Roadmap for Women and Youth Development (RAWYOD)
The Roadmap for Women and Youth Development (RAWYOD) supports communities, partners, and government systems to respond effectively to humanitarian and development challenges affecting women, youth, and vulnerable populations. We generate evidence, strengthen systems, and mobilize resources to ensure that no one is left behind—especially in fragile and crisis-affected contexts across Nigeria.
RAWYOD plays a strategic role in delivering integrated, people-centred interventions across multiple sectors including Health, Nutrition, Protection, Education, Livelihoods, WASH, Food Security, and Climate Change. We advocate, coordinate, protect, inform, and deliver impact through:
RAWYOD is working to address the communities' challenges through implementation of different interventions that solely focuses to;
A better world where everyone, especially women and children, have equal opportunities and rights, access to education, health, and dignified work.
We work for players of change including women and children in every community for a safe and more inclusive world.
Improved access to basic life amenities through the implementation of structured community initiatives in collaborations with government and donor agencies in Nigeria and beyond.
The Roadmap for Women and Youth Development (RAWYOD) is a youth-led, independent humanitarian and development non-profit organization established in 2021, dedicated to protecting and advancing the rights of women, youth, and children. Founded to mobilize, organize, and unite communities around a shared development agenda, RAWYOD delivers integrated interventions across key sectors including Protection, Environment, Education, Health, and Peacebuilding.
The organization creates inclusive platforms where all individuals—especially women and marginalized groups have a voice, enabling them to actively participate in improving livelihoods and fostering safe, peaceful, and resilient communities. Over the years, RAWYOD has evolved into a trusted and impactful organization with strong governance systems, technical expertise, and operational capacity.
Its geographic footprint has expanded across Yobe, Borno, Kebbi, Jigawa, Taraba, Gombe, Bauchi, Adamawa, Zamfara and Sokoto States, where it implements integrated programmes that address both immediate humanitarian needs and long-term development challenges. Institutional systems have been strengthened through the establishment of robust frameworks, including Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL), safeguarding and PSEA mechanisms, Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP), and risk management structures aligned with global standards and donor requirements.
RAWYOD has also built strategic partnerships with leading national and international actors, including UNICEF, the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund (NHF), ViiV Healthcare, FIFA Foundation, the Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH), the Global Fund, and the Meningitis Research Foundation (MRF), enhancing programme quality, scale, and impact.
Today, RAWYOD operates as a multi-sector, multi-donor organization delivering integrated, community-driven interventions that combine humanitarian response with resilience building, peacebuilding, and sustainable development. At its core is a firm belief in the potential of every woman, youth, and child—potential that is often constrained by poverty, violence, exclusion, and systemic discrimination. RAWYOD exists to break these barriers by empowering communities, amplifying voices, and creating opportunities for inclusive and equitable development in Nigeria and beyond.
Executive Leadership RAWYOD's Executive Leadership provides strategic direction and oversees the effective implementation of programmes. The team ensures that the organization operates in line with its vision, mission, and core values while maintaining strong accountability, performance, and impact across all interventions.
The Executive Board provides governance, oversight, and strategic guidance to the organization. It ensures compliance with legal and donor requirements, approves policies and budgets, and safeguards the organization's integrity, sustainability, and long-term vision.
At RAWYOD, our staff are committed and purpose-driven, working with passion to advance the rights of women, youth, and children—because for us, it is more than a job; it is a mission.