This report presents the needs assessment information in support of the proposal to ECHO in Nigeria (SAHaRA III) by the consortium led by Caritas Germany (CG). The consortium includes Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD), Catholic Caritas Foundation of Nigeria (CCFN) and the Justice Development and Peace Commission Maiduguri (JDPC).
The specific objective of the assessment was to set an information base for the project proposal through robust data about the households’ needs, context and opinions. The needs assessment covered a sample of 33 villages of and included a survey with 1,348 households, as well as interviews with community leaders and traders, and village observations. Data collection took place from 24 December to 5 January 2,023. The resulting dataset contains 363 variables including metadata from 1,464 submissions involving a total of 1,640 participants. Data was collected using an online/offline digital form and the UN OCHA KoboToolbox system (forms available in English).

All calculations have been documented in computer syntax (R-Markdown). The syntax/source code of this document is hosted in a private repository on Github and is available to authorised users. The source code enables the automatic download of data from the cloud aggregator and documents in a fully reproducible way all the steps from the cleaning process to the visualisation of results. This report was only possible with the dedicated work of the programme team and partners both in the design of the study and the collection and analysis. The data-collection form and results mostly focus on the needs and gaps based on ECHO’s key outcome and result indicators. The data allows for a range of complementary analyses, which are beyond the scope of this report.