Refugee- and IDP-led · Mubi, Adamawa State
Jimriya Humanitarian Initiatives (JHI) is a Nigerian NGO led by refugees and internally displaced people. We work with displaced and host communities across northern Adamawa State on protection, food security and agriculture, livelihoods, mental health and psychosocial support, education and peacebuilding.
Track record
2
community-based protection projects implemented for UNHCR in 2025
1,000+
people reached by our sensitisation on early and forced marriage
5
local government areas served in Adamawa State
Our GBV prevention project used community sensitisation to tackle early and forced marriage. It reached more than 1,000 people and recorded behaviour change in the communities we worked with.
From our GBV Awareness and Prevention Project with UNHCR. Banners show our former name, Hope and Resilience Initiative (HRI). Participants' faces are blurred to protect their privacy.
Since 2024 we have also run survivor support, protection awareness, psychosocial support and livelihood activities. Our 2024 and 2025 projects were delivered as Hope and Resilience Initiative (HRI), before we registered as JHI in 2026.
Who we are
JHI is a refugee- and IDP-led organisation. Our leaders have lived through displacement, so we understand the risks displaced families face, and we work as part of the communities we serve.
We began in 2024 as Hope and Resilience Initiative, a cooperative society that supported vulnerable households through community solidarity, economic empowerment and social support. Our work on gender-based violence in 2024 and 2025 showed us that violence rarely stands alone. It is tied to poverty, displacement, limited education, mental distress and unresolved conflict.
In 2026 we registered as Jimriya Humanitarian Initiatives so we could tackle these problems together, at greater scale.
To build resilient, peaceful, and inclusive communities where every person enjoys dignity, protection, equal opportunities, and sustainable livelihoods.
To improve the quality of life of vulnerable populations by delivering integrated humanitarian and development programs that strengthen protection systems, expand livelihood opportunities, promote mental health and psychosocial well-being, improve access to quality education, and foster lasting peace through community participation and strategic partnerships.
Our values
What we do
Hunger, poverty, displacement, violence, poor mental health, missed schooling and conflict feed into each other, so we work on them together, from emergency response to long-term recovery.
We prevent and respond to violence, abuse, exploitation and neglect, and we strengthen community-based protection systems.
We help displaced, returnee and host-community farmers grow more food, eat better and cope with droughts and floods.
Economic resilience is central to recovery. We help households, women and young people build income and savings.
We promote psychosocial well-being through culturally appropriate mental health services.
We work to give children safe, inclusive and equitable opportunities to learn, including during crises.
We support peaceful communities through dialogue, mediation and social cohesion initiatives.
Why fund JHI
Nigeria's humanitarian response is moving toward local leadership. JHI is ready to lead projects, join consortia and deliver.
People with lived experience of displacement lead our work, which gives us trust and access in displacement-affected communities.
We implemented community-based protection projects for UNHCR twice in 2025.
Our sensitisation on early and forced marriage reached more than 1,000 people and recorded behaviour change in the communities we worked with.
We work in five local government areas of northern Adamawa State, one of the three north-eastern states at the centre of Nigeria's 2026 humanitarian response.
Zero tolerance for sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment, a Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct, and a commitment to listen and respond to the communities we serve.
Registered NGO, RC 9373566. Our certificate of registration, Safeguarding Policy, Code of Conduct and organisational profile are available on request.
How we work
Across all programmes we integrate gender equality, disability inclusion, accountability to affected populations, environmental sustainability, safeguarding, human rights, climate adaptation and localisation.
Safeguarding
JHI has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment, child abuse, trafficking, fraud and corruption, and any behaviour that puts people at risk. Our Safeguarding Policy applies to board members, staff, volunteers, interns, consultants, partners, contractors and anyone acting on JHI's behalf.
Work with us
We seek partnerships with government institutions, UN agencies, international and national NGOs, community-based organisations, academic institutions, development partners, the private sector and philanthropic foundations.
Support protection, food security, livelihoods or education work in displacement-affected communities.
Bring JHI into a project, consortium or pooled-fund proposal as a local implementing partner.
Offer training, technical support or volunteer time to strengthen our work.
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