Who we are
A non-governmental organisation working to uplift underserved communities, founded by a fourteen-year-old and now operating across states and countries.
It started with a schoolgirl and a campaign.
was in junior secondary school when she began volunteering with local initiatives in . In , as the Bring Back Our Girls campaign spread across the North East, she was fourteen and already organising. That work became the Advocacy for Human Value Foundation.
The foundation was formally incorporated with the Corporate Affairs Commission on as a body of Incorporated Trustees, certificate number . Both dates matter. One is when the work began, the other is when it became an institution.
AHVF is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation dedicated to promoting human dignity and empowering marginalised communities, including the less privileged and internally displaced persons. Through its charitable initiatives, the foundation strives to improve the lives of those facing extreme poverty, displacement and social exclusion.
Today the foundation runs programmes in health, education, water and sanitation, and protection, with full-time staff and more than volunteers.
A world where every individual has access to the resources and opportunities they need to thrive, and communities are empowered to build sustainable, inclusive, and equitable futures for generations to come.
To empower marginalized communities by addressing critical challenges, providing access to basic needs such as clean water, education, healthcare, and protection, and fostering sustainable growth.
The principles the work runs on.
Dignity first
Every intervention starts from the belief in the inherent dignity and worth of each person. Beneficiaries are not statistics, and they are not photographed or described as though they were.
Built to last
A borehole is only finished when the community can maintain it. Every water point comes with training for local operators and periodic quality checks afterwards.
Nobody left behind
Programmes are designed around the people who are usually missed: displaced families, orphans, people with disabilities, and girls whose education stops first when money runs short.
Local before external
Field officers, volunteers and partners are drawn from the communities served. Work is delivered in the languages people speak at home.
Say what happened
Figures are published with the period they cover and the report they came from. Where something did not work, it is reported as a challenge rather than left out.
Safeguarding is not optional
We work with children and with survivors of violence. Every volunteer is checked and inducted, consent governs every photograph, and complaints have a route that does not go through the person complained about.
Eight states, and now beyond the border.
How we got here.
The work begins
Fatima Mohammed Habib, then fourteen, starts the foundation and joins the Bring Back Our Girls campaign in the North East.
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.
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.
The Borno floods
A medical camp, cash relief and home repairs reaching more than 43,000 people after the flooding in Maiduguri.
49,600 lives
The foundation's largest year on record in Nigeria, reported in full in the 2024 Annual Report.
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.
The Future Awards Africa
Fatima Mohammed Habib nominated for The Future Awards Africa Prize for Community Action.
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.
Registered, governed and accountable.
AHVF is a body of Incorporated Trustees under law, governed by a board and registered with the Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering.