The Ford Foundation is a private foundation which believes that all people should have the opportunity to reach their full potential, contribute to society, and have voice in the decisions that affect them. The foundation believes that the best way to achieve these goals is to encourage initiatives by those living and working closest to where problems are located; to promote collaboration among the nonprofit, government and business sectors; and to ensure participation by men and women from diverse communities and all levels of society
The Ford Foundation’s commitment to social justice for more than half a century has been carried out through programs that:
- Strengthen democratic values
- Reduce poverty and injustice
- Promote international cooperation
- Advance human achievement
The Ford Foundation has supported AHI’s programming since 1996 and current funding is directed at enabling our organization to:
- Develop and accelerate the implementation of a national strategic plan for scaling-up pre-service teacher training for the Family Life and HIV/AIDS Education (FLHE) curriculum
- Promote adherence to the monitoring/ evaluation and quality assurance mechanisms developed to enhance classroom delivery of the FLHE curriculum nationally
- Provide opportunities for young people SRH programming in order to develop the core competencies and skills required for transition from adolescence to a healthy and productive adulthood
- Explore and develop a pilot socio-economic empowerment intervention to reduce the sexual and reproductive health vulnerability of out-of school adolescent girls in Lagos
