Partner with Direct Impact

Help us reach further and walk longer alongside the people every other system has missed.

Direct Impact Empowerment Foundation is registered in Switzerland and Nigeria. We work through a four-stage model that takes people from crisis all the way to sustained independence.

The Dignity to Independence Pathway

Most organisations choose between emergency relief and long-term development. We refuse that choice. Our four-stage model follows each person from the moment of crisis to a life they have built for themselves.

01
Crisis response
Emergency relief. Food, water, and immediate support delivered directly.
02
Stabilisation
Medical care, mobility aids, and basic needs secured before anything else.
03
Economic restart
Seed capital, equipment, and vocational training tailored to each person.
04
Sustained independence
Regular follow-up visits, restocking, and cash flow support until self-sufficient.

The numbers behind the work

300+
People reached
$200
Cost per full journey
$70
Emergency relief package
4
Featured video journeys
2
Countries registered

Every beneficiary journey is recorded internally. These four represent the stories we have chosen to share publicly in full.

"We found an elderly man who had lost his kneecap in an accident. We gave him emergency cash to survive. He used it to buy coal to resell. When we heard that, we came back with three sacks of coal and the capital to trade properly. That is what we mean when we say we do not give people charity. We give them the conditions to show us who they already are."

Why Partner With Us

There are a lot of places to put your money or your name. Here is what makes this one different.

Independently vetted. We hold GlobalGiving’s Vetted Organisation, Top-Ranked Organisation, and Effective Organisation badges, third-party verification of how funds are used and tracked, not just our own word for it.
Dual registration. Direct Impact Empowerment Foundation is registered in Nigeria (CAC/IT/7420254) and Switzerland (CHE-415.427.651), giving partners a recognised legal entity on both sides.
Named financial accountability. Ayodele Ajanaku, an ACCA-certified accountant, serves as our accountant. There is a named, qualified person behind every set of figures we publish.
Execution on the ground, oversight from outside it. Reuben Eka, our In-Country CEO, runs day-to-day delivery in Ibadan. Founder Femi Adeyemo directs strategy and funding from Zurich, so every partnership has both grounded execution and independent oversight.
Documented, not staged. Every story we publish is a real beneficiary, filmed as it happened, with consent. No stock photography, no composited images, no invented testimonials.
Live public reporting. Our GlobalGiving project pages carry ongoing, independently hosted updates, so partners can check progress at any time without waiting on us to send a report.

What Your Partnership Can Achieve

Every figure below ties directly to a real cost in our current work, not an estimate.

$70
Funds one emergency relief package for a family in crisis, the first step of our Crisis Response stage.
$200
Funds one person’s complete journey, from crisis response through to sustained independence.
$1,000
Funds five complete journeys, five people moved from crisis to a livelihood they run themselves.
$15,000
Funds our current Christmas Lifeline campaign in full, relief packages for 220 families across Nigeria.

Partnership Options

Whether you are a grant maker, a corporate with CSR commitments, or an individual donor, there is a meaningful way to be part of this work.

Grant makers
Fund the model at scale
Your grant funds the full Dignity to Independence journey for multiple beneficiaries. We provide full documentation, video evidence, and impact reporting.
Corporate partners
CSR with measurable impact
Partner with us to fulfil your social responsibility commitments with documented, community-level outcomes across Nigeria.
Individual donors
Walk alongside someone
$200 covers one complete journey from crisis to independence. $70 covers emergency relief. Every amount is tracked and reported.

Get in touch

Tell us about your organisation and how you would like to partner. We will respond within three working days.