Let's work together
to end poverty in Nigeria
In Nigeria...
2018 Data
6
people fall into extreme poverty in Nigeria every minute
2017 Data
91,24,856
people are living in extreme poverty
2030 Projections
46%
of Nigerias will be living in extreme poverty - if nothing is done now
2050 Projections
152M
of Nigerias will be living in extreme poverty - if nothing is done now
SHE Foundation is contributing to end extreme poverty in Nigeria by 2030.
We are catalysts. We are facilitators.
Our work centers on leveraging partnerships, technology and innovation for economic prosperity in the fight against poverty
Gathering Data for development action
Increasing access to finance
Enabling actions for progress
Influencing perceptions, decisions and actions
Our activities are directed towards enabling financial inclusion for people living at the Bottom of the Pyramid
Focus on Vulnerable Groups
When a girl child is educated, her well-being is impacted positively. She can lift herself and everyone around her out of poverty
Focus on Education
Education in all its forms is key to breaking the cycle of poverty. On individual level, education can be the difference between a life lived below or above the poverty line. On societal scale, educating girls is seen as the closest thing to a silver bullet for eradicating poverty.
Focus on Health
Poverty is both a cause and a consequence of poor health. Poverty increases the chances of poor health. Poor health, in turn, traps communities in poverty, creating a negative feedback loop sometimes referred to as the health-poverty trap.
Focus on Financial Inclusion
The World Bank Group considers financial inclusion a key enabler to reduce extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity. Access to financial services empower poor people to capture opportunities and build resilience.
Focus on Nigeria / Africa
Currently 7.2 billion people live in the world, where Africa makes up 1.3 billion of this. Meanwhile 430.3 million of the African population live below poverty line
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INTRODUCTION Subtle yet substantial, the burdens of educational poverty are often eclipsed by apparently more vivid indicators of health and lifestyle, access to which, are paradoxically contingent upon educational attainment. The COVID-19 pandemic poses a grave threat to multidimensional poverty as a whole, yet the palliatives of food and funds being offered by governments and […]
INTRODUCTION Historically, social policy involves making decisions about whether the core principle behind social provisioning will be “universal” or “targeted”. Universal in the sense that the entire population will be recipients of social benefits as a basic right or selective in the sense that social benefits are distributed depending on some form of means-testing, which […]
The year 2020 brought with it high hopes typical of every New Year. But right on its heels, a virulent plague ensued. The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which causes a disease christened COVID-19, ravaged the world. Compelled by its high rate of human-to-human transmission and no cure or vaccination insight, the World […]
When a girl child is educated, her well-being is impacted positively. She can lift herself and everyone around her out of poverty
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