Promoting Hygiene Through Home Visits
As part of its ongoing commitment to supporting orphans and vulnerable children, the Professor Charles Effiong Foundation incorporated hygiene support into its routine home visits in April 2026. During these…
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Restoring Hope in the lives of vulnertable children
The Professor Charles Effiong Foundation has been working to provide educational support, health care and protection to vulnerable children and groups in communities in the southern part of Cross River State
Leadership and Entrepreneurial Development
The Foundation’s leadership club in secondary schools was born out of a desire to establish primary leadership attributes in the lives of children.
Child Protection Services
According to UNICEF(2014), About 60% of children in Nigeria have experienced either one or more types of violence. We protect our children, we facilitate birth registrations for all children in the programme.
OVC Care and Support
Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC): We Provide help and support to Orphaned and Vulnerable Children by roviding basic services to children as well as build the caring capacity of the caregiver to provide these basic needs for the children and household without external assistance.
Leadership & Entrepreneurship Development
Leadership Development
Raising leaders in children is one of our core activities. The Foundation’s leadership club in secondary schools was born out of a desire to establish primary leadership attributes in the lives of children.
The leadership club;
- Builds creative problem solving attitudes and skills in members
- Builds children who are able to communicate and present effectively
- Build positive attitudes amongst children
- To build children who can take ownership of circumstances and facilitate solutions
- Build children who make right, sound and timely decisions
- Encourage children turn weaknesses into strengths
Entrepreneurship Development
We at Professor Charles Effiong Foundation believe that young people are the most productive group of persons and their empowerment to gain entrepreneurial skills will lead to optimum development.
Our E-PAY (End Poverty Among Youths) project aims at;
- Providing young people (17-25 years/secondary school graduates) with vocational skills
- Educating beneficiaries on basic business principles
- Placing beneficiaries in internship programmes
- Providing them with start-up packs
ovc services
We provide basic needs for children and Vulnerable children
The Foundation Orphans and Vulnerable Children’s Support Programme provides services to provide basic services to children as well as build the caring capacity of the caregiver to provide these basic needs for the children and household without external assistance.
- Child Protection
- Health
- Education
- Clothing & Shelter
- Psychological Support
- Nutrition
- Household Economic Strenghtening
- Gender Equality & Women Empowerment
Transforming Health and Resilience for Individual Through Vibrant Empowerment (THRIVE)
We are excited to share that the Professor Charles Effiong Foundation was selected as one of the 16 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Nigeria—including 4 Civil Society Organizations from Cross…