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Humanitarian Advocacy, Peace & Education Initiative

Dignity isn't given.
It's built, together.

HAPEI works alongside communities across Nigeria - through education, advocacy, and peacebuilding - so that hope has somewhere practical to land.

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10,000+Lives reached
120+Communities
35+Active projects
Community members meeting together
Why we exist

We believe peace is not the absence of conflict - it's the presence of opportunity: a classroom that stays open, a dispute settled without violence, a young person with somewhere to put their energy.

Rooted locally

Every programme is designed with the community it serves, not handed down to it.

Measured honestly

We track what changes, not just what we deliver - and publish both.

Built to last

Our work hands ownership to local leaders and institutions, not to us.

Where the work happens

Six doors into the same house.

Peace & Dialogue Circles

Structured dialogue and mediation training for community leaders and youth in conflict-prone areas.

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The scorecard

Since our first classroom opened, we've walked alongside 10,000+ people across 120+ communities, trained 450+ volunteers as mediators and mentors, and kept 35+ projects running - not as a tally to boast about, but as a record we owe the people who trusted us with their time.

From the field

We didn't need someone to fix things for us. We needed someone to sit at the table long enough for us to fix them ourselves.

A community mediator, trained through HAPEI's Peace Building programme Name withheld at participant's request