Our Work.
What We Do
We are a group of community based organizations advancing the rights of Abuja Original Inhabitants
A Cohort Approach to
Empowering Communities &
Sustaining Livelihoods
The Project of Promoting the Rights of Original Inhabitants of the FCT was designed to help push for governments and governance systems to become truly responsive to the age-long demands of the people. The project which kicked off in September 2021 will run for 2 years. With funding support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Resource Centre for Human Rights & Civic Education (CHRICED) is implementing the project.
To provide basic human rights to all communities, we must empower the original inhabitants to take greater control over their lives and become agents of change for their communities. This project will work with indigenous communities to strengthen policies that promote their culture, preserve their land and build stronger relationships between the community and State through increased consultation.
To strengthen FCT Original Inhabitants Community Voices in Key Governance Processes.
Our Organization’s focus is: strengthening traditional justice system to combat sexual and gender-based violence, and to improve the capacity of OI ward health system committees to promote access to efficient healthcare service delivery in the six area councils in FCT.
Identification of OI treasure sites, ensure their preservation, create awareness on them, train interested young women/girls on pottery , documentary and repositories
The FCT People With Disabilities was included for Social Inclusion.
Our Organization Socio Economic Research and Development Centre (SERDEC) is saddled with the role of promoting the economic rights of Original Inhabitants (OIs) in the FCT, Abuja.
Daily we make effort to enhance traditional justice systems for effective inclusive dispute resolution for justice delivery on gender discrimination, early marriage of girl-child, and SGBV within the Federal Capital Territory through Advocacy, Case referrals, Scholarship Empowerment & Skill Acquisition.
Our role is to advocate for inclusive access to basic service provision in original inhabitants communities of Abuja. our focus is basic education, basic health care, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene and Environment.
Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA) is addressing two key issues on Cultural rights and values and responsible extractive mining that benefits the Original Inhabitants including beneficial Community Development Agreements.
Our role is captured in the project title revamping the cultural heritage of the Original inhabitants through vulnerable women and youth empowerment and cultural preservation.
CESDA works on the promotion of political rights of the OIs; this is done by ensuring that these rights are protected through stakeholders engagement, civic participation, accountability and service delivery.
Over 2,000,000 people, in communities
Where We Work
We are embedded in the Community.
A small and diverse group of 9 indigenous groups living in 710 settlements and villages with a growing youth population.
“Our goal is to ensure that the voices of FCT Original Inhabitants are heard in global contexts of the struggle of Indigenous People's Rights”
Ibrahim M. Zikirullahi
CHRICED Executive Director