Brief History

Kindling Hope Across Nations Initiative (KHAN) started in 2008 as Kan Development Foundation (KAN). In 2013, as part of a restructuring of the organization, it was registered with the Nigerians Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) a process which led to the change of name.

KHAN is a non-government and non-profit making organization governed by a vibrant, gender balanced Board of trustees (BOT) which ensures the fidelity of the organization to its mission and objectives. The BOT delegate the day to day running of the organization to a management team made up of the Executive Director and the head of Program, Finance, Admin and Monitoring and Evaluation department.

KHAN is constantly improving on its organizational capacity in Human Resource, Finance, Resource mobilization, Programs and Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning.


Our programmatic areas include Education, Health, Livelihoods, Protection of the rights of Women and Children as well as Emergency Response and Conflict management. Our programs are people centered, evidence and needs based, innovative and are constantly measured and evaluated to ensure quality.
KHAN has set relevant policies in place which are being implemented to support best practice in the organization.

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