Kyenpiya Jessica Makan-Nyabam set up CLAPAI (Child Love And Protection Advocacy Initiative) Orphanage, Jos in 2006 to cater for children orphaned, affected or infected by HIV/AIDS. They also care for children outside the orphanage. She set it up with her husband, Emmanuel, an ex-professional footballer, who uses sports to engage the older youth in the community to foster peace.
Another winner was the Aminu Garba Sidi led Christian Muslim Peace Movement based in Bauchi and Jos. Consisting of some young volunteers, the group engages in conflict mediation, peace sensitization and other activities in schools and communities and NYSC camps as well as being contact persons and mobilizers for other peace projects in Nigeria.
Zainab Sandah is involved in mobilizing and assisting the conflict prone Rigassa community in Kaduna in their efforts to access public sector education. She assisted in setting up a VSAT with computers for a community skills centre.
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