Institute for Human Development

Institute for Human Development is the capacity development unit of AHIP. It comprises leadership training, Livelihood skills/vocational training, and continuing learning unit.  

Leadership Training is organized and conducted for different categories of leaders: Moslem and Christian religious leaders; youth leaders, health professionals, students, traditional leaders, and married adolescents.

Training professionals and community-based health workers: Systematic training in community development and management skills is conducted for health professionals and those who supervise the operational level, health workers whose responsibility it is to mobilize communities to form committees and to support their functioning and most importantly, for the committee members.

The AHIP Livelihood Skill Training School expanded its activities to include entrepreneur skills, life skills, and critical thinking. Empowering young people with life planning and livelihood skills can help in preventing  HIV among young people.

The various trades are ICT, Photography, Video coverage,   tailoring, knitting, tie and dye, soap making, pomade making, typing bags and other crafts of interest, health management; home management; funds management and small business management. The center also engages in advocacy, production, and promotion of sales of the center’s products. The livelihood skill acquisition center produces bed sheets; quilts; veils, cardigans, baby shawls, shawls, and some mufflers for children, young people, and adults.

AHIP through its Institute for human development is recruiting a technical team of experts to work out a model for an NGO-government-private sector partnership and collaboration on livelihood options and job opportunities for youths in Jigawa and Kano states.

Traditional Leaders and Reproductive Health: The training of traditional leaders and their wives was one of the evolving strategies, which AHIP as a partner organization adopted.