Sector Status
Needs
Borno
Civilians are exposed to killing, abduction, kidnapping, injuries, and various protection risks due to the lack of sufficient livelihood activities and a reduction in food assistance from government and aid organisations in Bama, Damboa, Gwoza, Mobbar, and Ngala LGAs. Safe livelihood opportunities and food assistance are needed to reduce the affected population's exposure to attacks by operatives of non-state armed groups (NSAGs).
There is a need to provide shelter, NFIs, and other necessities to fulfil the basic needs of affected people across Bama, Damboa, Gwoza, Mobbar (Damasak), and Ngala LGAs and prevent them from adopting harmful coping mechanisms, such as engaging in jobs where they are at risk of exploitation and a heightened risk of trafficking.
There is a need for sensitisation of security personnel and community members on mine action, due to the contamination by NSAGs of farmlands or route to farmlands.
Adamawa
There is a high influx of refugees from Dindin, Wurenge and Tur communities of neighbouring Cameroon to Madagali, Michika, Mubi North and Mubi South LGAs of Adamawa State. Inadequate provision of basic services for these refugees is exposing them to various protection risks and making them adopt negative coping mechanisms, including survival sex, sexual exploitation, domestic violence, theft, and other risks.
Limited access to food assistance, livelihood opportunities, Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH), Shelter and NFIs, and access to education exacerbate protection needs for displaced people in Malkohi Camp.
Yobe
Due to an increase in incidents of unexploded ordnances and explosives in contaminated areas in Yunusari, Damaturu, Gujba and Geidam LGAs, there is a need to intensify efforts to promote explosive ordnance risks education (EORE). This will help to mitigate the high incidents of accidents and to advocate for humanitarian funding to enhance the provision of services by partners to respond to these incidents.
An increase in kidnapping and abduction of civilians along connecting roads, with the most recent incidents along the Damaturu-Gujba road and Biu-Gujba-Maiduguri roads, require increased efforts to address the security situation to ensure the protection of civilians in high-risk areas.
There is a need to urgently provide livelihood support and basic assistance to reduce the refugee returnees’ exposure to protection risks in Bade, Yunusari, Yusufari, Geidam and Machina LGAs.
Response
Borno
The sector partners trained 893 people including officials from the protection sector, and humanitarian, and government organisations on enhanced compliance with international standards, protection mainstreaming, do-no-harm, protection risk analysis and other technical protection issues.
The sector partners provided specialized protection services including in-kind and cash-based individual protection assistance (IPA), legal counselling, and psychosocial support for 7,592 vulnerable persons facing protection risks and human rights violations.
The sector partners also reached 2,999 individuals with safe livelihood, skills acquisition, and empowerment interventions.
Adamawa
The sector partners conducted focused group discussions and key informant interviews with 1,557 people across the State to understand protection risks and the human rights situations of the affected people.
The sector partners provided specialized protection services including psychosocial support, legal counselling, and IPA for 1,209 vulnerable people facing protection risks and human rights violations.
The sector partners contributed to empowerment, skills acquisition, and improved livelihood opportunities for 581 vulnerable people through tailored hand work, skill acquisition, and livelihood support interventions.
Yobe:
The sector partners reached 804 people across the State through information-sharing and awareness-raising activities on explosive ordnance risk education, Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), complaint and feedback mechanisms, child protection, prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA), human rights, hygiene promotion, and the importance of education, the importance of girl child education, flood prevention and mitigation, and hygiene promotion/preventive measures.
The sector conducted focused group discussions and key informant interviews with 328 people across the State to understand protection risks and the human rights situations of the affected people.
The sector partners provided specialized protection services including psychosocial support, legal counselling, and legal representation for 145 vulnerable people facing protection risks and human rights violations.
Gaps
Borno
Lack of sufficient livelihood activities and limited access to food support in Bama, Damboa, Gwoza, Mobbar (Damasak), and Ngala LGAs significantly increased the affected people's exposure to protection risks and minimise the reliance on negative coping mechanisms.
There is an urgent need for training and awareness campaigns on explosive ordnance for at-risk communities in Borno state.
Adamawa
There is a need for the provision of basic assistance such as food, shelter, NFIs, and livelihood to Cameroonian asylum seekers to mitigate harmful coping strategies.
The limited capacity of the sector partners to respond to the situation of asylum seekers and IDPs in Adamawa state impacted the delivery of protection services.
Yobe
There is an urgent need for training and awareness campaigns on explosive ordnance for at-risk communities in Yobe State.
There is a need for more protection partners in Gujba, Geidam, and Yunusari LGA as some partners are facing out of their projects due to funding constraints.