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We can't keep silent, it's children's day!
Do you know? About 17.5 million Orphans and Vulnerable Children lives in Nigeria. This number is more than the population of 165 countries globally.
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That is why
Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH) is currently implementing the Local Partners for Orphans and Vulnerable Children project in Nigeria (ARFH-LOPIN Region 1 ). ARFH-LOPIN Region 1 is a 5 year project (2014-2019) funded by @USAID
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Objectives of the ARFH-LOPIN Region 1 project funded by @USAID
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Our main goal is to
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The project initial target was 300,000 OVC and 60,000Households across the 3 project states: Akwa-Ibom, Lagos & Rivers. But we recently completed our work in Rivers State across 4 LGAs-PHALGA, Eleme, Obio-Akpor and Okrika @USAID @USAIDNigeria #OVCHealth #ARFHLOPINRegion1Impact

We work in 14 PEPFAR priority Local Government Areas and 9 Community Based Organisations who work with Community Volunteers across the project states
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In line with the National Priority Agenda, we provide quality services to all our OVC and their Caregivers
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Our achievements of the project so far

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What @ARFHng LOPIN Region1 is doing to build and strengthen the economic resilience of households to mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS?
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To remove user fees & increase access to healthcare including HIV Testing Services (HTS), ARFH-LOPIN Region 1 facilitated the enrolment of 1,598 most vulnerable Households on Community Based Health Insurance Scheme (CBHIS) @USAID @USAIDNigeria #OVCHealth #ARFHLOPINRegion1Impact

@ARFHng LOPIN Region1 project through our Education Block Grant Intervention supported more than 7 secondary and primary schools across project states
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In December 2018, one of our CBOs supported by @ARFHng LOPIN Region1 and well meaning individuals constructed a new house for a physically challenged mother of two. This was done outside of project fund. Read more from here: arfh-ng.org/new-lease-of-l…
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Through our various community based structures, over 4,477 children and caregivers completed gender norms intervention
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ARFH-LOPIN Region 1 Innovations
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At @ARFHng LOPIN Region1, we make sure our beneficiaries meet the following 4 benchmarks before graduation
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We won’t be able to make this huge impact without the support of @USAID and efforts of our Management team, State teams, front-line workers (CBOs, Program Monitors, Community Volunteers) and partners @USAID @USAIDNigeria #OVCHealth #ARFHLOPINRegion1Impact

Fatimah, one of our children saying thank you to
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