About SWATCH
Support for Women and Teenage Children is a non-governmental, not-for-profit, non-partisan and non-political organisation, founded in 2000 and headquartered in Kano, Northern Nigeria.
How we started
SWATCH was formed by a group of professional women and men who were concerned about what the HIV and AIDS epidemic was doing to families in Kano. They were equally worried about the state of education: falling standards, low enrolment of girls, and too few girls moving on to the next level or finishing school at all.
The founders were also concerned about extreme poverty among disadvantaged women, the distress of orphans and vulnerable children, drug and substance abuse among young people, and the lack of business skills among the most vulnerable. These concerns still shape the work we take on.
Who we are today
We are a women-led organisation, headed by women and working for women, girls, children and the general population. We are gender-sensitive, and we mainstream gender and social inclusion in everything we do so that no one is left out of community participation.
Our primary aim is to raise the living standards of women, children and young people so they become self-reliant and dignified members of their communities. We treat health as complete physical, mental and social wellbeing, and we pursue it through advocacy, community mobilisation, programme management, research, capacity building, outreach and monitoring.
Governance and people
A board of trustees sets our direction and holds management to account. An executive director leads a senior management team, staff and a large network of trained volunteers.
Skills across our team
We draw on experts from different professional backgrounds and on volunteers with the right skills and experience to manage programmes.
- Community mobilisation and empowerment
- Project management
- Advocacy
- Financial management
- Research
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Financial education training
- Database management
Equality policy
Our equality policy commits us to make sure there is no unjustified discrimination in how we recruit, keep, train and develop our staff. The same principle guides who we enrol in our programmes.
Our record over the years
We have delivered HIV and orphans and vulnerable children programmes in Kano since 2007, working alongside national and international organisations.
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Most recent
SHARP Task Order 3
With Chemonics International
An HIV prevention programme run with Chemonics International to raise awareness, encourage safer behaviour, expand HIV testing and make sure people who test positive are linked to treatment.
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2020
ICHSSA 3
With Society for Family Health (SFH)
With the Society for Family Health, we worked to reduce the impact of HIV and AIDS on orphans and vulnerable children and to support HIV epidemic control.
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2019
LOPIN-3
With Health Initiatives for Safety and Stability in Africa (HIFASS)
A community care, support and protection project for orphans and vulnerable children in two local government areas of Kano, funded by HIFASS.
12,083children and caregivers served -
2018 to 2019
NAIIS
Nigeria AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey
SWATCH was one of the NGOs that took part in the Nigeria AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey in Kano, tracking and referring people living with HIV into care.
22health facilities worked with -
2014 to 2018
SIDHAS
With FHI 360
Community HIV prevention and mitigation services across nine local government areas, delivered with FHI 360.
6,420orphans and vulnerable children supported -
2007 to 2010
Care and Support for OVC
With Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA)
Care and support for people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS, and for orphans and vulnerable children, delivered with CEDPA.
10,000+orphans and vulnerable children reached
Registration
SWATCH is registered at federal level. Partners and donors can request copies of our registration documents, audited accounts and policies.
- Corporate Affairs Commission
- CAC/IT/No.20797
- Federal Inland Revenue Service TIN
- 22453598-0001
- Head office
- Plot 203, New Court Road, Gyadi-Gyadi, Kano