The development Research and Projects Center (dRPC) is a mission driven Nigerian non-profit organization formed 1993 by 10 academics and development practitioners from Nigerian Universities. The Center’s mission is to tackle development and humitarian challenges, as they emerge, by equipping local civil society groups (CSGs) with the resources, skills and competences, enabling them to be pivotal actors in the design and application of high impact local solutions.

Dissemination of dRPC Girls Education and Empowerment Reports in collaboration with the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Education, at the African Union (AU) 1st Pan African Conference on Women and Girls Education - 2nd -5th July 2024

dRPC makes presentation at US Embassy at Women's History Week, 2024

Barrister Festus Kayamo and Comrade Isa Aremu, addressing Women leaders at dRPC's women's economic empowerment Women's Cooperatives training Workshop

dRPC supports 40 young girls to run home based ECCD Centres in Kano and Jigawa States

Bill Gates meets with heads of leading Nigerian CSOs

US Embassy Public Affairs Section (PAS) visits the dRPC's Kano Office to monitor the US Government funded and dRPC' implemented TDT Teachers Development Training program

With Ford Foundation support the dRPC Convenes pre-conference panel on Safe Schools and Girls' Education in West Africa at African Union, African Girls Summit


BASIC CPAN, IDS Sussex Research Team conducting Social Assistance and Chronic Poverty Research at IDP camp in Abuja

dRPC trains 30 Hisbah Commanders from 6 Northwestern states on their role protecting women and girls from Gender Based Violence in line with 16 days of activism to end GBV

dRPC trains and supports Zamfara CSO coalition to conduct advocacy on school safety

dRPC Nigeria strengthens regional partnership with Trust Africa in Dakar, Senegal

Skills4Girls4Life Entrepreneurship and Livelihood Curriculum Development, dRPC

dRPC supports NIPSS to convene high level dialogue on health sector service delivery within the PHC system

HRH Gidado Farfaru, the Magaji of Zandam addressing the AU Monitoring Team and a cross section of Religious and Traditional Leaders during the AU Interactive Session with CSOs, Traditional and Religious Leaders in Abuja, Nigeria

dRPC supports the Federal Ministry of Finance Budget and National Planning to launch the National M&E Policy which has implications for WEE programming

dRPC-PAWED disseminates Policy Briefs on WEE in the export sector with Nigeria Ministry of Agriculture and the Delegation of German Chamber of Commerce in attendance


End of Project Dissemination of dRPC evaluation of the RTI, USAID/Nigeria Leadership, Empowerment, Advocacy, and Development (LEAD)

Ford Foundation funded dRPC Consultative Meeting of Muslim Opinion Leaders on Sexual Violence and Children Born out of War in the Northeast

dRPC/Oxford University implemented Responsibility to Report project, Government the Netherlands (regering van nederland) funded
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The development Research and Projects Centre (dRPC) is registered intermediary non-profit organization established with a mission of strengthening the capacity (organizational and technical capacity) of civil society organizations to design and implement transformative and sustainable development interventions which engage government and address felt needs of the vulnerable and excluded such as women and girls.
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