About This Project

THE DIHYA FOUNDATION is a non-governmental organization that is set to focus on the health of women in Nigeria, especially when it comes to female reproductive health care. We are focused mainly on awareness, sensitization, and education of breast, cervical, and ovarian cancer, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), Family planning, HIV/AIDS, etc.

MISSION

We are dedicated to helping women have unlimited access to information and education concerning their reproductive health as well as equipping them with the right resources to be able to fulfill their potential in their economies without fear of unforeseen reproductive health issues.

VISION

A world where every woman will have freedom irrespective of their reproductive health choices or circumstances.

The Fundamental Problem

A girl child in Nigeria is expected to accept whatever is thrown at her. Hence, she faces issues and problems she thinks are the norm because she is female. Wrong practices such as sexual abuse, early marriage, female genital Mutilation, and lack of (reproductive health) education have therefore put many girl children in harm’s way reproductively. This has resulted in teenage pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections/diseases. These affected girls grow up to become women unaware of their reproductive rights and are further exposed to harm.

Challenges faced are:

• Financial shortfalls that lead to chronic underfunding of reproductive health

• Weak overall health systems, which have often deprioritized reproductive health already, are easily overwhelmed by a crisis and unable to recover quickly.

• Cultural norms that support harmful practices in reproductive health.

What is DIHYA FOUNDATION doing to help?

• Visiting schools and clinics to sensitize and educate girls and women on the best practices for having good reproductive health

• Providing girls with little or no access to sanitary aid in their schools

• Advocacy

Why we need you

• We need funding to run projects and campaigns, e.g., breast cancer awareness, PCOS awareness, etc.

• We need funding that will provide SANITARY AID to 5000 schoolgirls

• We need funding that will renovate the girls’ bathrooms in public secondary schools

• We need funding for educational aides that will enhance the impact of knowledge

• We need funding to print more sex-ed booklets

• We need funding that will provide commodities to family planning clinics

• We need funding to pay monthly stipends to our volunteers