Education Scholarships for Destitute Children
Education is the foundation of any progressive society.It is responsible for the economic, social;and political growth, as well as the general development of society. In fact, the thread of societal growth depends largely upon the quality of education within it. Thus, schools play an important role in moulding a nation’s future by facilitating all round […]
COFP Soccer for Peace
It is a popularly held view that the most unifying and widely understood language in the world is the language of SPORTS, especially the game of soccer. The game of soccer have to a very large extent helped to contain the problem of racism and discrimination across the world, and have brought people of diverse religions, […]
COFP COVID-19 Response
The emergence of COVID-19 pandemic posed a great challenge to the world, obstructing social and economic activities. It showed how fragile and dependent we are on one another. Unfortunately, COVID 19 did not only come with socio-economic difficulties but rising cases of rape, Gender Based Violence, hate speech, fake news/misconceptions and discrimination/stigmatization, communal clashes & […]
Helping Drug Users Live a Healthy and Responsible Life Through YOLDA Project
Apart from youth restiveness which include cultism, serving as thugs for politicians and other social vices, the use of Drug has been identified as one of the major causes of crises encountered by our youth. In response to this, COFP have come up with a program tagged, “Youths Living Above Drug and Substance Abuse/Addiction” (YOLDA). […]
COFP Fellowship Program Module 3/Graduation
Despite difficulties posed by the COVID 19 pandemic, the Class of 2020 COFP Fellows commenced theirthird and final module with a week-long program on Interreligious Dialogue, Conflict Transformation and Mediation from August9th – 15th, 2020 in Abuja Nigeria. According to the Executive Director, Sr. Agatha Chikelue, “The discovery of a novel coronavirus disease has exposed […]
Community Development Projects
It is disheartening to note that despite the fact that about 71% of the surface of the earth is covered by water, there is still water shortage in the world. This is more problematic in sub-Sahara Africa. According to Andrew Slaughter of University of Saskatchewan in 2017, only 67% of the world’s population have basic […]
Ending Violence Against Children (EVAC)
On Thursday 26th September 2019, Cardinal Onaiyekan Foundation for Peace (COFP) Conducted a one-day intensive training on Ending Violence Against Children for 40 Teachers and Caregivers selected from 15 Schools within the FCT Abuja. The participants consist of both Christians and Muslims and males and females from different Schools. Held at Top Rank Hotel Galaxy […]
Scholarships Program
Cardinal Onaiyekan Foundation for Peace sees the basic rights of every child especially that of quality education as a priority. This is as a result of the high rate of school dropout and the inability to access good education by children in rural poor communities in Nigeria. The Foundation through its Scholarship award program ensures […]
COFP 2019/2020 Fellowship Program Module 2
The second module of the COFP Fellowship program commenced from 3rd – 11th November 2019 as a continuation of the first module held earlier in the year. It was more expansive than the first, as more courses were taught by competent facilitators..The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) had three days of extensive Project […]
