Novel Association for Youth Advocacy (NAYA) was registered as a national non-governmental, non-political & not-for-profit organisation. The movement was started as a group of visionary and change-driven individuals who were enthusiastic about finding solutions to common issues faced by mostly disadvantaged & marginalized groups especially vulnerable children, adolescents, youth, persons with disabilities and the poor.

The coalition strives to address issues related to poor health, economic hardship, social exclusion, gender-based violence and illiteracy especially among adolescents and youth. This group evolved into a coalition NGO, bringing together youth-serving, youth-led & youth-focused NGOs in Nigeria. As at today, NAYA has 67 active youth organisation members working with her to achieve her mission and vision of a prosperous and active young population

CHANGE is an 18-month economic and social empowerment intervention that will lift 12 Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) aged 18-30 years out of abject poverty through “vocational training”, “Leadership & Life skills training”, “entrepreneurship & financial literacy training”, and “joint vocational empowerment”. CHANGE believes that if vulnerable AGYWs are mentored and established in enterprises of interest, then they will be financially resilient against gender-based exploitations, abuse and violence they face.
CHANGE will achieve the following main objectives:

• Identify and profile 16 vulnerable AGYWs resident within two FCTs slums (Kubwa and Mpape) in two months: At onset, the project will map Kubwa and Mpape slums to identify 16 poor and vulnerable AGYW, who will be enlisted using a Vulnerability and Need Assessment tools (VNAT). Based on the vocation/business of interest stated by rightsholders, the project will identify eight Master Tradesmen/women who are skilled & successful in such businesses to serve as their trainers and mentors. Demographic and business details of Master Tradesmen/women and beneficiaries will be properly documented.

CHANGE envisions the following change among our rightsholders: (i) vocational knowledge and skills gained (ii) entrepreneurial and business management skills gained (iii) financial literacy gained (iii) social skills in leadership, team playing, time management, self-esteem building & conflict resolution gained, (iv) increased income and savings among empowered rightsholders (v) increased financial independence (vi) reduced vulnerability to financially-instigated gender-based violence (vii) improved self-reliance and actualisation.