NEF Targets 10,000 Displaced People for Food Intervention,conducts medical in Northeast Nigeria

The Nigeria Evangelical Fellowship (NEF), in partnership with the Association of Evangelicals in Africa (AEA),has during the weekend launched a large-scale food and medical intervention targeting approximately 10,000 displaced people across Nigeria’s conflict-affected Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe (BAY) States.

The program kicked off at the EYN Church Headquarters in Maiduguri, where over 100 adolescent girls and women received essential hygiene kits. Concurrently, displaced families from the CAN Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) center were provided with 75kg bags of grains, cooking condiments, and detergents.

Beyond food aid,the initiative included a vital medical outreach. Beneficiaries with ailments received prescribed drugs, and many underwent medical examinations to check vital signs, addressing immediate health needs within the vulnerable communities.

Addressing beneficiaries, the Project Coordinator and Executive Secretary of NEF-AEA, Rev. James Akinyele, urged them to maintain faith and continue praying for peace in Nigeria. 

He described the region's security challenges as "existential" but expressed hope for divine intervention to restore stability.

Rev. Akinyele outlined the program's scale, noting it aims to reach 300 households in Borno, 350 in Adamawa, and 300 in Yobe, cumulatively supporting about 10,000 direct beneficiaries.

“The intervention is designed to provide relief to those affected by the crisis in the region,” he stated, while calling on “well-spirited individuals and government to invest in the welfare and security of the people.”

The event was witnessed by representatives of the project’s funders, including Rev. Jim Olang and his colleague Melisa from Nairobi, who affirmed their support for the life-saving initiative.

Beneficiaries expressed profound gratitude to NEF for the timely aid. The distribution exercise is ongoing, with plans to continue across the three states in the coming days.