Rebuild & Rise Humanitarian Initiative

Sustainable community development · Nigeria

We build what stays.

Rebuild & Rise partners with displaced and underserved Nigerian communities to build health, education, and livelihood systems that outlast our presence.

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  1. Prepared

    Volunteers seated on wooden benches packing seasoning cubes and supplies into small bags
    Volunteer packing lineAbuja · 2022 · founders’ prior relief work

  2. Gathered

    Women of an Abuja IDP camp community gathered beneath a tree, dressed in vivid patterned fabric
    Women gathered beneath a tree at an Abuja IDP campAbuja · 2022 · founders’ prior relief work

  3. Meals prepared

    Rows of packed meal containers tied with napkins and spoons, prepared by volunteers
    Meals prepared for distributionAbuja · 2022 · founders’ prior relief work

These photographs record the founders’ prior relief work in Abuja in 2022. They do not depict Pilot 001 or current Rebuild & Rise impact.

Who we serve

Displacement and poverty create more than one barrier at a time.

Our priority is people often left outside consistent systems of support — displaced families, out-of-school children, and vulnerable households in host communities.

01

IDP communities

Children, women, and families living with disrupted access to healthcare, safe learning spaces, and stable livelihood opportunities.

02

Almajiri & out-of-school children

Children and adolescents facing limited adult protection, low access to learning, and barriers to long-term wellbeing.

03

Host communities

Vulnerable households surrounding camps and settlements who also carry the burden of poverty and limited services.

Where we come from

We started with relief. We learned its limits.

In 2022, our founders organized relief in Abuja’s IDP camps — meals packed by volunteer teams, distributed family by family. The work mattered: people ate, and trust was built. But the food ran out in days, and we ran out with it. We decided the next thing we built would not.

What it taught us

01

“The supplies ran out in days.”

We train so skills and capacity dont run out.

02

“We left, and nothing of us stayed.”

We make sure to follow-up. We make sure local anchors are built into every pilot.

03

“We couldn’t say what actually changed.”

That's why we measure; we measure honestly, every time.

Our model

Three lessons became seven steps.

Every Rebuild pilot moves from listening to action, from action to follow-up, and from follow-up to local ownership.

Assess

We begin by listening to community needs, risks, priorities, and existing support structures.

Partner

We work with trusted local leaders, women leaders, faith and community structures, schools, and clinics.

Train

We provide practical training in health, education, life skills, and livelihood readiness.

Connect

We build referral pathways linking people to facilities, mentors, services, and partners.

Follow up

We return, check progress, and document barriers. No drop-and-go.

Measure

We track simple, practical outcomes so each pilot teaches us what works.

Sustain

We train local facilitators and strengthen systems that continue beyond our visits.

Our goal is not to replace communities. It is to strengthen the people, relationships, and systems that already exist — and help them work better together.

Steps marked in walnut were born directly from a 2022 lesson.

A meal feeds a day.A skill feeds a decade.

Program pillars

Integrated support for health, learning, livelihood, and local capacity.

01View brief 01

Health access & training

Preventive health education, hygiene, menstrual and maternal health, mental health literacy, and referral navigation.

02View brief 02

Education & learning support

Foundational literacy and numeracy, learning recovery, and re-entry pathways for out-of-school children.

03View brief 03

Skills & livelihoods

Trades exposure, agriculture skills, financial literacy, mentorship, and apprenticeship connections.

04View brief 04

Community capacity

Training local facilitators, strengthening referral pathways, and building systems that continue after we leave.

Where we are

Pilot 001 is in design.

Rebuild & Rise is registered in Nigeria and beginning with focused community pilots. Each pilot is designed around a specific community need, a clear local partnership, practical training, referral support, and simple outcome tracking.

Field status · 001In design

Pilot 001 framework

  1. 01Community listening
  2. 02Anchor recruitment
  3. 03Partner mapping
  4. 04Focused training
  5. 05Referral & follow-up
  6. 06Learning report

We will track

  • 01Participation
  • 02Learning
  • 03Follow-through

Pilot 001 — photographs coming from the field.

Founding team

Rebuild & Rise Humanitarian Initiative is registered in Nigeria.

Portrait of Aisha Adamu, co-founder and CEO of Rebuild & Rise

Aisha Adamu

Co-founder & CEO

Psychology and neuroscience student at the University of Toronto, researching the Almajiri education system as a Laidlaw Scholar. She leads community relationships, partnerships, and on-ground judgment, work she began at fifteen.

Portrait of Salim Salim, co-founder and CTO of Rebuild & Rise

Salim Salim

Co-founder & CTO

Human Development student at Howard University working across research, program strategy, and community-centered technology. He leads systems, operations, and everything technical, including this site.

Get involved

Help build the foundation for our first community pilots.

We’re looking for people and organizations who can help us build carefully: local anchors, community partners, advisors, and supporters committed to sustainable impact in Nigeria.

01

Become a partner

For schools, clinics, NGOs, community groups, and faith leaders who can support pilot delivery.

02

Serve as an on-ground anchor

For trusted, community-minded people in Nigeria who can coordinate, communicate, and follow up locally.

03

Advise the work

For professionals in health, education, safeguarding, development, law, finance, or research.

04

Support a pilot

For donors who want to fund practical, focused, measurable community work.

Wide view of families and volunteers standing beneath the tree canopy at the camp
Community and volunteers beneath the tree canopyAbuja · 2022 · founders’ prior relief work

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