About JDPC

Development and Peace Initiative (DPI), Kaduna is the development arm of the Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna, otherwise, known as JDPC. The organization implements projects at the State and National levels. It was established in 1987 with the aim of promoting Integral Human Development through Legal Aid/Human Rights protection, Skills Acquisition and Micro Credit Scheme, Peace Building & Emergency Response, Good Governance and Agricultural Development Programme. Justice, Development and Peace / Caritas (JDPC) is registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) on the 14th March, 2011 as Development and Peace Initiative (DPI)

Our Strength: DPI has 10 fulltime staff and over 500 volunteers directly attached to the office and across 88 Church-communities located in 7 Local Government Areas of Kaduna Central District namely; Chikun, Kagarko, Kachia, Kajuru, Kaduna South, Kaduna North and Igabi. In each of these Church-communities there are about 15 volunteers (animators) who are always on hand to drive the different processes of our organization at the community level.

The experience, lessons learned and knowledge gained from previous projects and activities have placed the staff and volunteers in a favorable position to execute any task. The extensive distribution of the Church (which forms the home base of DPI) provides the required coverage, easy networking/partnerships, adequate knowledge that has become the basic tools and elements for efficiency/effectiveness.