About Us - Conflict Report - Tracking and Reporting Conflict-Issues to Relevant Authorities

About Us

Ethnoreligious crisis has built a major divide between communities in Nigeria, and it has led to several loss of lives and properties. Fueled by poverty, high-level unemployment, religious fundamentalism amongst others, this menace has weakened the bond that could foster a significant impact in the world if we stand as one

BBYDI (Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative) in partnership with the UNDP (United Nations Development Program) is using the EWER (Early Warning Early Response) model to detect and de-escalate incidents that could lead to violent conflict.

Our mandate is to track and report conflict-related incidents to the relevant authorities, develop a data-centric conflict profiling, proffer response mechanisms, and disseminate fact checked information. These serve as an underlying highlight to foster inter-communal peacebuilding, constructive advocacy, conflict resolution and early warning and early response system

What We Have Done Well.

In order to extinguish the incessant conflict and violent activities that has become more pronounced in several communities in Nigeria, Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative (BBYDI) have:

Garnered high-level insights, valuable experience and establish authority with peace experts, and peace vanguards in operational areas;

Executed capacity building programmes to youth and youth leaders, traditional and religious leaders, local security officials and other conflict prevention and resolution stakeholders;

Organized community engagements and seek local buy-ins in executing inter-community development service aimed at promoting peacebuilding.

Inaugurated peace vanguards to support the EWER system;

Initiated high-level interactive and dialogue sessions with community leaders and other inhabitants

BBYDI has been credited for using the power of storytelling and social media to share youth opinions on conflict-related issues in their communities. This is serving as a guideline towards implementing and developing frameworks that will reduce violent conflicts.