Social Mobilisation Approach
KABHUDA has well developed social mobilization mechanisms in implementing their community development program activities. Social mobilization is only way out to create awareness among community people especially poor women, help them to organize, empower them for decision making so that they can identify and prioritize their needs . It is also expected to build up capacity for preparation, implementation, operation and management of community based water and sanitation facilities to enhance their livelihoods.
Pro-Poor Targeting and Social Inclusion
The pro-poor and most deprived communities’ especially rural communities, Men and youth of Northern Nigeria and vulnerable communities will be mobilized for their sensitization, capacity enhancement and empowerment while KABHUDA is implementing human development activities.
Community Institution Building
Community organizations are the main entry point for carrying development activities in rural areas which helps to ensure long term sustainability of program. Therefore, KABHUDA is engaged in strengthening the existing community organizations and form community organizations where not existing. Community organizations are mainly responsible for planning, designing and managing community development activities with technical and facilitative support of KABHUDA.
Need Based and Demand Driven Approach
All the program activities of KABHUDA are formulated based on need and demand set by communities for development activities. In this connection, KABHUDA directly interacts with the community people to encourage them to take initiatives to improve their livelihoods. The community organizations are encouraged to identify their human development needs, prioritize them and implement based on their capacity and local resources available.
Cost Sharing and Partnership
Cost sharing and Partnership programming with community organizations, local partner organizations, private companies, Government / Line agencies and I/NGOs is fundamental approach of KABHUDA in carrying the program development activities which ensures sustainability and ownership building of development programs among all stakeholders. KABHUDA believes that cost sharing and partnership approach makes development activities more cost effective, accountable and qualitative, and creates synergy among development efforts.
Coordination, Networking and Linkages
KABUDA is carrying out all its program activities in a coordinated and joint programming way with all concerned stakeholders so that participation of all could be ensured and produce synergetic results. KABHUDA is an executive member of district level coordination and networking committee comprising of development stakeholders such as AONN,ACOMIN, Network for Elimination of TB in Nigeria, Global Rural water supply network, Civil society on Nutrition, Borno state Fadama Office, Yobe state Fadama Office, YOSACA, Yobe state FADAMA III, National Planning Commission and other I/NGOs working in North east and Nigeria in General in order to develop direct communication, information sharing and create functional relation to institutionally promote community development activities.
Advocacy and Lobbying
With the implementation of many community development activities in rural areas especially targeted to minimize basic development challenges, .KABHUDA has gained lots of experience, success case studies, lesson learned in tackling challenges of rural communities. KABHUDA is now engaged in sharing information among and building capacity of community organizations.
Capacity Building and HR Development
Capacity building and human resource development of targeted communities is most crucial and fundamental aspect of achieving sustainability of any development projects. KABHUDA is therefore assisting community organizations and all concerned stakeholders in building their capacity to make development activities more users’ friendly, cost effective and operate in sustainable manner. This approach also helps local communities to utilize their local resources wisely.
Transparent Processes
Transparency in decision making process and financial management is best way of establishing organizational credibility in the society. It is therefore KABHUDA regularly organizes public auditing and shares information of program activities, progresses and achievements to make all stakeholders accountable to organization and minimize conflicts. This also creates ownership among all development partners. KABHUDA has as at now 2013, 2014,2015, 2016 and 2017 Audited accounts audited by a reputable external Auditor. In addition to this, the NGO has 2013, 2014,2015,2016 and 2017 and 2018 Tax clearance certificates issued by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Abuja with TIN Number: 18238159-0001.Furthermore KABHUDA is a duly registered contractor with the Government of United states of America (USA) with registration number: Duns Number:561212626. Likewise KABHUDA is fully registered with Corporate Affairs Commission of Nigeria with registration reference: CAC/IT/No 24978 and National Planning Commission with number: NPC/NGO-IC/S.32
KABHUDA governing board regularly meets quarterly to provide oversight and quality control checks over the activities of the executive management.
