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OUR STORY
Twinning for Health Support Initiative, Nigeria (THSI-N) was established by the American International Health Alliance (AIHA) as its local Nigerian partner organization in February 2014. AIHA operated a representative office in Enugu State since 2009 and transitioned same and its Nigerian programmatic activities to be managed by their new local entity, THSI-N
WHAT WE DO...
CAPACITY BUILDING
Since 2009, AIHA/THSI has been building the capacity of Local Government social welfare officers, community volunteers, NGO’s and OVC care givers to better access community and system support for vulnerable children and their families through the creation of a para-social worker (PSW – now known as Auxiliary Social Work (ASW)) pre-service training programSOCIAL WELFARE WORKFORCE STRENGTHENING
THSI-N in close collaboration with governments and educational institutions around the country to build sustainable human resource and institutional capacity to effectively address community health and social support needs.
INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING AND SUPPORT
Lack of appropriate and adequate equipment and facilities had always been a great challenge for institutions offering social work studies. This is because of the ever evolving nature of social work practice and the need to meet up with current trends in the field. THSI is bridging this gap by strengthening training institutions of social work and making available current updates in areas of social services.
ADVOCACY AND POLICYMAKING
THSI has been in the front burner in promoting social work practice in Nigeria. Working with local member associations —the Nigeria Association of Social Workers (NASOW), Nigeria Association of Social Worker Educators (NASWE) and some donor agencies (UNICEF, USAID CDC etc), it led the bill to professionalize social work, encouraged universities and polytechnics round the country to adopt and run social work studies.
THSI-N in close collaboration with governments and educational institutions around the country.
We are here to build sustainable human resource and institutional capacity to effectively address community health and social support needs.
OUR GALLERY
