Poverty-free Nigeria by 2040
Our dream is a Nigeria without poverty
Every Nigerian deserves a life of dignity, opportunity and security. We build sustainable pathways out of poverty through education, enterprise and community resilience, one family at a time.
38,000
households on a GiversNG pathway today
Rooted in community
Poverty in Nigeria is complex, but it is not permanent
Lasting change does not come from temporary relief. It comes from strategic, community-led empowerment.
Since 2016 we have worked alongside local leaders, families and young people in 18 states to take apart the barriers that keep households poor: expensive credit, one illness away from debt, a harvest sold too cheap, a school leaver with no route into work.
Our mission is bold, and we believe it is achievable: to end extreme poverty across Nigeria by the year 2040.
- Year we started, in Makoko, Lagos
- 2016
- States with active programmes
- 18
Why trust us?
Every Naira accounted for, every programme shaped locally
We would rather show you our books than ask for your faith.
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100% transparency
Every Naira donated is tracked from the day it arrives to the family it reaches, and our accounts are audited each year by an independent firm.
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Community-led
We design every programme with the community that will run it. Local committees choose who joins and hold us to what we promised.
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Measurable impact
We follow each household for three years after a programme ends, and publish the results, including the ones that disappoint us.
Our initiatives
Strategic pathways out of poverty
Our model targets the root causes of poverty across four pillars. A family can start on one and move through all four.
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Enterprise & Micro-Grants
Core focus: seed capital, business training and mentorship for local entrepreneurs and women-led cooperatives. Impact: household incomes up 150% within 12 months.
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Healthcare Access
Core focus: community health clinics, maternal care and subsidised health insurance. Impact: no family pushed into debt by a medical bill.
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Agricultural Growth
Core focus: modern tools, climate-smart training and direct market access for smallholder farmers. Impact: an end to seasonal food insecurity for rural families.
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Youth Education & Tech
Core focus: free digital-skills bootcamps, laptops on loan and paid placements. Impact: 500,000+ young Nigerians ready for the digital economy.
Audited results, 2017 to 2025
What your giving has built so far
- in grants and seed capital deployed
- ₦2.1B
- households on a pathway out of poverty
- 38,000
- smallholder farmers empowered
- 4,200+
- of every Naira spent on programmes
- 92%
In their words
The people who make it work
The grant bought our cooperative a second grinding machine. Twelve of us now share the profit, and my daughter's school fees are paid before term starts.
Before the clinic opened, the nearest midwife was two hours away by okada. Last month we delivered nine babies here, all healthy.
I finished the data bootcamp in Ibadan, did my placement with a logistics start-up and they kept me on. I send money home every month now.
Get connected
Field stories from the road to 2040
One email a month: a family's story, the numbers behind it and where help is needed next.