Design Trauma Support for Nigerians Affected by Insurgency and Communal Conflict

An estimated 3 million Nigerians are internally displaced by conflict. Many millions more — those who stayed in conflict-affected areas — have experienced or witnessed severe violence and receive no psychosocial support. The few psychologists and psychiatrists in these regions are urban-based and serve those who can afford private care. Traditional healing practices exist but lack integration with clinical evidence. Your challenge is to design a trauma support programme for conflict-affected communities in northern Nigeria that combines evidence-based trauma therapy with culturally grounded healing practices, is deliverable by trained community-based facilitators without specialist qualifications, reaches displaced and non-displaced populations, and costs under ₦10,000 per person supported. Submit a programme design document (max 12 pages) including: the therapeutic model and its evidence base, how cultural healing practices are integrated, the community facilitator training programme, how beneficiaries are reached without fixed centres, how outcomes are measured, cost per person supported, and a plan to reach 10,000 people across three states. Judging criteria: 35% therapeutic model quality and evidence base, 30% cultural integration design, 20% facilitator training and quality assurance, 15% reach and cost model.