The Community Participation for Action in the Social Sector Project (COMPASS) is one of the largest integrated health and education projects in Africa.

Funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), COMPASS aims to reach approximately 23 million Nigerians in 51 Local Government Areas through community-led health and education initiatives in five states with polio-eradication activities in an additional six states.

COMPASS lays the foundation for sustainable improvements in reproductive health /family planning, child survival, and basic education.  

The project operates under the belief that achieving this long-term success is dependent upon giving Nigerians ownership of the programs and initiatives that directly affect their health and well-being. 

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USAID recognized for work on COMPASS Polio project May 2009

Community Coalitions Directory Online Now September 2008

COMPASS Update #8 Released September 2008

NGO Boosts Reproductive Health in Five States December 2007

COMPASS' Polio work featured in The Drum Beat August 2007

KPVTA members inspired by international experience Post 9th International Congress on Community Services. November, 2006

COMPASS-FMoH Partnership Works to Achieve Millennium Development Goal 5: Improving Maternal Health Care. September 2006

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.:Featured Success Story

Community Role Models Work Outside-the-Box to Make Life Better in Kurudu
Despite being just nine kilometers from Abuja, Nigeria's capital, the village of Kurudu lacked basic social services. Its only health facility was sorely dilapidated and lacked adequate personnel, drugs, windows and doors.

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.:Basic Education

Girls Rescued from Forced Marriage and Selling Goods on the Street
Young girls Halima and Zaharia seemed destined to have their educations cut short by being forced to marry or work.
 

.:Reproductive Health

Saving the Lives of Women and Children
Since COMPASS’ renovation of the Kurba Maternity Clinic, local women no longer have to give birth in their homes and now have access to medical attention in the case of emergencies and complications.

.:Community Mobilization

Community's Dream for Better
Healthcare Becomes a Reality
Residents of Gadabiyu work together to fund and build the community's first heath care facility.