OUR CAUSES
1. Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA)
COCODEV introduced VSLA in 2019 as an avenue to reach out to poor women in villages. Many of such women after being empowered simply doesn't have abity to plan for their future, we have so far established 6 VSLA centers in remote villages in Eket Akwa Ibom State Nigeria and wants to open more centers for training of women in adult literacy, financial plans and actually allowing group of 25 women start up their saving while doing business.
2.Campaign Against Widows and Orphans Maltreatment
Many Widows have received one form of Maltreatment or the other and this have as well affected their Orphans. Ranging from ejection from their houses, starvation and sexual exploitation. Our campaign focuses on Stopping Widows and their Orphans Maltreatment. We hold this campaign in Radio, Television, village to village, etc
3.Community Scholarship Scheme
Many of our youths are in one form of bad gang or the other due to drop out. Many being girls simply had to drop out of school due to pregnancy. In 2018, COCODEV established Kingdom Life College of Education for NCE. This program is to train our youths on how to become professional teachers, cut of rejection and see it as a job opportunity in Nigeria.
4.Orphans Education Project
COCODEV is supporting education of each disadvantage child by granting scholarship in a COCODEV affiliated school. This covers Tuition, educational materials etc.
5.Widows Empowerment Project
Many women in Nigeria are on a disadvantage due to loss of husband. Many of them have as much as 10 orphan children to care for and they are jobless. Cohesive floated a microfinance scheme where a widow will be trained and equip with skills to live without begging.
6. Shoes For Orphans and Vulnerable Children
Many Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Africa are without shoes. In addition they are homeless and hungry. We began Shoes For Orphans in 2007 and have put thousands of shoes on feet of this orphans but constrained with poor funding to do more
7.Community Development Projects
Providing clean water and health care is on our priority list in communities in North Central due to effect of religious crisis and the pandemic.
COCODEV introduced VSLA in 2019 as an avenue to reach out to poor women in villages. Many of such women after being empowered simply doesn't have abity to plan for their future, we have so far established 6 VSLA centers in remote villages in Eket Akwa Ibom State Nigeria and wants to open more centers for training of women in adult literacy, financial plans and actually allowing group of 25 women start up their saving while doing business.
2.Campaign Against Widows and Orphans Maltreatment
Many Widows have received one form of Maltreatment or the other and this have as well affected their Orphans. Ranging from ejection from their houses, starvation and sexual exploitation. Our campaign focuses on Stopping Widows and their Orphans Maltreatment. We hold this campaign in Radio, Television, village to village, etc
3.Community Scholarship Scheme
Many of our youths are in one form of bad gang or the other due to drop out. Many being girls simply had to drop out of school due to pregnancy. In 2018, COCODEV established Kingdom Life College of Education for NCE. This program is to train our youths on how to become professional teachers, cut of rejection and see it as a job opportunity in Nigeria.
4.Orphans Education Project
COCODEV is supporting education of each disadvantage child by granting scholarship in a COCODEV affiliated school. This covers Tuition, educational materials etc.
5.Widows Empowerment Project
Many women in Nigeria are on a disadvantage due to loss of husband. Many of them have as much as 10 orphan children to care for and they are jobless. Cohesive floated a microfinance scheme where a widow will be trained and equip with skills to live without begging.
6. Shoes For Orphans and Vulnerable Children
Many Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Africa are without shoes. In addition they are homeless and hungry. We began Shoes For Orphans in 2007 and have put thousands of shoes on feet of this orphans but constrained with poor funding to do more
7.Community Development Projects
Providing clean water and health care is on our priority list in communities in North Central due to effect of religious crisis and the pandemic.