Lafiya Nigeria

🥳 Aktuell ist bei uns Hochsaison, weil Spendensaison. Eins meiner Highlights in diesem Jahr bisher? 🚀 Unser erster Effektiv Spenden Demo Day in Zusammenarbeit mit Charity Entrepreneurship/AIM war einfach wunderbar und beeindruckend. Warum? 👏 Man nehme 9 innovative und ambitionierte Charity Startups mit ihren wunderbaren Gründer*innen und bringe sie mit 40 unserer Spender*innen zusammen. Und so entstand ein ein wirklich begeisternder und beeindruckender Demo Day. Mit ganz viel altruistischer, wirkungsorientierter Gründerenergie. 🧡 Danke für Eure spannenden Pitches. - Keyur Doolabh von Healthy Futures Global - Céline Kamsteeg von Lafiya Nigeria - David McKinney von ARMOR - Alliance for Reducing Microbial Resistance - Martyn James von Clear Solutions - Louis Motaal von #reclaimtiktok - Mandy Carter von Animal Policy International - Vegard Beyer von Future Matters - Konrad Seifert von Simon Institute for Longterm Governance - Henry Papadatos von SaferAI Danke Joey Savoie für die Gründung von Charity Entrepreneurship/AIM und deinen Besuch in Berlin. Immer wieder inspirierend, Dich zu erleben. Und danke Devon Fritz🔸 für das Weiterspinnen der Idee auf einer Busfahrt im September. Habe ich schon erwähnt, warum ich tue, was ich tue. Und meinen Job so mag. Der Demo Day war auf jeden Fall mal wieder ein klarer Beweis dafür... 💵 Bei Interesse an diese Startups (oder generell effektiv) zu spenden, please reach out.

What a landmark moment to be elected Oxford Union president, Anita Okunde! This is a testament to your dedication and ability to inspire those around you. We are so excited to see you create history at this old establishment. At Lafiya Nigeria we had the pleasure of witnessing your commitment to our mission as our intern and we hope you will bring the same energy in this new role. The most sincere congratulations from our team, and we're very proud of you.

We are so thrilled to announce that we have received a transformative grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to expand our operations into Kano State, Nigeria. This milestone underscores a shared commitment to empowering women with life-saving contraceptive options and reproductive healthcare, particularly in underserved communities. Specifically, this grant aims to address the challenges of the lack of trained family planning personnel, contraceptive stockouts at the community level, and misconceptions and low levels of contraceptive use within Kano. Full press release below in the article.

In celebration of World Contraception Day, Lafiya Nigeria supported a family planning outreach in Wurno LGA, Sokoto State, that made a real impact. During the event, 142 women received personalised counselling on family planning. Most of them chose to use Sayana Press, a self-injectable contraceptive, that they received from Lafiya free of charge. This milestone reflects the growing awareness and acceptance of family planning in the state, thanks to the dedication of our team. Feedback from local health authorities has been overwhelmingly positive, recognising the strides we have made in ensuring access to contraceptive options. Partners, such as MSI Nigeria Reproductive Choices and Jhpiego have also highlighted our reliable supply chain as a key factor in making these resources available when and where they’re needed. These collaborations open doors for future partnerships to expand self-care innovations and improve health outcomes.

📢 Job Opportunity in Jigawa State! 📢 Lafiya is hiring a Program Officer to join our mission-focused team working on empowering women through access to contraception. We’re looking for a state representative who will help us scale our impact across hard-to-reach communities in Jigawa. 🔹 Are you passionate about family planning and global health? 🔹 Do you have experience in managing projects and leading teams? 🔹 Are you based in Jigawa State? If yes, we’d love to hear from you! 💼 As our Program Officer, you will play a key role in overseeing operations, managing our Lafiya Sisters (health workers), and collaborating with stakeholders to make contraceptive products and information accessible to women in need. Interested? Apply now through the link in the comments! ⬇️ #JobOpportunity #ProgramOfficer #GlobalHealth #Jigawa #FamilyPlanning #NonProfit #LafiyaNigeria #SamuLafiya #Hiring

📍🇬🇧 Londoners interested in using evidence and reason to find the best ways to help others (and then putting them into practice) – we have another event for you, in collaboration with Charity Entrepreneurship/AIM: Join us at the new Ambitious Impact (AIM) London offices on October 16th for a series of talks on the journey from research to reality as founders and early employees discuss funding, running and measuring brand-new effective charities. Speakers include representatives from Lafiya Nigeria, FarmKind, Charity Entrepreneurship/AIM and Giving What We Can. Please register to attend at https://lu.ma/33gcazgg

On 17th of September, 2024, my colleague and I had the honor of paying a visit to Director General SPHMB Kano on behalf of Lafiya Nigeria An advocacy visit was paid prior to that day by our Senior colleagues but, this was our first encounter with him as the POs in the state representing our organisation. The quick meeting yielded a positive result. We didn’t only met the DG and introduced ourselves, but had the opportunity to meet with the new director of Public health in SMoH which we secured an appointment to meet with him later. A special thanks to the SPHMB and SMoH as whole for their support and welcoming us into the state. Looking forward to seeing this project take off and succeed in the future. With collective and consistent effort, I believe we could change the fate #maternalmortality and #Familyplanning in Nigeria. Slowly but surely ! #LafiyaNigeria #MaternalmortalityinNigeria #FamilyplanninginNigeria #MaternalandchildhealthinNigeria

So proud of our dedicated team for reaching this important milestone in Kano. Every step forward in engaging key stakeholders brings us closer to the sustainable change we aim to achieve in family planning and maternal health.

Dear friends and supporters of Lafiya, we are so excited to bring to you fresh updates from our programme. As we move to enter our fourth state of operations in Kano, here are some highlights from the past few months: growth in our reach, new team members, independent impact evaluation, and national + international representation. https://lnkd.in/dqtQER7E

Thanks to The New York Times for putting a spotlight on women's health in sub-Saharan Africa. Far too often, the perspectives of our users are not heard. In the past decade or so, many more women in rural Nigeria for instance, have opted for contraceptive options that allow them more agency and flexibility, such as injectables like the Sayana Press. To their frustration, they are not able to source these options near them. This is where Lafiya Nigeria, comes in. Our model operates exactly on the pain points of the healthcare system, strengthening personnel (through upskilling our Lafiya Sisters) and supply. We work alongside ecosystem partners like Marie Stopes International, featured in the article, to amplify not just our reach, but our collective impact. https://lnkd.in/d4YukPiq