Humanitarian response, resilience and sustainable development
Verdantrise Humanitarian Initiative is a Nigerian humanitarian and development organisation working with vulnerable and crisis-affected communities to improve wellbeing, strengthen resilience and create sustainable opportunities.
Humanitarian crisis alert · Yemen ·
UNICEF reported that renewed hostilities displaced more than 104,000 people in two weeks in September 2026, including over 57,000 children. Disrupted health and education services and severe child malnutrition are compounding humanitarian needs.
Based on UNICEF reporting dated 16 and 25 September 2026. This is independent humanitarian monitoring; Verdantrise is not implementing programmes in Yemen.
Verdantrise delivers humanitarian assistance, strengthens community resilience and sustainable livelihoods, advances health and WASH, supports protection and inclusion, empowers young people, and generates evidence that contributes to sustainable development and policy change.
We protect the dignity of every person and actively avoid causing harm in all our actions.
We are locally led and deeply rooted in the communities we serve.
We are open about what we do, what we have achieved and what we are still working to do.
We uphold honesty, accountability and high ethical standards in everything we do.
What we do
Building food security and sustainable livelihoods through agriculture and market systems.
Strengthening capacity to anticipate, prepare and adapt to climate and disaster risks.
Objective 5Empowering young people and promoting good governance, peace and social cohesion.
Objective 6Strengthening systems, evidence, accountability and local leadership for sustainable impact.
Where we work
Our core programming is concentrated in the BAY states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe, where conflict, displacement and humanitarian need are most acute. We are expanding into Gombe, Bauchi and Oyo where capacity, funding and programme fit justify a presence.
Our head office is in Damaturu, Yobe State, with a second office in Maiduguri, Borno State.
Explore where we workCore state
Headquarters state and operational base. Focus on climate-resilient agriculture, livelihoods, food security, WASH and humanitarian response.
Field updates
Institutional relationships
Policy, research, programme and network relationships, each described by its actual nature.
Support communities in northeast Nigeria facing conflict, displacement and climate shocks.
Give nowFor donors, UN agencies, government institutions and NGOs seeking a locally led implementing partner.
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