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Beneficiary of COMPASS project

Life skills training session, Window of Hope project

Window of Hope beneficiary with caregiver

Peer education training session, COMPASS project

A community meeting for the +OVC Education Campaign project, Tyulen, Benue state 

The Youth Advocates Group at annual urban retreat in Washington, DC

Youth Peer Educators conducting community rally to encourage young people to use reproductive health services. Gwagwa, (Abuja) Federal Capital Territory

Community Child Facilitator conducted Life Skills Sessions with Orphans and Vulnerable Children. Agasha Community, Benue State

Cross River State PDF Print E-mail
Written by eva   
Tuesday, 23 February 2010 12:55

Cross River state is a coastal state located in the South-South geo-political zone of Nigeria. It is bordered on the North by Benue, on the West by Enugu and Abia states, to the south by Akwa Ibom and the Atlantic Ocean and on the East by the Cameroonian border.  Cross River state was created in 1967 and the present day Akwa Ibom was excised from the state in 1987. Cross River state is ethnically diverse, including Efiks, Bekwaras, Ejagham and Igbo inhabitants.

Cross River state is made up of 18 local government areas with Calabar as its capital. Agriculture and tourism are the major industries in the state. Cocoa, rubber, yam, oil palms are among the crops grown in the region.

Cross River is one of the hot spots in terms of the HIV epidemic. According to the 2008 Sentinel Survey, the prevalence rate had risen to 9.7% from 6.1% and it now has the 5th highest prevalence rate in the country.

Our Projects in Cross River:

AIM Project
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