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Clean water, a classroom, and a way back.

AHVF works across states of northern and beyond, sinking boreholes, rebuilding schools, and standing with families displaced by conflict and flood.

Read the 2024 report
Masangwa community borehole
Borehole construction, Masangwa community, Bauchi State, 2024
Our impact
lives impacted in , across countries
And the year before, in
22,000+ children taught Informal schooling in IDP camps
43,000+ reached after the floods Shelter, food and healthcare
35,000+ given safe water From 17 boreholes

Every figure here comes from our own annual reports. The year and the source are printed under each one.

Why this work exists

The scale of it.

These are not our numbers. They come from the United Nations and UNICEF, and every one is linked to the report it was published in.

7.3 million people in the North East need humanitarian aid Across Borno, Adamawa and Yobe UN OCHA, Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan 2026 2026
2.3 million people displaced in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe Borno alone hosts 1.7 million UN OCHA, Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan 2025 2024
1 in 4 Nigerian primary age children are out of school 10 million at primary age, 8 million more at secondary age UNICEF and the Federal Government of Nigeria 2024
400,000 displaced by the Maiduguri floods The worst flooding the city had seen in thirty years UN OCHA 2024
29% of Nigeria's 2025 humanitarian appeal was funded 283 million dollars received of the 982 million asked for UN OCHA Financial Tracking Service 2025
Before and after

The same place, twice.

The clearest way to show what a donation did is to photograph the place before the work started and again when it was finished.

Bulabulin Government School before the work Before
Bulabulin Government School after the work After

Bulabulin Government School

Repainted, refurnished and back in use
Maiduguri, Borno State 2024

Worn walls and flood damage across the block, then the same building after renovation. The plaque on the gable was fitted when the work was handed over.

Featured project

The work, one community at a time.

Masangwa community borehole
Completed Azare LGA, Bauchi StateWASH2024

Masangwa community borehole

Residents depended on distant wells, rivers and streams shared with livestock, exposing the community to waterborne disease. Women and children spent long hours fetching water, which affected their health and took time away from school and productive work.

AHVF worked with local experts to survey the site, drill and case the borehole, then install a pump system and storage tank. Residents were trained to operate and maintain it, and the foundation continues to run periodic water quality checks.

Bulabulin Government School renovation
Completed Maiduguri, Borno State2024

Bulabulin Government School renovation

Classrooms had damaged infrastructure, outdated furniture and worn walls. The foundation supplied new chairs and boards, replacing outdated and worn-out items, and repainted the buildings, brightening…

New chairs and boards, buildings repainted
Medical camp, Maiduguri floods
Completed Maiduguri, Borno State2024

Medical camp, Maiduguri floods

A dedicated team of 35 volunteers and 10 assistants, comprising doctors, nurses and paramedics, offered on-site consultations, administered medications and provided health education. Close to 90…

45 medical personnel deployed
Flood Support Fund
Completed Maiduguri, Borno State2024

Flood Support Fund

Direct cash assistance to 580 people. Business startup grants of 40,000 naira to each of 50 women whose businesses were destroyed, 5,000 naira in cash to…

Cash assistance to 580 people
Rebuilding homes after the floods
Completed Maiduguri, Borno State2024

Rebuilding homes after the floods

Houses damaged by flood water were cleared, repaired and repainted so families could move back in, alongside emergency shelter and food distribution across the affected wards…

The Illmu project
Ongoing IDP camps, Borno State2024

The Illmu project

Informal education for children in displacement camps, designed as a foundation for a return to formal learning. Over 22,000 children were supported in 2024. Field officers…

22,000+ children supported
Completed Pantami community, Gombe State2020

Al-Walidyn Charitable School

Renovated and equipped with donated IT hardware in partnership with Huawei Technologies Nigeria and the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy. Commissioned virtually in October…

Renovated and IT equipped
Where we work

Ten states, and beyond the border.

Map of Nigeria showing the states where the foundation works
Headquarters Borno State Maiduguri, where the foundation was founded and where most field operations run from
North East Yobe, Taraba Displacement, conflict recovery and education access
North West Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Jigawa WASH, health outreach and girls' education
Federal Capital Abuja Advocacy, partnerships and government engagement
Also delivered in Bauchi, Gombe The Masangwa borehole and the Al-Walidyn school
Beyond Nigeria Sudan, Chad Relief coordination and refugee advocacy, from 2025
Who we helped

Names, not numbers.

Every person on this page gave their permission for their name, their photograph and their words to be used.

Fatima Mohammed Habib
Fatima Mohammed Habib
Founder and Executive Director
The founder
Orphans and IDPs are not statistics, but children with the same rights to love, care, and opportunity as any other. Advocacy for their well-being is an investment in a just and compassionate world.
Read her story
How we got here

From one teenager to a registered foundation.

2014

The work begins

Fatima Mohammed Habib, then fourteen, starts the foundation and joins the Bring Back Our Girls campaign in the North East.

2017

Formally incorporated

Registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission as Incorporated Trustees on 23 February 2017, certificate CAC/IT/NO 95009, with a board chaired by Dr. Mohammed Kyari Dikwa.

2020

Huawei and the Federal Ministry

Al-Walidyn Charitable School in Gombe State renovated and equipped with IT hardware, commissioned in October alongside the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy.

2024

The Borno floods

A medical camp, cash relief and home repairs reaching more than 43,000 people after the flooding in Maiduguri.

2024

49,600 lives

The foundation's largest year on record in Nigeria, reported in full in the 2024 Annual Report.

2025

Across the border

The foundation coordinates the Nigeria to Sudan Relief Mission with YAPD4Africa for families in Al-Fashir, and speaks for the 18,000 Nigerian refugees living in Chad.

2025

The Future Awards Africa

Fatima Mohammed Habib nominated for The Future Awards Africa Prize for Community Action.

2026

When The Flood Waters Came

Official partner on the Deensisters online book launch and fundraising conference, with half of all proceeds going to flood relief.

Who we work with

The organisations beside us.

Huawei Technologies Nigeria Al-Walidyn Charitable School, Gombe, 2020
Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy Al-Walidyn Charitable School, Gombe, 2020
Al-Ansar Foundation Relief materials and rescue during the Borno flood response, 2024
YAPD4Africa Nigeria to Sudan Relief Mission, 2025
WACSI West Africa Civil Society Institute
Hope 4 Her
Where the money goes

What we handed out, and to how many.

Documented disbursements from the 2024 financial year. The full accounts are in the annual report.

₦2,000,000 Business startup grants for women 50 people, ₦40,000 each Annual Report 2024
₦2,500,000 Emergency cash relief for flood victims 500 people, ₦5,000 each Annual Report 2024
₦300,000 Support for people with disabilities 30 people, ₦10,000 each Annual Report 2024
The evidence

Read the whole year.

Annual report 2024
Published January 2025. 34 pages

The Paragon: Breaking Boundaries and Redefining the Future

Boreholes in Bauchi, classrooms rebuilt in Maiduguri, a medical camp and cash relief through the Borno floods, and the year of advocacy work. Opens with a message from the Board Chair and one from the Executive Director.

Get involved

Three ways to work with us.

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More than people volunteer with us, from medical professionals at outreach camps to teachers, drivers and logistics support.

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We deliver with government ministries, corporates, foundations and other NGOs. Bring funding, expertise, equipment or reach.

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Corporate giving

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