African Community & Environmental Health Initiative works alongside communities in north-eastern Nigeria to improve health, education, and economic resilience where it's needed most.
ACE-Hi (African Community & Environmental Health Initiative) is a non-profit NGO established as a Community Based Organization in 1997 and formally registered with Nigeria's Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC/IT/NO-45861). We complement the efforts of government, donors, and other NGOs operating in north-eastern Nigeria.
We work alongside individuals within the reproductive health bracket, stigmatised youth, underserved urban communities, and children in especially difficult circumstances. We believe health, education, and economic empowerment are inseparable — our programmes address all three together.
Reach Out →"To collaboratively provide strategic socio-economic information and service for improved quality of life in target communities."
Six interconnected areas of work, each reinforcing the others to create lasting community transformation across north-eastern Nigeria.
Strengthening healthcare delivery for underserved populations in Bauchi and Sokoto states, with a focus on reproductive, maternal, and child health outcomes.
Providing quality, protective basic education for out-of-school children, internally displaced persons, youth, and adolescent girls across 20 Local Government Areas.
Household economic strengthening through savings groups (SILC), vocational training in sewing, soap-making, grinding, and post-harvest skills — building real self-sufficiency.
Comprehensive prevention, care, and treatment for PLHIV and CALHIV beneficiaries — including nutritional support, viral load monitoring, counselling, and psychosocial services.
Protecting orphans and children affected by HIV through case management, OTZ adolescent clubs, menstrual hygiene support, and psychosocial care.
Water, sanitation, and hygiene programmes alongside community accountability and governance initiatives that promote transparency and environmental health.
ACE-Hi has implemented evidence-based programmes alongside leading international organisations and donor agencies.
Amina Sani of Ningi LGA received 2 kg of improved maize seed and post-harvest training. Her harvest yielded 150 kg — and she shared a portion with two other vulnerable households in her community who had no harvest of their own.
Huwaila Abdu joined a SILC savings group and enrolled in vocational sewing training. Using her savings to buy fabric, she now makes children's clothing — earning enough to cover her CALHIV son's school fees and family food needs.
Maryam Ahmed, 15, is an orphaned CALHIV beneficiary who learned to make liquid soap, Vaseline, and menthol through vocational training. Earning N1,000–1,500 weekly, she's saving to return to school. "I want all my children to attend school," she says.
Transparency and openness in all dealings with clients, communities, partners, and funders. Consistency between our words and actions.
Building self-reliance in groups, communities, families, and individuals through practical information and skills development.
Adapting to the evolving needs of the people we serve, always placing their wellbeing above institutional interests.
Harnessing internal and external expertise, combining efforts for maximum benefit to the communities we serve.
Committed to sacrifice on issues affecting our target communities — their wellbeing and improved standard of living is the essence of our existence.