Recently updated on October 20th, 2025 at 01:23 pm
Olive Centre for Peace and Relief Aid Initiatives (Peace Cord Nigeria) started its operations in 2018 and got registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) of Nigeria with RC No. 6871738 as a non-governmental organization with the Federal Republic of Nigeria under the Companies and Allied Matters Decree No 1 1990 (Part C Incorporated Trustees) in 2023.
Peace Cord Nigeria is a not-for-profit, non-partisan organization in Nigeria saddled with the mandate of promoting peace, development and humanitarian aid relief to displaced communities where the need is greatest.
MANDATE AND GOVERNANCE
Peace Cord Nigeria has a Constitution, Conditions of Service, Policies, Country Strategy and Operational plan that empowers informed decision-making for smooth running of the center in the implementation of its programs in Nigeria and beyond.
Identity Statement: Peace Cord Nigeria corporate identity and strategic direction is focused on a learning-team sharing their common faith, beliefs and skills-set to deliver high quality programs in fragile contexts where the need is greatest.
Vision: A transformed global community where Peace, Social Justice and Freedom are sustainable.
Mission: To protect and promote holistic development through stakeholders’ advocacy engagements for the purpose and pursuit of Peace, Social Justice, and Freedom for all.
VALUES
- Respect: We treat all people with dignity and respect.
- Stewardship: We honor our heritage by being socially, financially, and environmentally responsible.
- Ethics: We strive to meet the highest ethical standards.
- Learning: We challenge each other to strive for excellence and to continually learn.
- Partnership: We are ready to work with stakeholders having mutual understanding of pooling resources together for the benefit of all in a transparency, accountability and trustworthy way.
- Quality of Life: We work to improve the quality of life of individuals and communities using appropriate interventions so that people are enabled to live fulfilled lives.
THEMATIC PROGRAMMES AND FOCUS AREAS
Peace Cord Nigeria implements programs in the thematic focus areas of Conflict Transformation and Peace Building, Relief Aid and Disaster Response, Food Security and Livelihood, Climate Change, Economic and Environmental Sustainability, Advocacy and Good Governance, Education, Gender and Development, Institutional Development and Partnerships. Peace Cord Nigeria has a Constitution, Conditions of Service, Policies, 5-years country strategy (2024-2028) and operational plan that serve as guide for smooth running of the center.
STRATEGY, METHODOLOGY AND SENSITIVITIES
Peace Cord Nigeria is saddled with the responsibility of tackling the causes and consequences of conflicts and poverty through integrated programming approaches to promote peace, development and economic prosperity. Our methodology involves a multi-pronged approach combining on-the-ground fact-finding, remote monitoring technologies, open-source intelligence gathering, systematic collection of testimonies, baseline studies, photographic evidence, research, trainings, courses, workshops, seminars, consultancy, coaching, mentoring and culminating in a comprehensive report that informs project design and policy recommendations.
Peace Cord Nigeria understands the inherent complexities and sensitivities associated with operating in high-risk sectors, including the need for robust security protocols, conflict sensitivity and ethical considerations in data collection, and the imperative to ensure the safety and confidentiality of all involved parties, particularly victims and witnesses.
PRESENCE AND TARGET BENEFICIARIES
Peace Cord Nigeria primarily reaches out to vulnerable women, youths and children in fragile locations in the North East Region (Gombe, Bauchi, Adamawa, Borno and Taraba), North West Region (Jigawa, Zamfara, Katsina, Kaduna and Kebbi) South East Region (Enugu) and Middle belt (Plateau, Benue, Niger, Nassarawa, Kogi and Abuja) Nigeria, where communities have been ravaged by conflicts, disasters, terrorism, political apathy, religious intolerance, sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), social injustice, cultural imperialism and unfavorable legal frame works and structural violence against women, youths and children.
PARTNERSHIP AND NETWORKING
Peace Cord Nigeria is structured to partner and network with Profit and Non-profit national and international NGOs, Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), Religious organizations, Traditional Councils, Institutions, Business development firms, religious organizations, individuals etc. with similar passion to achieve the center’s vision and mission. It does its work through funds mobilization from project proposal writing, consultancies, workshop/trainings to address poverty, conflicts, meet humanitarian needs and dysfunctional organizational systems.
Peace Cord Nigeria has accessed funding support for short- and long-term projects from Beyond Conflict (BC) USA, Bellwether International, FORB Women’s Alliance, Seek Peace, FALEAD School of Peace Studies (FSPS), and Research Centre for Peace and Development (RCPD).
MEMBERSHIP
Peace Cord Nigeria is a registered member of Enhancing Philanthropic Impact – Epic Africa (EA), Centre for Management Development (CMD) of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Presidency), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT), Civil Society Action Coalition on Education for All (CSACEFA), Plateau Peace Practitioners Network (PPPN), UKFF Gender and FORB Learning Event Forum, Society on Monitoring, Evaluation and Accountability Network (SMEAN), and Nigeria Environmental Society (NES).
HEADQUARTERS CONTACT DETAILS
- Head Office Address: 14th Avenue Street Federal Lowcost Lalong Gate, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
- Tel: +2347064299522 / +2348089617177
- Email Address: peacecordinternational@gmail.com
- www.linkedin.com/in/peace-cord-nigeria-b2a8a7388
- https://www.positivenaija.com/olive-centre-for-peace-and-relief-aid-initiatives-peace-cord
- https://csoplatform.africa/search/cso/olive-center-for-peace-and-relief-aid-initiatives
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