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Guest Blog: by Filo Boko - John Dada's PA at Fantsuam Foundation

I asked Filo to share her impressions of her first months at Fantsuam. She captures perfectly the atmosphere that I remember from my visits. Enjoy! Sometime in February I walked into Fantsuam foundation bayan loco for the first time and was greeted with more than just a warm handshake and a father-friendly grin, then I thought oh I know this man, “No” that was me feeling I have known John Dada all along, such a warm-friendly encounter, with a type of simplicity one can look for with lantern in broad daylight. Not quite what I expected. I was taken round...

Kafanchan Violence: The legacy

Nearly four months after Kafanchan’s post-election violence, we were sad to learn from John Dada that staffing at Fantsuam is still suffering the effects. Chollom, the network administrator who was displaced during the troubles, has now understandably relocated to Jos. Likewise Yakubu, a recent arrival, has also returned to Jos at the insistence of his worried family. Before the troubles Kafanchan was widely perceived to be safer than Jos, so the UK team were disturbed to learn from John that this is no longer true. He said: “I think this is the often unseen and untold price that organisations and...

Rural Realities

I am sad to report that this week’s online meeting between th I e UK and Fantsuam Foundation brought some distressing news. We have long been aware of the type of local community responsibilities that John Dada shoulders, and yet again this became apparent during our latest session.

Kafanchan Peace Market Traders launched

The weekly online UK-Nigeria meetings have been established in their present format for more than three years. However, following Nigeria’s terrible post-election violence, John this week identified a new and unexpected benefit of our regular sessions - explaining that the Dadamac meetings are “evolving into a balm, a tonic, a forum where Fantsuam Foundation can unburden ... a psycho-social element of our weekly meeting”. The rural community has been badly shaken by the attacks and, although the news reporters appear to have moved on, the real story is still unfolding. For example, how people from both sides of the religious...

Getting back to Business

John joined this week’s online UK-Nigeria session from Abuja, where he was due to attend a number of meetings - the most significant of which from our point of view was with the French Embassy. At this, John was to discuss the promised support for Attachab . Meanwhile Kelechi and Chollom joined us from Fantsuam while the UK provided three participants, based in Leeds and London. We were pleased to hear there are reports of some semblance of normality returning to Kafanchan as people of all faiths were beginning to interact at the old and new market sites. John informed...

Post-Election Violence - Fantsuam Assessment

An Executive Summary by John Dada There was a sudden outbreak of politically motivated ethnic-religious violence in Kafanchan, on Tuesday 19th April, 2011. The magnitude of the violence was unprecendented and it caught most people unawares, with resulting loss of lives, property and means of livelihoods. Fantsuam Foundation's immediate concern has been to provide as much basic shelter, food clothes and security for over 200 people who escaped and took refuge in the Fantsuam compound. Three weeks later, the magnitude of the loss suffered by our microfinance clients and the entire Kafanchan community is becoming clearer. As a caring community-based...

Post- election violence in Kafanchan - the real people behind the headlines.

I received this email from John Dada - which tells the human stories of the post - election violence in Kafanchan and the need for on-going humanitarian support. " I am writing to thank you all for your phone calls and emails when you heard of the outbreak of post-election violence in Kafanchan. The violence was ferocious and widespread from the night of 19 th April. The Fantsuam Foundation compound was home for over 200 displaced persons, assisting them with basic shelter, food and clothing. Our Health Centre services were in high demand because the Kafanchan General Hospital was shut...

News of the rescued Children

This update, about some of the children that Fantsuam Foundation recently rescued in rural Nigeria, was kindly sent by Frances. "You may remember that in December 2009 the HD (HIV Department) 'rescued three children - two brothers and a sister . Both their parents had died (the mother from AIDS) and their uncle had left them in the care of his wife in the village while he remained at work in the city of Kaduna. Unfortunately financial pressures on the family meant that these children were not welcomed and they were blamed for any misfortune in the family and finally...

Fantsuam Foundation Annual Report 2010

FANTSUAM FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT - MARCH – DECEMBER 2010 Executive Summary – JOHN DADA (CEO) Through the commitment and dedication of staff, volunteers, partner organisations and donors, Fantsuam Foundation has this year continued its journey towards its vision of becoming the most effective model of rural development in West Africa. Our integrated approach is enabling us to continue improving on the level of impact and change we have on individual beneficiary's life, e.g. an OVC client benefiting from psycho-social support as well as being supported to develop a secure livelihood through BDS training and a loan to get started in...

Going for Gold! -Tackling Sickle Cell Disease

This information was received from John Dada today: "Fantsuam Foundation is a member of a consortium that has been working on a UNDP-sponsored project aimed at improving survival and quality of life for children with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) by instituting early infant diagnosis and establishing standardised care that is sustainable through capacity building of service provision in a comprehensive manner from laboratory diagnosis, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. Other members of the consortium on this project are: The London Focus Sickle Cell Africa (LFSCA) Michigan State University Fantsuam Foundation Zankli Medical Centre The consortium visited the Governor of Kaduna State,...

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