COMPASS Nigeria:


EMAIL PAGE PRINT PAGE REGISTER PROFILE	The Community Participation for Action in the Social Sector Project (COMPASS) is one of the largest integrated health and education projects in Africa. Funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), COMPASS aims to reach approximately 23 million Nigerians in 51 Local Government Areas through community-led health and education initiatives in five states with polio-eradication activities in an additional six states. COMPASS lays the foundation for sustainable improvements in reproductive health /family planning, child survival, and basic education. The project operates under the belief that achieving this long-term success is dependent upon giving Nigerians ownership of the programs and initiatives that directly affect their health and well-being.	.:News NGO Boosts Reproductive Health in Five States December 2007 COMPASS Update #6 Released January 2008 COMPASS' Polio work featured in The Drum Beat August 2007 KPVTA members inspired by international experience Post 9th International Congress on Community Services. November, 2006 COMPASS-FMoH Partnership Works to Achieve Millennium Development Goal 5: Improving Maternal Health Care. September 2006 >> More News .:Featured Success Story Data Provokes Traditional Ruler, Boosts Polio Immunizations Remarkably The people of Birin-Magaji, a rural Local Government Area in Zamfara State in Northern Nigeria, are mainly farmers, traders, and herders. They are required to interact and travel in order to meet the demands of daily living, but in the end they do more than exchange goods and services. >> More Success Stories
	.:Publications Publications Available for Download Fact Sheets Policy Briefs Posters Protocols Other	.:Basic Education Girls Rescued from Forced Marriage and Selling Goods on the Street Young girls Halima and Zaharia seemed destined to have their educations cut short by being forced to marry or work.
	.:Reproductive Health Saving the Lives of Women and Children Since COMPASS’ renovation of the Kurba Maternity Clinic, local women no longer have to give birth in their homes and now have access to medical attention in the case of emergencies and complications.	.:Community Mobilization Community's Dream for Better Healthcare Becomes a Reality Residents of Gadabiyu work together to fund and build the community's first heath care facility.

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COMPASS Cooperative Agreement:
#620-A-00-04-00125-00.