VEReF Programmes
Driving sustainable transformation across West Africa
Strategic Plan · 6 Priorities
Consistent with its Strategic Plan, VEReF implements six broad prioritised programmes that advance total quality education, health, WASH, governance, gender empowerment, and organisational excellence. Each initiative is designed to be economically beneficial, environmentally sustainable, and socially inclusive.
Internal Capacity Building & Organisational Development
- Internal capacity for implementation of VEReF’s Strategic Plan
- Financial strength, diversification, and sustainability
- Internal control and financial management systems
- SWOT, STEEPLE and organisational risk analysis & mitigation strategies
Total Quality Education
- Books, teaching/learning support equipment for deprived schools
- Scholarships & bursaries for academic and moral excellence
- Educational research, policy evaluation & advocacy
- Inclusive & non-discriminatory access to total quality education
- Girl-Inclusive Safe School Environment (GISE-GEARing) & adult literacy
- Educational infrastructure, learning materials & library facilities
Health and Nutrition
- Community awareness on affordable healthcare & nutrition
- Sexual & reproductive health rights, child immunisation, disease prevention (malaria, TB, HIV/AIDS, mental health)
- Healthy lifestyles & regular check-ups for diabetes (type-1), cancer, hypertension
- Medical & material support for destitute, marginalised & PWDs
- Targeted corrective surgery & mobility rehabilitation (prosthetics, crutches, physiotherapy)
- Vaccination campaigns & advocacy for vaccine uptake
- Critical healthcare infrastructure, equipment & logistics for deprived facilities
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
- Self-help projects for pro-poor affordable WASH facilities
- Cleanliness, effective waste disposal & management systems
- Critical WASH infrastructure, equipment & logistics
- Awareness campaigns for personal hygiene & clean environment
- Flood monitoring and mitigation
Human Rights & Democratic Governance
- Socially inclusive participation in local governance & decision-making
- Participatory democracy at the grassroots for good governance
- Conflict resolution & management, peacebuilding & negotiation
- Transformational leadership for social cohesion & sustainable development
Gender, Social Integration & Empowerment
- Poverty, inequality, and gender integration research
- Targeted education, training, income generation & microcredit support
- Gender mainstreaming and integration
- Self-Help Groups (SHGs) for economic emancipation (rural women, single mothers, PWDs, out-of-school youth)
- Microenterprise revolving credit scheme for vulnerable groups
Join our mission
If you are interested to contribute to any of these programme initiatives, we welcome partners, donors, and volunteers.
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30+ community WASH projects
12,000+ educational materials distributed
Microcredit revolving for 450+ women
80+ corrective surgeries supported