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Arms of Comfort Foundation

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
Economic and Social:
  • Aging
  • Children
  • Education
  • Extreme poverty
  • Family
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Micro-Credit
  • Women/gender Equality

    • Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
  • Advocacy and outreach
  • Capacity building
  • Education and training of women
  • Human rights of women
  • The girl child
  • Violence against women
  • Women and HIV/AIDS
  • Women and health
  • Women and poverty
  • Women and the environment

    • Social Development:
  • Aging
  • Indigenous issues
  • Poverty
  • Youth

    • Sustainable Development:
  • Agriculture
  • Capacity-building
  • Education
  • Forests
  • Gender equality
  • Health
  • Major Groups
  • Poverty
  • Sanitation
    • Geographic scope: National
    Country of activity:
  • Nigeria
  • Sierra Leone
  • Côte D'Ivoire
    • 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
    • Mission statement:
    Year established:
    Year of registration: 2010
    Organizational structure: There exists a 7-man Arms of Comfort Board of Trustees with advisory responsibilities which also reposed in them the oversight function over the activities of the AOCF Management. The day to day operational activities are supervised by a 5 man Executive Management Board chaired by the Executive Director, to which the Director of Programs and all other members are responsible. The Executive Management Board supervises the Project Management Teams for various projects and is charged with the responsibilities of mobilizing resources and providing useful advice to PMT
    Number and type of members: 5 member organizations with 72 individual members
    Affiliation with NGO networks: National Council for Women Societies, Civil Society for HIV/AIDS in Nigeria
    Funding structure:
  • Membership fees or dues
  • Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations
  • Fees for providing consulting or research services
  • Product sales and business services
  • Donations and grants from domestic sources
  • Fundraising campaigns
  • Foreign and international grants
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