OUR VISION
A hunger-free, inclusive, and resilient Nigeria where women, children, and youth are empowered, protected, educated, and equipped to lead sustainable change.
OUR MISSION
Empowering vulnerable women, children, youth, persons with disabilities, people living with HIV and child headed household through sustainable agriculture, quality education, protection services, economic empowerment, humanitarian assistance, and advocacy, enabling them to live with dignity, realize their rights, and contribute to resilient and peaceful communities.
OUR CORE VALUES
BACKGROUND
Brotherly Relief Mission Initiative (BRMI) is a youth led, women focused, non-governmental, non-profit, and non-religious organization dedicated to eradicate hunger (UN SDG 2), restore dignity to women, children, adolescent and young persons (APY), elderly and vulnerable persons.
Our commitment is to empower the vulnerable, uphold moral values, and contribute to creating a better life for everyone. Brotherly Relief was registered on the 2nd May, 2023 with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) RC 6950643.
WHAT WE DO
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security
Promoting climate-smart agriculture, food production, nutrition, agricultural value chains, farmer capacity strengthening, and livelihood resilience to ensure food security and economic empowerment.
Environmental Protection and Climate Change
Supporting environmental conservation, climate adaptation and mitigation, ecosystem restoration, waste management, renewable energy initiatives, and community resilience against climate-related risks.
Education and Learning Development
Promoting access to quality education, girl-child education, literacy programs, school enrollment and retention, educational support services, vocational education, and skills development.
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Improving community health through preventive healthcare, health education, nutrition interventions, maternal and child health services, communicable and non-communicable disease prevention, and community health systems strengthening.
Child Protection and Wellbeing
Protecting children from abuse, exploitation, neglect, violence, child labor, child marriage, trafficking, and harmful practices while promoting children’s rights, development, and psychosocial wellbeing.
Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment
Promoting women’s rights, leadership, economic empowerment, participation in decision-making, gender-responsive programming, and the elimination of gender-based discrimination.
Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Prevention and Response
Preventing and responding to all forms of gender-based violence through awareness creation, survivor-centered support services, referral pathways, protection mechanisms, and advocacy.
Humanitarian Response and Emergency Relief
Providing life-saving assistance, emergency preparedness, disaster risk reduction, protection services, recovery support, and resilience-building for affected populations during crises and emergencies.
Youth Empowerment and Development
Enhancing youth participation, leadership, entrepreneurship, employability, life skills, civic engagement, innovation, and social inclusion.
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
Promoting access to safe water, improved sanitation facilities, hygiene education, menstrual hygiene management, and healthy community practices.
Livelihoods and Economic Empowerment
Strengthening household income, entrepreneurship, vocational skills acquisition, financial inclusion, market access, and economic resilience among vulnerable populations.
Capacity Building and Institutional Strengthening
Enhancing the capacities of individuals, community structures, civil society organizations, and institutions through training, mentoring, coaching, and technical support.
Peacebuilding and Social Cohesion
Promoting conflict prevention, mediation, dialogue, social inclusion, community reconciliation, and peaceful coexistence among diverse groups.
Advocacy and Policy Engagement
Influencing policies, laws, and practices through evidence-based advocacy, stakeholder engagement, citizen participation, accountability initiatives, and rights-based approaches.
Human Rights, Protection and Social Inclusion
Promoting human rights, inclusion of marginalized populations, disability inclusion, access to justice, and protection of vulnerable groups.
GOVERNANCE AND STRUCTURE
Guided by a robust governance structure Brotherly Relief has a formal organization structure, withdefined work roles.
At the apex of the organization is a team of competent and functional Board of trustees, cutting across development workers, lecturers and private consultants.
The board of directors provides direct supervision over the management of the organization on programs, resource mobilization and allocation, policy formulation and Advocacy on project in the State/communities. Executive Director, Program Coordinator, Program Manager and a team of staff and volunteers.
Together, we ensure that our projects align with our core values and make a tangible impact on the communities we serve.
MEMBERSHIP STRUCTURE
The governance and operations of the organization are supported by a dedicated team of experienced professionals and committed leaders. The organization comprises:
Five (5) Board of Trustees (BoT) who provide strategic leadership, policy direction, and governance oversight, ensuring that the organization operates in accordance with its mission, legal obligations, and principles of good governance.
Twelve (12) Staff Members who oversee the day-to-day planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring, evaluation, and administration of the organization’s humanitarian and development programmes. The team works collaboratively to deliver high-quality, community-centred interventions while upholding BRMI’s core values of integrity, professionalism, accountability, and excellence.
Six (6) Community Volunteers strategically stationed across communities and internally displaced persons (IDP) camps, serving as vital links between BRMI and the people we serve. They facilitate community engagement, support programme implementation, identify emerging needs, strengthen referral pathways, and help maintain an active and responsive communication channel that enables timely, context-driven interventions.
BOARD OF TRUSTEE MEMBERS
Membership into the board is drawn from professional men and women, and the organization operates through a board of
trustees made up of the Chairman, Secretary, Legal Adviser and Members.
Dr. Erdoo Aneregh. Chairman
Mrs. Maria Igah. Member
Mrs. Esther Naga. Member
Mr. Amos Chia. Secretary
Fr. Moses Angbande. Adviser
KEY STRATEGIES
- Charitable Activities: Carry out charitable activities to alleviate hardships, provide assistance to the less fortunate, and contribute to national progress.
- Empowerment Programs: Launch empowerment programs for women, children, and the needy, including skills acquisition, vocational training, counseling, and outreach.
- Advocacy: Engage in advocacy to change laws, policies, practices, and attitudes, promoting a just course and active support.
- Capacity Building: Enhance the abilities of people, governments, communities, and non-governmental organizations to achieve measurable and sustainable results.
- Community Mobilization: Mobilize human and non-human resources to undertake developmental activities, improving health, hygiene, education, and overall standard of living.
- Sensitization and Awareness: Conduct sensitization programs, sharing information, and stimulating associative learning to address issues and behavior deviating from norms.
- Resource Mobilization: Generate resources through prudent management, grants, private donations, and training to support services.
- Networking and Collaboration: Identify and collaborate with like-minded organizations to achieve common goals, complement activities, and create new opportunities.
- Research and Development: Conduct research to establish facts, discover new knowledge, analyze information, and generate new concepts and methodologies.
- Mentoring and Consultancy: Provide support, counseling, guidance, and expert advice to individuals, organizations, and communities.
- Internships and Volunteer Engagement: Engage students, youth corp members, and international interns to support organizational activities.
- Monitoring and Evaluation: Conduct regular monitoring and evaluation to assess progress, identify areas for improvement, and inform future project planning.