TEKAN PEACE DESK
"...Blessed are the peacemakers... "
- Matthew. 5:9

TEKAN Peace Desk is a non governmental organisation that aims at helping to reach out to those who have no voice in the society
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Promoting Peaceful Coexistence in Central Nigeria.
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Peacebuilding and Conflict Management in North-Nigeria
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FAITH FOR PEACE(F4P)
Empowering local actors to promote peace building , human rights, democracy and religious tolerance in Nigeria
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Strengthening peaceful coexistence and
healing broken hearts

“For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died” (2Cor 5:14)

OUR VISION

TEKAN Peace Desk is committed to the pursuit of justice, peace and religious tolerance and improved livelihood

OUR MISSION

“We exist to promote justice, peace, religious tolerance and improved livelihood in collaboration with churches and communities through capacity development and humanitarian response”.

OUR CORE VALUES

  • Justice and Peace - Being Christ-like.
  • Commitment, Hard Work and Team Spirit - Being passionate for service delivery
  • Capacity Development- Training and retaining of staff and communities.
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about us

TEKAN Peace Desk is a faith-based, non- profit, non-governmental organization working in the area of peace building, conflict transformation and psychosocial support with focus on Northern Nigeria in particular and Nigeria at large with a vision of stakeholders becoming advocates of peace which enhances sustainable growth and development of communities and the nation.

TEKAN Peace Desk is the project arm of TEKAN also known as Fellowship of Churches of Christ in Nigeria in English. TEKAN is a federation of Christian denominations in Nigeria founded in 1955

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Building Bridges

Building bridges is TEKAN Peace Desks number one flagship radio advocacy program. It is anchored on Upright Morality, Religious Tolerance, Peace, Justice and a vibrant economy

  • Messages of Peace
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Society Building

Village Square Podcast

Village Square Podcasts is designed to create awareness to people in parts of the society on peace and unity. It encourages and fosters inter communal ties

  • Inter-communal Relationship
  • Business Support
  • Peace Meeetings

PODCASTS/RADIO PROGRAMMS

Building Bridges

Building Bridges is TEKAN Peace Desk's number one flagship radio advocacy program. It is anchored on Upright Morality, Religious Tolerance, Peace, Justice and a vibrant economy

  • Messages of Peace
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Society Building
  • Peace Advocacy

Village Square Podcast

Local issues with global perspectives

  • Inter-communal Relationship
  • Business Support
  • Peace Meeetings
  • Socio-Cultural Development

PROJECTS/THEMATIC AREAS

Peace Building & Conflict Transformation

For more than a decade, insurgency, ethno-religious, intra/inter church and political differences has ravaged many communities in northern Nigeria. Records show that over 3.2 million people are displaced including 2.9 million in the Northeast alone, making it the third highest number of IDPs in Africa..........

Trauma Healing and Psychosocial Support

Increased armed violence, intercommunal and ethnos religious crisis, banditry, and kidnapping in Northern Nigeria have adversely affected the region with increased displacement of people fleeing their homes for safety. The American project report of 2021 noted that about 200,000 people have fled their communities in Northern Nigeria with 77,000 of them leaving the country for a safer place.....

Humanitarian Response;

Increased insecurity in Northern Nigeria has exacerbated the humanitarian situation of the region. The number of internally displaced persons within TEKAN intervention area (North East 1, 560,537 IDPs, North Central, South East, and North West) as a result of insurgency, banditry, kidnapping, ethno-religious conflicts and natural disasters has ascended overtime. This has resulted to deaths, loss of livelihoods also resulting in increased poverty levels......

Governance & Advocacy;

TEKAN has a fellowship of 15 member churches with over 25 million members across Northern Nigeria and beyond. TEKAN Peace Desk is saddled with the responsibility of equipping congregants and community members with relevant advocacy tools and strategies to advocate and demand for governance. This is with a view to strengthening delivery of good governance to rural communities and less developed areas to improve their standard of living. The Desk carries out several capacity building training sessions for selected church and community across Northern Nigeria...

Food Security & Livelihoods

Food insecurity and high level of unemployment in TEKAN intervention areas (North East 1,560,537 IDPs, North Central, South East, North West) due to insecurity, natural disasters, climate change, harsh economic environment, skills deficit, high inflation resulting to increased rate of crime, hunger, youth restiveness, increase level of poverty and drug abuse. TEKAN Peace Desk works to empower vulnerable households to achieve food security and reduce unemployment across project communities.

Media Engagement/Advocacy:

We currently run two radio programmes aimed towards…

SPONSORS

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Food Security & Livelihoods

November 24, 2023 No Comments

Food insecurity and high level of unemployment in TEKAN intervention areas (North East 1,560,537IDPs, North Central, South East, North West) due to insecurity, natural disasters, climate change, harsheconomic environment, skills deficit, high inflation resulting to increased rate of crime, hunger, youthrestiveness, increase level of poverty and drug abuse. TEKAN Peace Desk works to empower vulnerablehouseholds to achieve food security and reduce unemployment across project communities.

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Awake

March 6, 2023 No Comments

This is a yearly event that takes place in each parts of the state

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