As part of our Giving Tuesday Special Edition for Nigeria’s First Giving Festival, we’re highlighting organisations that are shaping brighter futures for vulnerable communities across the country. Hope Raisers Global Foundation (HRGF) is one such organisation.
With a hand that shares and a heart that cares, HRGF fights to reduce hunger, poverty, and deprivation among internally displaced persons and people living in low-income communities, focusing especially on women and children. Their work is guided by the DEED framework — Discover, Educate, Empower, Deploy — and aligns with SDGs 1, 2, 4, and 17.
1. If someone is hearing about your organisation for the first time, how would you describe what you do?
Hope Raisers Global Foundation is a nonprofit organisation committed to reducing hunger, poverty, and deprivation among internally displaced persons and low-income communities, with a special focus on women and children.
Our work is guided by the DEED approach — Discover, Educate, Empower, Deploy — creating sustainable opportunities for women to gain economic independence and teaching children cutting-edge technology skills during long school breaks.
Through vocational skills training, mentorship, and community-driven programs, we ensure families gain independence, hope, and opportunities they would not otherwise have.
2. What are the biggest challenges faced by your community?
For women, the main challenge is lack of sustainable livelihoods, which makes it difficult for them to support themselves and their families.
For children, especially those in IDP camps or low-income communities, access to education and technology skills is limited, preventing them from reaching their full potential.
HRGF addresses these challenges by providing women with practical business skills, offering children technology and life skills training, and creating programs that foster long-term resilience and independence.
3. Can you share a memorable story or project that reflects your impact?
In April 2025, 20 women at the Kabusa IDP camp were selected to receive business skills training. Each woman chose a skill to learn, primarily producing liquid soap.
Over a one-month period, HRGF added three additional skills — production of Izal, Dettol, and Vim — alongside liquid soap training. The women were clustered, given products to sell, and guided on raising capital to continue their businesses.
While challenges such as rising raw material costs remain, the businesses are ongoing. For the women involved, this program created a pathway to sustained income, independence, and hope for the future.
4. Why is participating in Nigeria’s First Giving Festival important to your organisation?
Participation allows HRGF to be part of a historic national moment of generosity and collaboration.
The organisation values the power of collective action and the opportunity to reach more people than they could alone. While they will not be physically present, the festival is a chance to highlight the importance of supporting women and children in low-income communities and to inspire community engagement and solidarity.
5. What do you hope to achieve or highlight on December 2nd?
HRGF aims to foster robust engagement between NGOs and the communities they serve, seeing smiles on faces and creating lasting memories that keep hope alive into the coming year.
6. Which initiatives will you spotlight during the festival?
While HRGF will not launch new projects for the festival, their ongoing annual program, “Christmas With Hope”, remains central.
This initiative distributes raw food items, condiments, and provisions across all 36 states and the FCT to vulnerable groups, including IDPs, people living with disabilities, orphans, and low-income families. It reflects HRGF’s commitment to collaboration, generosity, and reaching as many people as possible with life-changing support.
7. Any additional message you’d like to share with donors, supporters, or the Giving Tuesday audience?
We have a 36 States Structure for an annual project called Christmas With Hope. This has been ongoing for five years, though the spread started last year. We are open to collaborations, donations, and any support that helps us reach more people. Every contribution brings hope and sustains the work we do to uplift women, children, and vulnerable communities.
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