Healing minds. Guiding futures. Protecting rights.
The Advocacy for Healing, Empowerment and Resilience Initiative (AHERI) guides students, youths, women and girls across Nigeria to heal, find direction and understand the systems that shape their lives. We do not stop at awareness. We help people take the next real step.
Stressed, stuck or scared? You are not alone.
School, home or your future feeling heavy? AHERI is here for students like you. You can talk to us without giving your name. We listen, we help you find your next step, and your school never sees what you say.
Your next move starts here.
Jobs, money, relationships, your mind, your rights. AHERI helps young people work out what comes next, with real guidance from real people and zero judgement. Free and anonymous.
You deserve to feel safe, heard and strong.
Whatever you are carrying, you do not have to carry it alone. AHERI walks with women and mothers through healing, money worries and knowing their rights, quietly and with respect. Free and private.
Building resilient, future ready young Nigerians.
AHERI delivers mental health, education and access to justice programmes for students, youths and women, through 3 ways in: the CARE HUB in schools, the CARE CIRCLE in communities and the CARE DESK in workplaces. Partner with us to scale measurable impact aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals.
When people are supported in their minds, protected in their rights and strengthened by opportunities, they rise.
The AHERI convictionEvery number is a person we walked with
A Nigerian organisation built to guide, not only to inform
The Advocacy for Healing, Empowerment and Resilience Initiative (AHERI) helps students, youths, women and girls heal, find direction and understand the systems that shape their lives. We stay long enough to help people take the next real step.
Where we are going
A society where women, girls, youths and students are emotionally well, clearly guided and fully empowered to navigate systems, access opportunities and build purposeful, resilient and sustainable futures.
What we do every day
To advance the healing, empowerment and resilience of women, girls, youths and students through mental health support, life direction guidance, future focused skills, rights awareness and practical help to navigate systems.
Guidance, navigation and future readiness
Many programmes stop at awareness. AHERI walks with people until they can act: we help them heal, choose their next step and use the systems that are meant to serve them.
Healing
Safe spaces, trauma informed care and psychosocial support, so people can heal from what they have been through.
Explore AHERI GEIST AHERI WEGEmpowerment
Life direction, education mapping, future skills and mentoring, so young people can build long term self reliance.
Explore AHERI WEG AHERI RECHTResilience and rights
Plain language rights awareness, systems navigation and safe routes to justice, so people can stand firm when systems fail them.
Explore AHERI RECHTSupport for people at every stage
Whether you are choosing your next step after school, healing from something hard or trying to understand your rights, AHERI has a way in for you.
Students
Secondary and university students who need someone to talk to and clarity on their next step.
Your way in: CARE HUBYouths, 18 to 25
Young people facing questions about work, money, relationships and life direction.
Your way in: CARE CIRCLEWomen
Young women, single mothers and women seeking safety, healing and stability.
Your way in: CARE CIRCLEGirls
Adolescent girls who need protection, guidance and support to stay in school.
Your way in: CARE HUBYoung people out of school
Young people cut off from school and formal systems who need a way back in.
Your way in: CARE CIRCLESurvivors
Survivors of violence and trauma who need a safe space, protection and a route to justice.
Your way in: Report safelyTeachers, staff and employers
Teachers, workers and organisations who want a safer, healthier place to work.
Your way in: CARE DESK3 programme areas, 1 goal
Choose a programme area to see our projects and how we deliver them.
3 ways in, 1 safe system
Whether someone is at school, in the community or at work, there is a door made for them.
In their own words
AHERI WEG gave me the clarity I desperately needed when choosing my career path.
Has AHERI walked with you?
Share your story, in your own words. We only publish with your written consent, and you can use only your first name or no name at all.
The laws that protect the people we serve
Each law has its own page with the key points in plain language and a live map of Nigeria. Move your cursor over a state to see its name and status.
Read, listen, learn and share
Choose a type to see the latest 3 right here. Visit the Knowledge Centre for everything else.
What is new and where we are going next
Follow our journey: the schools and communities we are visiting, the days we are marking and the latest news from the AHERI team.
Short updates on our people, projects and plans, straight from the team.
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Our work contributes to these United Nations Sustainable Development Goals across Nigeria.
Good health and wellbeing
Psychosocial support, emotional healing and safe spaces for mental health.
Quality education
Life direction, education navigation and help to stay in school.
Gender equality
Protection, leadership and agency for women and girls.
Reduced inequalities
Closing gaps for young people who are out of school or left behind.
Peace, justice and strong institutions
Rights awareness, systems navigation and safe routes to justice.
Partnerships for the goals
Working with schools, government, partners and funders for lasting impact.
Working with others to reach further
Nigeria Police Force
Federal Ministry of Women Affairs
Nigeria Immigration Service
