Know Your Rights Outreach
The law in plain words for 6,000 students in 12 schools and 2,880 women and youths in 48 community sessions, with a safe route to legal help.
Why we are doing this
- Ten years after the VAPP Act became law, only 49.3% of Nigerians have heard of it, and only 29% of those understand it well. Awareness falls to 23.8% among people with no formal education and 42.9% in rural areas. (Invictus Africa, 2025)
- In 2024, 19% of women had experienced physical violence since the age of 15, and 23% had experienced violence from a partner. UN Women warns that fewer survivors are seeking help. (UN Women, June 2026)
- Around 6 in 10 Nigerian children experience violence before they turn 18. (Violence Against Children Survey)
- In the FCT, more than 3,000 reports of gender based violence led to 36 convictions. (Invictus Africa, 2025)
- Every state except Kano has adopted the VAPP law, and 35 of 36 states have adopted the Child Rights Act. The laws exist. (Vanguard, May 2026)
- FIDA Nigeria, the Legal Aid Council and many NGOs offer free legal help, and radio and social media campaigns raise awareness.
Laws only protect people who know them and know what to do next. Few programmes combine plain language teaching in schools and communities with a safe referral to a lawyer and someone who walks with a survivor through reporting. Know Your Rights Outreach does both, in English, Pidgin, Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba.
What will change
Over 24 months, from January 2027 to December 2028:
- 48 school sessions and 12 rights clubs, reaching 6,000 students with the Child Rights Act and how to report safely
- 48 community sessions in markets, women’s groups, campuses and community halls, reaching 2,880 women and youths
- 10,000 plain language leaflets on the VAPP Act and the Child Rights Act, in 5 languages
- 80 people supported to report, get a protection order or see a lawyer, through AHERI’s pro bono lawyers
- Awareness of the VAPP Act among participants rises by at least 30 percentage points from baseline
The laws already exist, but every month people are hurt without knowing that help and justice are possible. With fewer survivors seeking help, plain language education and a trusted route to legal support are needed now, starting with the 16 Days of Activism and continuing every term.
Budget
Set out in the cost categories used by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and most institutional funders.
| Cost category | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A. Staff costs | ₦6,000,000 | 24% |
| B. Activity costs | ₦11,320,000 | 45% |
| C. Travel and transport | ₦1,500,000 | 6% |
| D. Materials and equipment | ₦2,500,000 | 10% |
| E. Monitoring, evaluation and learning | ₦1,380,000 | 5% |
| F. Communications and visibility | ₦400,000 | 2% |
| G. Indirect costs | ₦2,310,000 | 9% |
| Total | ₦25,410,000 | 100% |
See every budget line
| Budget line | Unit | Quantity | Unit cost | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Staff costs | ||||
| RECHT Social Worker, project lead (40% of time) | month | 24 | ₦80,000 | ₦1,920,000 |
| Legal Officer, legal content and referrals (25% of time) | month | 24 | ₦50,000 | ₦1,200,000 |
| Community facilitators, 1 per state (stipend) | person month | 144 | ₦20,000 | ₦2,880,000 |
| Subtotal A | ₦6,000,000 | |||
| B. Activity costs | ||||
| Know Your Rights sessions in schools, 4 per school | session | 48 | ₦30,000 | ₦1,440,000 |
| Rights clubs in schools, running costs | club term | 72 | ₦10,000 | ₦720,000 |
| Community sessions in markets, women’s groups, campuses and halls, 4 per state each year | session | 48 | ₦120,000 | ₦5,760,000 |
| Legal referral and accompaniment (transport, filing, medical reports) | person | 80 | ₦30,000 | ₦2,400,000 |
| Pro bono lawyers network meetings | meeting | 4 | ₦150,000 | ₦600,000 |
| Translation of law leaflets into Pidgin, Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba | language | 4 | ₦100,000 | ₦400,000 |
| Subtotal B | ₦11,320,000 | |||
| C. Travel and transport | ||||
| Supervision visits to the 5 states outside Abuja | visit | 10 | ₦150,000 | ₦1,500,000 |
| Subtotal C | ₦1,500,000 | |||
| D. Materials and equipment | ||||
| Plain language law leaflets (VAPP Act, Child Rights Act) | copy | 10,000 | ₦250 | ₦2,500,000 |
| Subtotal D | ₦2,500,000 | |||
| E. Monitoring, evaluation and learning | ||||
| Baseline and endline rights awareness survey | lump sum | 1 | ₦900,000 | ₦900,000 |
| Termly reports | term | 6 | ₦80,000 | ₦480,000 |
| Subtotal E | ₦1,380,000 | |||
| F. Communications and visibility | ||||
| Stories, radio jingles and project materials | lump sum | 1 | ₦400,000 | ₦400,000 |
| Subtotal F | ₦400,000 | |||
| Total direct costs (A to F) | ₦23,100,000 | |||
| G. Indirect costs, 10% of direct costs | ₦2,310,000 | |||
| Total, 24 months | ₦25,410,000 | |||
Prices are estimates at November 2026 prices. Staff are costed as a share of their time. Teachers, students and community members are never charged. Indirect costs of 10% cover finance, safeguarding, audit and office support. Fees are paid directly to schools and service providers, never in cash.
Ways to fund this project
24 months of change, with your name on it if you wish.
Fund school and community sessions in 1 state for 2 years.
Teach 60 women and youths their rights.
Transport, filing and medical reports for 1 survivor.
Print 100 plain language law leaflets.
A venue for training or community sessions, printing, data for coaches and scholars, transport, or the time of a professional who can mentor, counsel or give legal advice. In kind support lowers the cash budget, and we report it like any other gift.
The CARE HUB platform, our trained team and State Volunteer Leads, our safeguarding framework and our partnerships with schools, communities and pro bono lawyers. These are not charged to this budget.
What funders receive
- A progress report every term, with numbers and real stories, shared with consent
- A financial report against every budget line, and audited accounts each year
- Your name or logo on this page and in project materials, if you wish
- Invitations to visit schools and communities
- Strict safeguarding and data protection: we never share the names of the people we serve
Sustainable Development Goals
Sources
- Invictus Africa survey of 11,574 Nigerians on the VAPP Act, 10 years after it became law. Reported by The Guardian Nigeria.
- UN Women Nigeria, citing the 2024 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey, at the close of the LEAP Project. Reported by News Central, 30 June 2026.
- Nigeria Violence Against Children Survey, as summarised by the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence Against Children.
- States and the VAPP law. Vanguard, 3 May 2026 (see AHERI law tracker).
Funders and partners are listed here with their logos. You can fund the whole project, 1 state or any part of the budget.
