AHERI CARE HUB

A private space to talk, ask for help and find your way.

AHERI CARE HUB is run by AHERI, for students and school staff. Talk things through, make a safe report, check in on how you feel and find urgent help. Your school cannot see your chat.

Choose your path How it works

PrivateRun by AHERIWeb and WhatsApp

AHERI CARE HUBPrivate and confidential

This chat is private. Your school cannot see it.

Hello, and welcome to AHERI CARE HUB. Who are you?

I am a student

I am a youth

I am a woman

Message

1school code, so the AHERI team knows where help is needed

24/7private chat on the web and WhatsApp, day or night

3levels of response: everyday, needs care and urgent

0student names shared with the school, unless the student asks

The CARE HUB at a glance

How the CARE HUB works in a school

Every school gets its own code and a trained team behind it. This is what happens, step by step, for each person.

Choose your path

Choose your role

Choose what fits you. The page shows the steps that matter to you.

1Get your codeAsk your Care Teacher or look on the poster in your Care Corner.

2Say helloOpen the CARE HUB or message +234 708 809 0699 on WhatsApp.

3Talk privatelyChat, report or check in. You can stay anonymous.

4Get real helpA trained AHERI person replies and follows up with you.

Your school never sees what you write. If you are in danger right now, call 112.

Start as a student

Where a message goes

A student writesOn the web or WhatsApp, with the school code, with or without a name.

The AHERI team reads itTrained social workers and a clinical psychologist, never the school.

Green: practical help and a next step, straight away.

Amber: a trained person joins the chat and follows up.

Red: urgent response, with emergency help if needed.

Why schools need it

1 in 8children and adolescents in Nigeria live with major depression.Oyadiran and others, 2025

6 in 10Nigerian children face violence before 18. Fewer than 5% get the support they need.Violence Against Children Survey

1 to 250is the counsellor to learner ratio experts are calling for. Most schools are far from it.Ogbodo-Adoga, June 2026

Youths and women: your free space is the AHERI CARE CIRCLE, with its own WhatsApp number. Your chats reach the same trained AHERI team.Go to the CARE CIRCLE

Start here

Who are you?

Choose the path that fits you. Girls under 18 can choose Student or Youth.

I am a student

Chat first, then add your school code. Talk, plan and make a safe report.

Students of any age in a school that works with AHERI.

Start as a student

I am a youth

No school needed. Choose your age and your state.

Young people aged 18 to 25.

Start as a youth

I am a woman

A private space with a discreet mode and a Quick exit button.

Women aged 18 and over.

Start as a woman

How it works

3 simple steps

Choose your path

Student, Youth or Woman. Each path is built for you.

Join privately

Everyone starts by talking. Students add their school code at the end and get an easy Care name and password. Youths and women use it free and anonymously.

Talk, report or check in

Use the tools you need, when you need them. Ask for a real person at any time.

Our privacy promise

This space belongs to you, not to your school.

AHERI runs AHERI CARE HUB. Schools receive a summary with themes and numbers, never names. We do not know who a student is unless they choose to tell us. You decide who sees a report.

Who can see what

Trained AHERI teamYes, when it is needed to help you

State Volunteer LeadOnly if you ask for it

Your school and your teachersNever. They see a summary with no names

Other students or classmatesNever

Anyone who picks up your phoneNot if you use Quick exit and discreet mode

What you can do

Everything in one safe place

Private chat

Talk things through with a caring companion, any hour.

Safe report

Tell us what happened. You choose who sees it.

Check in

A few taps to say how you feel, and to get support if you need it.

Urgent help

Trusted emergency and helpline numbers, one tap away.

A real person

When you need a person, a trained AHERI responder is there.

Plan your path

Life direction tools for students and youths.

Use it where you are

Web and WhatsApp, all the same

On the web

Use AHERI CARE HUB in any browser, on any phone or computer.

aherinitiative.org/care-hub

On your phone

Add the CARE HUB to your home screen and open it like an app. Free, with no app store and no download.

See how to add it →

On WhatsApp

Message AHERI CARE HUB and start talking. Students send their school code at the end.

+234 708 809 0699

Questions

Things people ask

Cannot find your answer? Speak to the AHERI team.

Who runs AHERI CARE HUB?AHERI, the Advocacy for Healing, Empowerment and Resilience Initiative. It is not run by your school.

Can my teacher see what I write?No. Schools only receive a summary with themes and numbers. Names are never shown.

What happens to a report?You choose who sees it. A trained AHERI team member reads it and, if you agree, follows up with you.

What if someone may see my phone?Use Quick exit at any time. Women can also switch on discreet mode.

Is AHERI CARE HUB an emergency service?No. In an emergency in Nigeria, call 112.¹

For schools

Bring the CARE HUB to your school

Each school gets a student code and a staff code. Staff get a safeguarding space, and the school receives a summary that protects every student.

For schools

Your privacy

Your school gets a summary. Never your story.

Schools use a dashboard to see how many students are using the AHERI CARE HUB and which topics come up most. They never see names, messages or reports. We do not even know who you are unless you choose to tell us. Youths and women have their own free space, the AHERI CARE CIRCLE, so nobody at a school is involved at all.

What you write

I do not feel safe walking home after school.

A teacher keeps shouting at me in class.

I cannot sleep because of exams.

Stays between you and AHERI

PRIVACY WALL

What your school seesExample only

Topics that came up most this month

Exam stress

Home worries

Friendships

Bullying

No namesNo messagesNo reportsNo phone numbers

On WhatsApp

Prefer your phone? Message us.

Say hello, then tell us if you are a student, a youth or a woman. Start talking first. At the end, students send their school code. It tells us which school you write from, never who you are. Youths and women never need a code. We never ask for your password in the chat.

1Save the number +234 708 809 0699

2Tell us who you are: a student, a youth or a woman

3Talk first, then save your chat with an easy password

QR code to be addedSee the phone and WhatsApp screens

Add the CARE HUB to your phoneNo app store and no download. Open the CARE HUB in Chrome or Safari, then add it to your home screen. Only do this if your phone is private and safe.

Show me how

Built to keep you safe

Small details that protect you

Every part of the CARE HUB is designed with one question in mind: what keeps this person safe right now?

Type HELP NOW

In danger? Type HELP NOW at any time, on the web or on WhatsApp. Your chat goes straight to a person on the Care Team.

Choose who you talk to

Tell us if you would feel safer talking to a woman or a man. It is your choice, and you can skip it.

Your own case number

Every safe report gets a case number. You can see who is helping you and what happens next.

You never repeat your story

If your case moves to another person on the Care Team, your history moves with it.

Location only if you choose

If you are in danger, you can share where you are so we can find the nearest help. Only the Care Team sees it.

Official AHERI numbers only

Our team only contacts you from official AHERI numbers, never a personal phone. If someone says they are from AHERI on a personal number, tell us.

We check back

A few days later we ask how things are going. If things are not better, a person follows up.

Leave quickly

One tap closes the CARE HUB and opens a plain page. It is on every screen.

Coming next: send a voice note instead of typing, and replies in Pidgin, Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo, checked by native speakers.

Notes and sources

112 is the national emergency number in Nigeria, promoted by the Nigerian Communications Commission. Coverage and response can vary by state.
The CARE HUB youth path is for young people aged 18 to 25. Nigeria's National Youth Policy (2019) defines youth as 15 to 29 years.