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About Us

Who we are

Common Ground for Peace, Rights and Development (CGPRD) is a youth-led and community-rooted civil society organization established to respond to the complex, interconnected challenges facing conflict-affected and marginalized communities.

CGPRD builds on the legacy of the Humanitarian Network for Northern Nigeria (HNNN), founded in 2018, which emerged during a period of intense humanitarian crisis and violent conflict in Northern Nigeria. The organization’s early work focused on humanitarian response, survivor empowerment, livelihood recovery, and community stabilization. Through sustained engagement with communities, youth, survivors of violence, and local institutions, it became evident that humanitarian assistance alone could not address the deeper drivers of fragility.

CGPRD was therefore established as a strategic evolution — shifting from fragmented, sector-based interventions to a whole-of-system approach that recognizes the interdependence of peacebuilding, human rights, democratic governance, humanitarian action, and sustainable development.

The organization functions as a common ground:
a shared space where communities, institutions, and systems engage constructively;
where rights inform governance;
and where peace and development reinforce one another.

CGPRD bridges grassroots realities with policy and institutional processes, ensuring that solutions are locally grounded, rights-based, inclusive, and systemically sustainable.

Vision

A just, peaceful, and inclusive society where communities thrive, human rights are protected, and development is people-centered and sustainable.

Mission

To create and strengthen common ground between communities, institutions, and systems in advancing peace, protecting human rights, strengthening democratic governance, and enabling inclusive and resilient development through community-led and evidence-driven action.

Core Objectives

  1. To strengthen community-led peacebuilding, dialogue, and conflict prevention mechanisms.
  2. To promote democratic participation, accountability, and inclusive governance processes.
  3. To advance human rights protection, survivor-centered approaches, and access to justice.
  4. To enhance humanitarian response, recovery, and resilience in crisis-affected communities.
  5. To generate evidence and influence policies that integrate peace, rights, and development at local, national, and regional levels.

Strategic Pillars

    1. Peacebuilding and Social Cohesion

    Community dialogue, mediation, reconciliation, early warning, and prevention of violent conflict.

    2. Democracy, Governance and Civic Space

    Civic education, youth and women’s participation, social accountability, and inclusive decision-making processes.

    3. Human Rights and Justice

    Human rights awareness, survivor support, transitional justice engagement, and advocacy for accountability and institutional reform.

    4. Humanitarian Action and Resilience

    Emergency response, livelihoods recovery, climate adaptation, social protection, and community resilience building.

    5. Research, Learning and Policy Influence

    Evidence generation, policy dialogue, knowledge production, and advocacy to inform practice and reform.