In the silence where fear lives, we build a bridge

You are not alone. We provide safe shelter, compassionate support, and a path to healing for survivors of domestic violence.

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I need help today

Somewhere safe to stay, transport, and someone who stays on the phone with you while it is arranged.

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I am worried about someone

You do not need proof, and you do not need her permission to ask us a question. It costs her nothing.

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I can offer work or housing

A job, a tenancy or an hour of professional advice does more than any single donation.

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Who we are

A Nigerian organisation, working with Nigerian families

HealBridge works with women and children leaving domestic abuse. We are not here to judge anyone's marriage or to tell anyone to leave it. Many of the women we work with stay, and we help them either way.

Her safety is decided by her, not by us
Nothing is reported to anyone without her asking
We hold as little information about her as we can
Support continues whether she leaves or stays
Every naira is accounted for in public
No survivor is photographed, named or quoted

Samuel Julius

Founder, HealBridge

Before you contact us

What happens when you reach out

The questions people ask before they call, answered plainly.

No. We do not contact your husband, your family, your employer or the police unless you ask us to. We hold as little information about you as we can, and you can ask us to delete it at any time.

Then you are not leaving. Most of the women we work with stay, at least at first. We will help you make yourself and your children safer where you are, and we will still be here if that changes.

Every page here has a Quick Exit button at the top right, and pressing E three times does the same thing. It cannot erase pages visited before arriving, so use private browsing where you can. We reply by whichever method is safest for you.

We stay long after the crisis ends

The first night is the part everyone thinks about. The year that follows is the part that decides whether she has to go back.

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One message is enough to start

Whether you need help yourself, you are worried about someone, or your organisation can offer work, housing or expertise — this reaches the same team. If you are in immediate danger call 112 first, then +2348025170267.

Employers

Hire someone who is starting again. Paid work with a contract is the fastest route out.

Offer a job

Professionals

Lawyers, doctors, counsellors and teachers, giving hours they already have.

Offer expertise

Landlords

Rent to a woman without a guarantor or a long payslip history.

Offer housing

Partnership

What a partner actually provides

HealBridge does not ask employers and professionals for money first. It asks for the things a woman needs in order to leave and to stay left: work, a roof, treatment, and someone qualified to tell her where she stands.

A job

Paid work with a contract, and a manager who knows not to confirm her address to a caller.

A tenancy

A roof in her own name, which is what makes leaving permanent.

Healthcare

Treatment for injuries, and for the conditions that went unseen for years.

Counselling

Trauma-informed sessions for women and for children.

Legal advice

An hour on protection orders, custody, or a marriage that needs unpicking.

Training

A place on a course, an apprenticeship, or the qualification behind the next job.

Partner voices

From the organisations we work with

Quotes from partner organisations appear here once given and approved. No survivor is quoted anywhere on this site: a story can identify someone to the person who harmed her.

Dr Chinelo Eze

Clinical Lead, Grace Medical Centre

They send us patients with a full history and a safety note attached. We treat the injury and never have to ask a question in front of the wrong person.

Adaeze Nwosu

People Director, Lagos Retail Group

We took on two women through HealBridge last year. Both are still with us and both have been promoted. The only thing we did differently was keep their addresses off the staff directory.

Ibrahim Sanni

Managing Partner, Sanni and Co.

We give four hours a month. In that time we have filed protection orders that would otherwise have taken a year, because someone had already gathered the evidence properly.