The sections contain findings from the research and ideation workshops in northeast Nigeria in January 2025. At the time northeast Nigeria had endured 14 years of armed conflict and remained one of the world’s most severe humanitarian emergencies, affecting millions of people across Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe States. An estimated 2.2 million people were displaced as a result of insecurity and climate-related disasters. 

The experiences, challenges, and perspectives described by the people CLEAR Global worked with in northeast Nigeria are represented in fictional “personas” that protect real people’s identities, enabling them to speak freely.

People’s insights as expressed through the personas ground the methodology in this guide in people’s experience and illustrate the vital connection between abstract principles and people’s tangible realities and needs.