Centre for Corrections and Human Development

Centre for Corrections and Human Development (CCHD) is a humanitarian, non-profit, non-sectarian and non-governmental organization dedicated to the promotion and enhancement of quality of life, the re-establishment and development of human personality through counselling, mentoring, coaching, rehabilitation, education and empowerment of deserving but less privileged and/or disoriented persons globally with an emphasis on Africa and precisely, Nigeria. The organization was founded from the compelling encounter of Mrs Obioma Agoziem, (the Executive Director) on her routine reach out activity in a neighbourhood within Lagos so many years ago. On one of such routine visits, she met a group of (four) girls, she reached out to them, she observed their positive response by their unusual and reflective sobriety. Upon closer enquiry, she discovered that they lived in a particular brothel and were victims of human trafficking, and actually made a living from prostitution. She held series of counselling sessions with them and finally they saw the need to abandon prostitution as a means of livelihood. The resultant challenge foisted on her how to assist the girls to get on with life in a more decent and dignified way. This experience among other sobering and compelling life encounters brought to birth the Centre for Corrections and Human Development (CCHD). The organization was formally inaugurated on 31st March 2012. Centre for Corrections and Human Development was therefore set up to create awareness and sensitization on the dangers of human trafficking, child abuse, violence, drug addiction, unlawful detention, to provide correctional programmes for these individuals with dysfunctional lives a complete re-orientation through counselling, mentoring, life coaching, skill training, empowerment, rehabilitation and sustainable re-integration into the society. We provide advocacy through our team of legal practitioners for individuals particularly those erroneously detained.