Listen first
Start with the realities, knowledge and priorities already present in a community.
About FCER
Care that starts with what a community needs now.
FCER was founded from a nutritionist's conviction that health guidance matters most when it is practical, respectful and close to the people it is meant to serve.
Our beginning
From professional knowledge to local action.
Rabiatu Yusuf Jibrin established FIRYA Community Enhancement and Rehabilitation Initiative to respond to health and hardship beyond the walls of a clinic. The organisation’s public work dates from 2020 and has included communities in Kano and Bauchi.
Nutrition remains an important lens, but FCER’s work recognises that wellbeing is also shaped by information, household resources, urgent medical needs and the strength of community relationships.
What guides us
Three habits behind responsible community work.
Make it useful
Turn health information and available support into steps people can understand and use.
Protect dignity
Treat every person as a participant in the response, never as a story or statistic.
Where we are rooted
Kano-based, with experience across Northern Nigeria.
FCER’s current office is in Nassarawa GRA, Kano. Its publicly documented community work extends into Kano and Bauchi, shaped by the needs and partnerships around each activity.
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Community needs are best understood together.
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