Improving access to Justice and specialized services for vulnerable Survivors of Gender Based Violence through integrated GBV/SRHR response in crisis affected communities of Michika LGA of Adamawa CDHI will implement 9-month emergency GBV response that improves access to justice and specialized GBV services to affected population in crisis affected communities of Michika LGAs targeting IDPs, Returnees and Vulnerable women, men, boys, and girls living in the host communities. The project will leverage on CDHI’s long standing presence in community-based driven initiatives in GBV, WASH, and Nutrition to deliver quality GBV response that meet the needs of vulnerable people living in the host communities. The proposed project is a GBV response that aims to meet existing gaps of IDPs and returnees in the Host community in Michika. The proposed project is expected to reach 6,944 direct beneficiaries among which 3,838 women, 1,136 men, 1,360 girls, and 610 boys. The GBV project will focus on actions that will increase access to prevention and response services for GBV survivors and individuals at risk of GBV, GBV survivors will receive survivor centered case management services including referrals for special services, including access to justice through formal pr informal channels. Through this project formal and informal institutions will be strengthened to facilitate uptake of access and utilization of the justice systems. For instance, community and religious leaders, as well as bodies with existing responsibilities of providing alternative dispute resolution, including meditations and negotiation within the communities will have their capacity and systems strengthened to ensure that women, girls, men and boys have access to these services. Similarly, CDHI will facilitate the training of formal institutions including the Nigerian Bar Association – NBA, International Federation of Female Lawyers – FIDA, State security architecture, Human Right commission to support facilitation and access to justice for beneficiaries wishing to access justice through the formal system. Additionally, activities to improve resilience and coping mechanisms of women, girls, men, and boys affected by GBV and fostering social cohesion will target people through community-based psychosocial support, provided in identified existing safe spaces that will be supported by the project. CDHI through this project targets to provide case management services to 150 identified GBV survivors. 
Similarly, 320 women, men, boys, and girls will benefit from life skills and positive parenting sessions using the adolescent life skill curriculum and positive parenting manual. CDHI will increase local capacity by strengthening community-based mechanisms, through training of community leaders, religious leaders, health workers, security personnel’s on GBV core concept and referral pathway. The project will also increase awareness on the impact of GBV and sexual reproductive health right - SRHR through outreach to 5,000 individuals and will work with communities to identify GBV risks in the targeted communities and develop action plans to mitigate these risks. 
Trained facilitators will deliver tailored age, gender, and culture sensitive, appropriate GBV/SRH messages using the provided sensitization guide to members of the communities. Similarly, CDHI will provide and distribute 1000 dignity kits accessed from the GBV core pipeline to targeted vulnerable women and girls who meet the vulnerability criteria. Men and boys will also be engaged at the community level through peer discussions to raise awareness and reduce stigma towards women and girls during menstruation. All communication packages will be adopted from the existing key messages and IEC materials developed by the sector.