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Befa Women and Child Care Foundation

Headquarters address
Organization's name:	Befa Women and Child Care Foundation
Organization's acronym:	BEFA
Address:	87B Road 11 Federal Housing Estate Egbu Road Owerri Imo State Nigeria
Phone:	+2348069715148; +18472755566
Email:	pewamail@yahoo.com
Web site:	www.befafoundation.org
Organization type:	Non-governmental organization
Languages:	Hausa Ibo Efik Yoruba Igbo English

Activities

Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Aging Agriculture Atomic Energy Biodiversity Business and Industry Children Citizenship and Governance Climate Change Coorporate Accountability Crime Prevention Criminal Justice Culture De-mining Debt Relief Decolonization Development Disabled Persons Disarmament Drug Control Economics and Finance Education Energy Environment Extreme poverty Family Financing for Development Food Governance HIV/AIDS Habitat Human Rights Humanitarian Affairs Indigenous Peoples Industrial Development Information Intellectual Property International Law International Security Justice Labour Law of the Sea and Antarctica Least Developed Countries Media Micro-Credit Migration Minority Rights New Global Institutions Outer Space Peace and Security Population Private Sector Refugees Religion Safety Science and Technology Social Development Sports for Peace and Development Statistics Sustainable Development Taxation Policy Technical Cooperation Torture Trade and Development United Nations Funding United Nations Reform Values Violence Volunteerism Water Women Women/gender Equality Youth Financing for Development: Addressing systemic issues Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Capacity building Education and training of women Human rights of women Indigenous women Millennium Development Goals Policy advice The girl child Violence against women Women and HIV/AIDS Women and health Women and poverty Women and the economy Women and the environment Social Development: Poverty Statistics: Crime and criminal justice statistics Development indicators Poverty statistics Sustainable Development: Agriculture Capacity-building Education Gender equality Health Human settlements Information for decision-making and participation Partnerships Poverty Sanitation
Geographic scope:	International
Country of activity:	Nigeria
Millennium Development Goals:	Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Reduce child mortality Improve maternal health Ensure environmental sustainability Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	Analyzing poverty's complexity, developing multi-faceted programs and partnerships to address poverting, creating broad based support for the eradication not only of poverty but also of its underlying causes. To provide legal aid, provide access to the courts and to provide an injured woman/child with the werewithal to seek redress and to prosecute same to its logical conclusion.
Year established (YYYY):	2008
Year of registration (YYYY):	2009
Organizational structure:	BEFA conprises of a Board of Trustees, staff, Members and Volunteers. The Organizaion is governed by a board of Trustees with a Chairman, a vice chairman, a secretary, financial secretary and four members. The President of the Organization who is also the vice chairman of the Board of Trustees oversees the activities of the Organization and reports directly to the Board of Trustees.
Number and type of members:	Currently there are 52 Members (50 ordinary members and 2 Gold Member). There are also 50 volunteers spread across various states of the Federation of Nigeria
Affiliation with NGO networks:	BEFA is affiliated to Child Protection Network Nigeria
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Donations and grants from domestic sources

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