Dikwa, Borno State, Nigeria. A group of children collecting water from a flooded water point. OCHA/Chima Onwe

Nigeria

Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan
From: 01/01/2025 to: 31/12/2025
Published: 23/01/2025
Coordinated by: OCHA

Nigeria 2025 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan

Humanitarian needs and response plan overview

Re-prioritized Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (HNRP)

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Fune, Yobe State, Hauwa Abdullahi, 24 years produces pasta at her home in Fune LGA, Yobe State on the 28th November, 2024. Hauwa lives with a disability on one of her hands. FRAD trained her on pasta making and provided her with a machine and seed funding to start. She now runs a pasta making business from her home and makes profit.

Future Resilience and Development Foundation (FRAD) works to improve and build the resilience of vulnerable populations using locally available solutions and interventions…

At a glance

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Banki, Borno State, Amina Modu, 50 and her children in their home at 500 Housing Extension in Banki, Borno State on the 26th November, 2024.
The Danish Refugee Council provides protection and life-saving humanitarian assistance, supports displaced persons in becoming self-reliant and promotes the protection of rights and peaceful coexistence in communities across Nigeria.

Foreword

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Banki, Borno State, Bakura welcomes his father back home from fetching firewood and assists him offload in their home at 500 Housing Extension in Banki, Borno State on the 26th November, 2024.

The Danish Refugee Council provides protection and life-saving humanitarian assistance, supports displaced persons in becoming self-reliant and promotes the protection of rights and peaceful coexistence in communities across Nigeria

Introduction

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Humanitarian needs

1.1 Crisis overview

1.1 Crisis overview

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1.2 Analysis of shocks, risks and humanitarian needs

1.2 Analysis of shocks, risks and humanitarian needs

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Maiduguri, Borno State, A queue of flood-affected persons receiving food and relief materials in Maiduguri, Borno State on the 25th November, 2024.

Following the flood incident in Maiduguri in September 2024, the Borno State Government in partnership with National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) set up centres for the distribution of food and relief materials to persons affected by the flood.

1.3 People in need breakdown

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Humanitarian response

Damagum,Fune LGA, Yobe State, Bilikisu Abubakar Adamu, 45, retrieves her food items using the WFP Humanitarian Assistance card in Damagum, Fune LGA, Yobe State on the 28th November, 2024.

Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI) works in communities to fight poverty and nurture growth, supporting essentias such as food, sanitation, security, and education. In partnership with the World Food Programme, COOPI coordinates food distribution, using a smart card, for families in need.

2.1 Humanitarian response strategy

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Damaturu, Yobe State, A portrait of Maimuna Ibrahim Adamu, 33, in her home in Damaturu, Yobe State on the 27th November, 2024. Maimuna was ostracized by her family and community when they found out that she was living with HIV. In 2022, she begged to feed until she received a cash grant of N210,000 from COCOSHODI through the USAID integrated child health and social services award. With the savings from the grant she now runs a million naira enterprise employing 14 staff.

Through support from partners…

2.2 Response Boundary Setting, Prioritization & Risk-Informed Action

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2.3 People targeted breakdown

2.3 People targeted breakdown

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2.4 Strategic objectives

2.4 Strategic objectives

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Damaturu, Yobe State, INTERSOS staff speaks to men at Abujan Maimala community in Damaturu, Yobe State on the 27th November, 2024.

Intersos provides aid to populations affected by conflict, violence, extreme poverty, and natural or artificial disasters, supporting them in areas of intervention such as Protection, Health and nutrition, Water and Sanitation, Food Security, and Shelter and Settlements.

2.5 Planning Assumptions, Operational Capacity and Access, and Response Trends

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Banki, Borno State, A mother and child shares a moment at a USAID funded health facility in Banki, Borno State on the 26th November, 2024.

FHI360 collaborates with partners, using locally led initiatives and solutions to advance the health and wellbeing of mothers and children in Nigeria, among other places.

2.6 Accountable, Inclusive & Quality Programming

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Maiduguri, Borno State, A man walks past a sign showing Borno State Flood Response in Maiduguri, Borno State on the 25th November, 2024.

Following the flood incident in Maiduguri in September 2024, the Borno State Government in partnership with National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) set up centres for the distribution of food and relief materials to persons affected by the flood.

2.7 Cost of the response

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Damaturu, Yobe State, A portrait of Maimuna Ibrahim Adamu, 33, in her home in Damaturu, Yobe State on the 27th November, 2024. Maimuna was ostracized by her family and community when they found out that she was living with HIV. In 2022, she begged to feed until she received a cash grant of N210,000 from COCOSHODI through the USAID integrated child health and social services award. With the savings from the grant she now runs a million naira enterprise employing 14 staff.

Through support from partners…

2.8 Multipurpose Cash, and Cash and Voucher assistance overview

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22 January 2025

Shuwari II area, Maiduguri, Borno State, 3 Dec 2024 - OCHA staff listening to one of the Community Best Initiatives (CBI) Staff the Outpatient Therapeutic Programme (OTP) they run in the Shuwari II area, Maiduguri

2.9 Monitoring

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Sector needs and response

3.1 Camp Coordination and Camp Management

3.1 Camp Coordination and Camp Management

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Banki, Borno, Bashir Ibrahim, a volunteer teacher teaches a class of students at an informal learning centre in Banki, Borno State on the 26th November, 2024.

Terre des hommes uses Accelerated Basic Education methods to enrol and teach out of school children between ages 9 to 17 years using volunteer teachers in a program that runs for 9 months after which they are mainstreamed into formal schools using Baseline, Mid-line and End-line Assessments. Over 200 children were enrolled in 2024 but the need is…

3.2 Education

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Maiduguri, Borno State, 3 Dec 2024 - Women packaging liquid soap they just made at the women & girls safe space run by FRAD Foundation with support from NHF in Muna Kumburi IDP Community, Maiduguri - Photo credit: Doreen Kansiime/OCHA Nigeria Dec 2024

3.3 Early Recovery and Livelihood

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Maiduguri, Borno State, Maiduguri aria view during the flood

3.4. Emergency Telecommunications

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Damatutu, Yobe State, A portrait of Maryam Usman Yerima, 43, in her home in Damaturu, Yobe State on the 27th November, 2024. Maryam’s family lost everything they own to the over 15 years of conflict. A cash grant from COCOSHODI through the USAID integrated child health and social services award was used. 3, she started buying and selling grains and used clothes in her community. She said her life is gradually returning to normal.

Through support from partners and funders, Community Conservation Friendly…

3.5 Food Security

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22 January 2025

Banki, Borno State, A child temperature is checked outside a health facility in Banki, Borno State on the 26th November, 2024.

FHI360 collaborates with partners, using locally led initiatives and solutions to advance the health and wellbeing of mothers and children in Nigeria, among other places.

3.6 Health

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Maiduguri, Borno State, A stack of bags of food items to be distributed to flood-affected persons in Maiduguri, Borno State on the 25th November, 2024.

Following the flood incident in Maiduguri in September 2024, the Borno State Government in partnership with National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) set up centres for the distribution of food and relief materials to persons affected by the flood.

3.7 Logistics

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Banki, Borno State, A community health worker speaks with mothers about nutrition outside a health facility in Banki, Borno State on the 26th November, 2024.

FHI360 collaborates with partners, using locally led initiatives and solutions to advance the health and wellbeing of mothers and children in Nigeria, among other places.

3.8 Nutrition

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Banki, Bama, Borno State, A portrait of Kaltum Musa and her daughter Zara Kamsulum outside a health facility in Banki, Borno State on the 26th November, 2024.
FHI360 collaborates with partners, using locally led initiatives and solutions to advance the health and wellbeing of mothers and children in Nigeria, among other places.

3.9 Protection

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3.9.1 Gender-Based Violence AoR

3.9.1 Gender-Based Violence AoR

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Potiskum, Yobe State, Haruna Abdullahi, a learner from the non-formal education programme managed by Plan International under the USAID Opportunity to Learn activity, was mainstreamed into a formal school in Potiskum, Yobe State on the 28th November, 2024.

Plan International Nigeria is a girl and child rights organisation, implementing programs designed to strengthen and promote the rights of children and women. Nigeria. Plan International, under the USAID Opportunity to Learn program, provides informal…

3.9.2 Child Protection AoR

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3.9.3 Housing Land and Property AoR

3.9.3 Housing Land and Property AoR

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3.9.4 Mine Action AoR

3.9.4 Mine Action AoR

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Damaturu, Yobe State, Usman Madaki, 52 in his home in Dikumari community in Damaturu, Yobe State on the 27th November, 2024. His home collapsed, injuring three of his seven children during the most recent flooding incident. The IRC provided the assistance he needed after he reported the flood impact at the Gidan Bayani information helps desk in his community. The International Rescue Committee responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Through…

3.10 Shelter and Non-Food Items

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Potiskum, Yobe State, Two students drink water from a tap in a public school in Potiskum, Yobe State on the 28th November, 2024.

Plan International Nigeria is a girl and child rights organisation, implementing programs designed to strengthen and promote the rights of children and women. Nigeria. Plan International, under the USAID Opportunity to Learn program, provides informal education to out-of-school children, after which they are mainstreamed into the formal school system in Yobe State, Nigeria.

3.11 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

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Refugee needs and response plan

4.1 Refugee response plan

4.1 Refugee response plan

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Annexes

5.4 How to contribute

5.4 How to contribute

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5.3 What if we fail to respond

5.3 What if we fail to respond

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Success stories

Success Story: Saving Jamila - A story of local support in Nigeria

Success Story: Saving Jamila - A story of local support in Nigeria

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23 January 2025

Success Story: Extreme floods test survival and resilience in a conflict-ridden part of Nigeria

Success Story: Extreme floods test survival and resilience in a conflict-ridden part of Nigeria

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23 January 2025

Borno, “I thought I was going to lose my baby.” A mother’s account of Nigeria’s devastating floods

Success Story: “I thought I was going to lose my baby.” A mother’s account of Nigeria’s devastating floods

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23 January 2025

Rann, Borno State, Nigeria: Hope for Hadija’s baby

Success Story: Nigeria: Hope for Hadija’s baby

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23 January 2025

Pulka, Borno State, A doctor attends a child diagnosed with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) at a stabilization centre managed by Première Urgence Internationale (PUI) in Pulka, Borno State.

Success Story: Emergency nutrition saves baby Hadiza’s life

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23 January 2025

Success Story: UN releases additional US$ 5 million to ramp up flood response in Nigeria’s Bauchi, Borno and Sokoto states

Success Story: UN releases additional US$ 5 million to ramp up flood response in Nigeria’s Bauchi, Borno and Sokoto states

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23 January 2025

Success Story: Reproductive health care helps women affected by conflict

Success Story: Reproductive health care helps women affected by conflict

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23 January 2025