INTRODUCTION
Uromi Justice Development Peace and Caritas Initiatives (Uromi JDPCI) through her wide-ranging streams of interventions geared toward contributing to a just and developed society where people coexist in peace conducted several activities in accordance with her mission, which is to promote integral human development through motivation and participatory actions with relevant stakeholders towards policy reforms, empowerment of the people and enhancement of human dignity for meaningful living. These activities were spread across varied projects and interventions being implemented by Uromi JDPCI. In the Human Rights Education and Paralegal scheme project, the following activities were conducted: quarterly learning sessions with school-based adolescent human rights clubs in 25 Secondary Schools across the 5 LGAs, quarterly meeting with Paralegals and Human Rights Advocates in 30 communities across the 5 LGAs in Edo Central Senatorial District, community dialogues with stakeholders in 4 communities, and the commemoration of World Human Right Day. In the migration and Countering Trafficking in Person (CTIP) desk, Uromi JDPCI implemented some activities across two projects, which were; the Don’t Pay with Your Life (DPWYL) and the Galvanize Action for Effective Trafficking in Persons Response at the LGA Level in Edo State (GATIP). In the DPWYL project, the following activities were conducted: entry advocacy visits to the LGAs, Focus Group discussions with social protection officers, group discussions with caregivers, group discussions with young female returnees, and monitoring visits to adolescents enrolled in vocational skills acquisition. While the GATIP project implemented the following activities: training on understanding and embedding human trafficking and unsafe migration response in Nigeria, training on budget analysis and monitoring processes, cluster coaching, and learning session. Uromi JDPCI through her Integrated Child Health and Social Service Award facilitated HIV testing and Screening, Operation Triple Zero (OTZ) Club Meetings for Adolescents Living With HIV/AIDS at Uromi Central Hospital and Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Caregivers forum, 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, gender norms training in 10 secondary schools and review meetings with community case managers and Facility managers. Uromi JDPCI also sustained her micro-credit empowerment Scheme by providing soft loans to Small and Medium Scale enterprises and active farmers within the 5 Local Government Areas of Edo Central Senatorial District to enhance their businesses. Uromi JDPCI also paid an annual Christmas visit to the inmates in Ubiaja Correctional Center to celebrate the Christmas season with them.