DRAC NIGERIA

Name

DRAC NIGERIA

Legal name

Disability Rights Advocacy Center

Website

https://drac-ng.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability Rights Advocacy Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Human Rights Organizations (813311), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (6243)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGACAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Disability Services & Assistive Solutions (Accessibility, Assistive Tech) (BPAGALAM), Minority, Indigenous & Disability Rights (BPADAGAH), Accessibility, Accommodations & Assistive Services (EDALAFAN)

Keywords

• Disability rights advocacy
• Human rights nonprofit
• Gender-based violence prevention
• Inclusive education support
• Economic empowerment programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Abuja

HQ country

Nigeria

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Grant Funding and Donations: DRAC operates as a nonprofit organization that relies entirely on grant funding from international development organizations, foundations, and government donors. Revenue is generated through project grants, donations, and institutional funding partnerships rather than product/service sales.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

DRAC Nigeria is a non-governmental, not-for-profit disability rights advocacy organization that implements community-based programs for persons with disabilities, particularly women and girls. Its core work spans advocacy and policy influencing, capacity building for OPDs and PWDs, sexual and reproductive health rights programming, access to justice support, economic empowerment through Village Savings and Loan Associations, inclusive education, and disability-disaggregated data initiatives, delivered across the Federal Capital Territory, Nasarawa State, and Plateau State and funded through grants from international donors.

Product overview

DRAC Nigeria operates as a portfolio of advocacy programs and community initiatives rather than a unified technology product. The organization centers its work on disability rights advocacy through multiple distinct projects including Making It Work (SRHR access), Break the Cycle (economic empowerment), Policy to Practice (access to justice), Count Disability Nigeria (data disaggregation), The GIRLS Project (gender equality), SAFE Project (SGBV prevention), DATA360 (research), Education for All (inclusive education), and COVID-19 response. These programs are complemented by educational resources including DRAC TOONS, Videos, and a Publications/Resource Library. The organization functions as a non-profit advocacy center focused on protecting the human rights of persons with disabilities, particularly women and girls, rather than offering a technology platform or software product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Making It Work A program aimed at improving access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) information and services for women and girls with disabilities (WGWD), utilizing strategies of capacity building, advocacy/engagement, public awareness, and innovation.
• Break the Cycle (BTC) A multi-year socio-economic empowerment project addressing drivers of violence against women and girls with disabilities, including Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA) schemes and life skills sessions, funded by UK Aid through CBM.
• Policy to Practice A project focused on improving access to justice for women and girls with disabilities, applying UN CRPD Article 13 principles, training SGBV and justice actors to provide disability-inclusive service delivery, supported by the British Council's Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Programme.
• Count Disability Nigeria A project promoting the use of Washington Group Questions (WGQ) by the Nigerian government in data collection to enhance disability-disaggregated data for inclusive planning, implemented in coalition with OPDs and funded by the Disability Rights Fund.
• The GIRLS Project A project focused on inclusion, response, and linkages for girls with disabilities, combating disability-related stigma, ensuring service providers can respond to SRHR/SGBV experiences, and linking girls to disability-inclusive services.
• SAFE Project A project addressing systemic harmful traditional practices within the FCT that perpetuate SGBV, particularly against women and girls with disabilities, focusing on community leader engagement and value clarification.
• DATA360 A research and technology adoption project to address disability-inclusive policymaking in Nigeria, funded by Ford Foundation, including environmental scans on disability disaggregated data.
• Education for All (E4A) A project supporting inclusive and quality education for children with disabilities, supported by The Leprosy Mission Nigeria, including development of a Technical Guide on Inclusive Education.
• COVID-19 Disability Aid Initiative Emergency response initiative providing food and clothing support to persons with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic, including distribution of protective/hygiene packs and establishment of wash points.
• Women in Leadership and Development Annual leadership retreat for women with disabilities aimed at building leadership capacity and empowerment.
• Respect Not Abuse A multi-year project in partnership with CBM International/CBM UK aimed at reducing violence against women and girls with disabilities and increasing their access to justice, including safe and confidential reporting channels.
• #HackSGBV Innovation Challenge An innovation challenge calling on young people to develop creative, sustainable, and scalable solutions to address Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, particularly focused on improved reporting and promotion of consent culture for persons with disabilities.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 2,000 persons with disabilities directly benefit from DRAC programs
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• The Leprosy Mission NigeriaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Leprosy Mission Nigeria supports DRAC's Education for All (E4A) Project, which aims to develop a Technical Guide on Inclusive Education.
• Save the Children InternationalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDRAC is part of a consortium implementing the PLANE window 3: Community Support to Learning Programme in Northwest Nigeria funded by FCDO through Save the Children.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• CBM Global Disability Inclusion: CBM is both a core funding partner and a direct operational peer — a Christian, disability-focused international NGO working on inclusive health, education, and economic empowerment for persons with disabilities in low- and middle-income countries. It is the most comparable organization because it shares DRAC's target population, theory of change, and major delivery themes (SGBV, SRHR, economic empowerment) in overlapping geographies.
• Sense International: Sense International supports people with deafblindness and complex disabilities in low- and middle-income countries, including Nigeria, through advocacy, inclusive education, and economic empowerment. It is comparable to DRAC in mission and disability-focused community programming, though its narrower disability sub-population differentiates its scope.
• National Association of Persons with Disabilities, Nigeria (NAPwD): NAPwD is the umbrella organization of disability-focused groups in Nigeria, advocating for disability-inclusive legislation and policy. It is a direct peer to DRAC in country-level disability advocacy and donor engagement, with NAPwD operating more as a federation and DRAC delivering programs directly to women and girls with disabilities.
• Disability Rights Fund (DRF): DRF is a grantmaking collaborative that funds disability rights organizations, including DRAC's Count Disability Nigeria project, and is therefore both funder and peer in the disability-rights space. It is comparable in mission and advocacy focus, though its primary role is grantmaking to OPDs rather than direct program implementation.
• Light for the World: Light for the World is an international disability-inclusion NGO working in Africa on inclusive health, education, and economic empowerment, with significant advocacy for the rights of persons with disabilities. It is a direct peer to DRAC in target population, program themes, and reliance on institutional donor funding, though it operates at country-office scale rather than as a national NGO.
• African Disability Forum (ADF): ADF is a pan-African umbrella organization led by persons with disabilities that drives continental advocacy on disability rights, governance, and inclusion. It is comparable to DRAC on disability-rights advocacy, intersectional focus, and donor-funded project delivery, with ADF operating at continental scale and DRAC at national-implementation scale.

Broad incumbents

• Inclusion International: Inclusion International is a global federation advocating for the human rights of persons with intellectual disabilities and their families, with member organizations across Africa. It is broadly comparable to DRAC on disability-rights advocacy and donor-funded programming, though its global scale, federation structure, and narrower intellectual-disability focus differentiate it from DRAC's Nigerian, women-centered work.
• Leonard Cheshire Disability: Leonard Cheshire is an international disability NGO delivering education, livelihoods, and advocacy programs for persons with disabilities, with active country programs in Africa. It is comparable on advocacy-plus-services model and donor base, but has a broader geographic footprint and a stronger institutional-residential-care legacy that distinguishes it from DRAC's community-based, women-centered model.
• Humanity & Inclusion (Handicap International): Humanity & Inclusion is a major international disability and inclusion NGO working in over 60 countries on rehabilitation, inclusive education, and protection from violence, including SGBV programming for persons with disabilities. It is broadly comparable to DRAC on disability-inclusion mission and several program themes, but is significantly larger, more diversified thematically, and operates globally rather than nationally.
• Sightsavers: Sightsavers is a large, well-established international disability NGO operating across multiple African countries including Nigeria, focused on inclusive eye health, education, and disability rights. It is a broad incumbent comparable to DRAC in mission and beneficiary base, but operates at much greater scale with a wider thematic portfolio that includes health systems strengthening rather than women's-rights-centered advocacy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC6CJ42s0Lyi2dMfRlaEoPiA/videos
• Facebookfacebook.com/DRACNigeria
• Instagraminstagram.com/dracnigeria
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/drac-nigeria

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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