2025 Summer Camp for Adolescent Girls

Education

Kwara State

Skills Building Training

Empowerment

Ilorin

Focus Group Discussion on Women Peace and Security

Gender Based Violence

Kwara State

Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment

Education

Kwara State

Training of Trainers organized by Tech4market Women

Empowerment

Kwara State

International Day of Peace 2025

Education

Kwara State

Skills Building Training

Empowerment

Kwara State

Market Sensitization on HPV Vaccination

Health

Kwara State

Climate Change Education

Environment

Kwara State

Training on how to use IEC materials

Education

Kwara State

International Day of the Girl Child 2024

Education

Kwara State

Bonfire

Education

Kwara State

International Day of Peace

Education

Police Academy, ASA LGA

International Day of Peace 2025

Education

Government Day Secondary School, Ilorin West LGA

OUR Themethic Area

Health

We promote and advocate for the sexual and reproductive health rights of women, girls and youths, we conduct medical outreaches for different communities and groups. We offer malaria, TB, cancer and HIV/AIDS related services.

Education

We advocate for girl child education, we work to improve equal, access to affordable and quality education for girls and youths. We provide non-formal education for married girls and other adults.

GENDER BASED VIOLENCE AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE

We engage in sensitisation on Gender Based Violence, which includes its forms, prevention strategies, response to GBV cases and referral. We have a well-equipped psycho-social unit that has competent staff who offer counselling and therapy session.

Who We Are

OCDI is a non-governmental, non-religious and non-political organization that provides social services such as counseling, psychosocial support, empowerment, legal aid, welfare support and skill acquisition to women, girls and youths in Nigeria.

We envision a society where women, girls, youths, and other vulnerable groups enjoy gender equity,are empowered to cope with all life challenges, and live with dignity.

We promote the rights and empowerment of women, girls, youths, and vulnerable groups through partnership, gender equity, and capacity building to enable social justice and help them live in a world free from poverty and diseases.

The organization was started by the CEO and her friends when she was asked to take up leadership responsibilities in Kwara State Polytechnic as the director of socials and the only female amongst all the executives. She realized the hassles young girls just getting into school face from older boys. She realized the girls lacks skills to resist sexual pressure, they are non-assertive and lack refusal skills. Female students also felt she must be someone so special and possess extra powers to be the only female in a male dominated environment. Sensitization and awareness program for girls in the school was carried out to address the issue.

Recent Projects

International Day of the Girl Child 2025

On October 13, 2025, Olive Community Development Initiative visited Offa Grammar School in Offa LGA to commemorate the International Day of the Girl Child with a strong reminder — girls are not just recipients of development ...

OCDI Holds Internal Capacity Building Workshop to Strengthen Organizational Systems

To strengthen internal systems and improve team efficiency, Olive Community Development Initiative (OCDI) organized a two-day internal capacity building workshop for staff on the 4th and 5th of February 2025.

The first day ...

OCDI Marks International Day of Peace with Students in Ilorin West LGA

On September 24th, Olive Community Development Initiative (OCDI) visited Government Day Senior Secondary School, Ilorin West Local Government Area, to commemorate the International Day of Peace through an interactive dialogue session with female ...