Championing adolescent and youth health
Our Vision
A world where adolescents are healthy enough to fulfil their potential.
Our Mission
To improve the well-being of adolescents through comprehensive community and school-based interventions, evidence-informed advocacy, and mobilization efforts.
Core Values
These principles guide everything we do and shape our commitment to adolescent health
Nurture
We foster a supportive environment where adolescents can thrive, grow, and reach their full potential.
Integrity
We uphold the highest standards of honesty and accountability in all our interactions and services.
Professionalism
We commit to excellence, respect, and ethical conduct in everything we do—within our team and with our stakeholders.
Innovation
We embrace continuous learning and creative solutions to meet the evolving needs of adolescents in a changing world.
Empowerment- We equip adolescents with the tools, confidence, and opportunities to lead change in their lives and communities.
Empowerment- We equip adolescents with the tools, confidence, and opportunities to lead change in their lives and communities.
Collaboration
We build meaningful partnerships across sectors and communities to amplify impact and drive sustainable change.
Why Adolescent Health?
Understanding the critical importance of investing in adolescent health and development
A Critical Window of Opportunity
Adolescence is a unique phase of human development and an important time for laying the foundations of good health. Rapid physical, cognitive and psychosocial growth requires targeted support. The right health interventions during this period can help young people develop healthy habits, prevent disease, and build the foundation for lifelong well-being.
The Largest Generation in History
The world's 1.2 billion adolescents – people aged 10 to 19 years – make up 16% of the world's population. In Sub-Saharan Africa alone, they make up 23% of the region's population. This is the largest generation ever. Investments in adolescent health programs will yield significant returns for countries' development and economic growth.
Urgent Challenges Requiring Action
About 3,000 adolescents die every day globally from mostly preventable diseases. This results in 1.2 million deaths per year. More than two-thirds of these deaths occur in low and middle-income countries in Africa (45%) and South-East Asia (26%). Road traffic injuries, HIV/AIDS, suicide, lower respiratory infections and violence are among the leading causes of death among adolescents globally.
The Nigerian Context
Nigeria has one of the largest adolescent populations in the world, with over 32 million adolescents. Many Nigerian adolescents face significant health challenges including limited access to sexual and reproductive health services, high rates of early marriage and teenage pregnancy, mental health issues, and substance abuse. Investing in adolescent health is crucial for Nigeria's development and economic future.
Ready to Make an Impact?
Join us in transforming adolescent health outcomes
Strategic Objectives
Key focus areas that drive our mission and guide our interventions
To embark on programmatic interventions geared towards reducing preventable deaths in adolescents and youths.
To promote the health and well-being of adolescents and youths while also creating a safe space for the vulnerable population of adolescents.
To invest in research and development on adolescent health to influence evidence-based policies; unravel the latest issues in this age group and develop need-based interventions.
To continuously advocate for better policies and systems to ensure improved health outcomes in adolescents and youths.
To form strategic collaboration and partnership with organizations that will enhance the attainment of the overall objectives.
Our Story
Centre for Adolescent Health and Social Development is a duly registered (Registration number (Registration number 161301)) not-for-profit organization in Nigeria poised to improve the wellbeing of adolescents in Nigeria and Africa at large. This we are currently doing by leveraging on sustainable partnerships with organizations whose mission and objectives align with ours, harnessing the power of technology and social media platforms as well as community interventions to reach our target population. Over the past six years, we have been deeply involved in delivering school and community health interventions and programs across different communities (including hard-to-reach), schools (public and private) in different parts of North-Central, South-South and South-Western part of the country.
Our interventions which have been largely focused on WASH, menstrual health, sexual and reproductive health, nutrition, and mental health for adolescents, have had over 10,000 beneficiaries. We have also systematically and consistently used our social media platforms to disseminate evidence-based, age and culturally appropriate health education to our target audience through live chats, webinars and social media posts. We also take pride in capacity building, providing easy access to reliable and comprehensible health education materials for free dissemination and use during our intervention programs.
In the past five years, we have produced and distributed about 9,000 copies of menstrual health and sexual and reproductive health pamphlets during our various interventions. Since inception, we have partnered with local and International NGOs, CBOs, Public and Private institutions such as Tulsi Chanrai Foundation (which recently awarded us a grant for implementation of projects in FCT), Codrops Solutions, Global Shapers (Lagos Hub), Agape for Women and Children Emancipation (a Kenya-based adolescent focused organization), The Chatty Caterpillar (a Singaporean Mental and Wellness Organization), Building Stars (a grassroot organization), One Voice Initiative for Women and Children Emancipation, Brain and Spines Surgery Consortium, Centre for Mass Education, and the Ministry of Education, FCT (through Universal Basic Education Board and Secondary Education Board). We also leverage on the wealth of experience and expertise of our Board of Trustees and volunteers to ensure our objectives and programs are well-targeted, innovative, comprehensive and highly adaptable to suit social and cultural contexts.
Strategic Partnerships
Collaborating with organizations to amplify our impact and reach
Since inception, we have partnered with local and international NGOs, CBOs, public and private institutions to achieve our mission and deliver impactful programs:
Ready to Make a Difference?
Partner with us to create lasting change for adolescents across Nigeria. Together, we can empower the next generation with the health knowledge and support they need to thrive.