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Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action

Abuja, Nigeria
Joined October 2019

Our vision is the emergence of a humane and secure society that corrects and empowers to prevent crime, violence and torture

Presence in: Nigeria
Focus: Other

PRAWA currently has about 77 staff made up of 16 full-time staff and 61 part-time, volunteer/associate staff).  The organization has a 12 member Governing Board. The strength of the organization rests on its multi-disciplinary team a wealth of background in research, policy and practice in the field as well as its ability to engage both formal and the informal sector, state/institutional and at individual level and its ability to introduce and implement innovative and high impact schemes.

The organization has developed over a decade and half a track record of implementation of research, innovative/demonstration projects, training / capacity building, documentation, advocacy and provision of support services to vulnerable groups and those in conflicts with the law including Women, Youths-at-risks, torture victims, prisoners, ex-prisoners and their families utilizing both community-based and institutional/non-community-based platforms.