About Us
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OUR STORY
PRAWA is a non-governmental organization, which promotes human rights for people in Correctional Centers, and helps those who’ve survived Correctional Centers to successfully integrate into the community.
Uju Agomoh
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OUR MISSION
We work to promote institutional reforms to create access to justice, rehabilitation, and social development for inmates, ex-inmates, torture victims and youth at risk.
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OUR BELIEFS
Led by Dr. Uju Agomoh, PRAWA believes in the importance of an effective, just, humane and accessible justice system which recognizes support and rehabilitation to offenders, victims and the community. The organization has implemented extensive activities in the field of Correctional Centers and penal reforms as well as several innovative prison-based and community-based programmes.
Victim-Offender Mediation and Reconciliation Services
Basic Information Scheme (for pre-trial, trial and post-trial stages)
Family Group Conferencing, Community Justice Forum
Alternatives to Imprisonment – Community Service Scheme
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WHY CHOSE US
In 1998, PRAWA through the support of the British Council, introduced the first Alternative to Justice Programme in West Africa which trained the first batch of 66 volunteers in partnership with AVP UK.
It also introduced the Family Link Project (1998/99), Prison Link Project(Correctional Centers) (1999/2000) and several training programmes across Nigeria on International Human Rights Standards, Good Correctional Centers Practice and Prevention of Torture for criminal justice agents (including Correctional Centers, Police and Judicial officers) and other related stakeholders over the years. To date, Prawa has trained over 10,000 persons on this. Several institutions have supported these trainings such as the British High Commission, Switzerland Embassy (Ghana), European Union through Penal Reform International, Switzerland Embassy (Nigeria), and OAK Fund/IRCT.
From 2000 – 2002 PRAWA with funding from the Innovative Fund on the Social Development Dept. of DFID London introduced the African Trans-formative Justice Project (ATJP) in Nigeria (Lagos), Ghana (Accra) and The Gambia (Banjul).
PRAWA also in 2003 with funding from STATOIL-NORWAY introduced the Crime Prevention and Community Development Scheme (CP-CDS) in three communities in Abia and Imo States. This project involved the training of community leaders and volunteers on Life Planning Skills, Crime Prevention and Reduction of Offending Behaviour, and Income Generating Skills. The scheme also established an income generating project as well as non-interest yearly revolving loan scheme in each of the 3 communities. From 2008 – 2009, PRAWA through the support of the Security Justice and Growth Programme DFID implemented the Correctional Centers De-congestion and Re-entry Scheme in Enugu State.
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Honest Offor
SENIOR PROGRAMME OFFICER ABUJA
KATUMI OBOIRIEN ESQ
SNR PROGRAMME OFC, KANO STATE
CHIOMA ANUNA OGBO
SNR PROGRAMME OFC/TEAM LEAD