SOAR Initiative
Every Child Deserves To Grow Up In A Society Free From Sexual Abuse
We work to prevent child sexual abuse, support survivors, and build a society where every child is safe.
Who we are
A safer childhood for every Nigerian child
SOAR Initiative is a non-profit organisation dedicated to ending child sexual abuse (CSA) through prevention, education, advocacy, and survivor support. We equip families, schools, and communities with the knowledge and tools to keep children safe.
Our impact
Making a difference across Nigeria
What we do
Our focus areas
Prevention & Education
Awareness programmes that teach children, parents, and educators how to recognise and prevent abuse.
Survivor Support
Safe spaces and services for children and teens affected by abuse, through our Support Center.
Advocacy & Programs
SOAR-initiated and donor-funded programmes that drive lasting change across communities.
The issue
Understanding child sexual abuse
Child sexual abuse is widespread and often hidden. Understanding what it is, the forms it takes, and its consequences is the first step toward prevention.
Donor Funded Projects
Grassroots Intervention Project Against Child Sexual Abuse (GRIP-CSA)
The goal of this project is to change gender inequitable norms, attitudes and behaviours of community members in Kuje, Gwagwalada and Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) of the FCT which continue to encourage sexual violence of children.
Creation of Safe Spaces in 60 Schools Under the Spotlight Initiative
Creating Safe Spaces in educational institutions that provide remedial lessons and life skills to girls at risk of dropping out of school to prevent VAWG/SGBV/HP in FCT.
Mobilizing Communities to End SBV Against Girls in Dutse & Whumba Community
The project mobilised grassroots communities and schools to develop local mechanisms to protect girls from sexual violence in two communities in the Municipal Area Council of Abuja.
GRIP-CSA
GRIP-CSA: The Impact Journey
This documentary is supported by the European Union, Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Programme.
Men Speak Up
Engaging Boys to End Sexual Violence
Children have continued to remain vulnerable to sexual violence with incidents occurring where they should be safest. Statistics remain alarmingly high, with over 9 million children in Nigeria under the age of 18 years being exposed to sexual violence every year.
This project seeks to "catch them young" by mobilizing and training adolescent school boys as advocates to break the silence of sexual violence against boys and advocate against sexual violence of children generally.
Spotlight Initiative
Physical Safe Spaces Implemented Under The Spotlight Initiative
Implemented by SOAR Initiative, Contracted by UNESCO under the Spotlight Initiative. Physical safe spaces for Women and Girls have been opened in Kurudu (AMAC) and Ushafa (Bwari) communities.
Our Partners
Organisations we work with
