press freedom and discuss the situation for journalists and media workers in Nigeria, concentrating on 2020’s…

COVID-19: How hunger, death and threat of community infections haunt IDP camps

24 Apr

COVID-19: How hunger, death and threat of community infections haunt IDP camps

MFCC – “I left the camp since morning. We (children) went to pluck cashew nuts from the bush. We roast and eat it because there is no other food. I go every day”. Those were the words of Mary Nuhu, 14, living in an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp at Durumi, Area 1, Abuja, Nigeria’s…

SuS Pads project what is this initiative about?

02 Mar

SuS Pads project what is this initiative about?

Menstruation is a natural biological process that is meant to dignify women and girls around the world. Unfortunately, it is otherwise in many parts of the world subject of ridicule, surrounded by myths and in rare actually cases, the cause of death of adolescent girls. Some see it as an unclean act that should be…

World Press Freedom Day

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Had the pleasure of participating in one of Media For Community Change programs on leveraging social media to achieve sustainable development. Its a great initiative for inclusive learning & expanding local communities reach on social platforms through media especially in these crucial times.

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People have joined us on this mission

Foreign Policy

Media Advocacy

Women Empowerment

Organization Empowerment

International Collaboration

OUR REACH

Storytelling

Partnership

Capacity Building

Education

Media Law Reform

OUR PUBLICATIONS

After 29 years, Abandoned Enugu community gets the first-ever borehole

5 Easy Ways to Locate Communities in First-time Visit

CSJ trains 50 NGOs on the use of shadow reporting in tackling Gender-based issues

WASH: Nigerian Based NGO and Partners to leverage Data to address water Poverty.

Seyifunmi Adebote, others to speak at UN’s #Youth4ClimateLive series – IG Live

Hamzat Lawal Listed as a Global Malala Fund Education Champion

#WaterPoverty in Lai Papa Community in Oyo state, Nigeria

MFCC partners with Swedish Embassy to commemorate World Press Freedom Day

COVID-19: How hunger, death and threat of community infections haunt IDP camps

SuS Pads project what is this initiative about?

World Press Freedom Day

World Press Freedom Day

WE HOPE TO REACH-OUT TO MORE COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE MEDIA. SUPPORT US!

OUR PARTNERS

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