The Wellbeing Foundation Africa

  • A Advocate
  • I Implementer
  • R Researcher

Description

The Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA) is a non-governmental organization, founded in 2004, by Her Excellency, Mrs Toyin Ojora-Saraki, with the aim of improving health outcomes for women, infants and children. The Foundation combines its programmes with advocacy in Nigeria and around the world to provide robust support for its primary stakeholders from birth to age. 

As the leading agency on WASH and Maternal and Newborn health, and adolescent health in Nigeria, the WBFA leads strong frontline efforts to prevent transmission of diseases; hospital acquired infections; reduce the occurrence of neonatal sepsis; improve the capacity of healthcare workers to provide optimal services, among other outcomes, by using sustainable methods tailored to the needs of every community.

Primary Functions

  • Awareness Raising/Advocacy
  • Program/Project Implementation
  • Research - project evaluation

Secondary Functions

  • Capacity building/Technical assistance

Geographic Scope

  • National

Areas of work Back to Top

Education topics addressed

Other skills

  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Rights/empowerment education
  • Social and emotional learning
  • Vocational training

Cross-cutting topics addressed

  • Empowerment
  • Female genital mutilation/cutting
  • Gender equality
  • HIV and STIs
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs
  • WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)

Funders and partners Back to Top

Current girls' education partners

Locations and contact information Back to Top

Website

The Wellbeing Foundation Africa

Headquarters location(s)

  • Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

Office location(s)

  • Nigeria

Contacts

info@wbfafrica.org
The Wellbeing Foundation Africa

Locations of current girls’ education work

Map showing countries (listed below) where the organization is involved with girls' education programs

  • Nigeria

Projects Back to Top

Not applicable or unknown