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A decade after the Chibok school abduction shook the world, four mothers embark on a quiet but extraordinary journey to rebuild their lives. Over the course of a single farming season, they work the land, provide for their families, and discover that every seed planted is also an act of hope.
Intimate, deeply human, and quietly powerful, Mothers of Chibok is a portrait of resilience, faith, and the enduring strength of motherhood. The film is the feature-length spiritual sequel to the Venice Lion-winning VR documentary Daughters of Chibok.
Film Characters
Farmer/Community Leader
Yana's story is one of unwavering belief, the kind that endures long after the headlines fade. She is the heart of her community - a mother, a leader, and a woman who has refused to give up. Her daughter, Rifkatu, was among the 276 girls kidnapped from Chibok in 2014. And while others have returned, Yana is still waiting. And then, one day, she receives a phone call. One that could change everything.
Mother/Farmer
Lydia, calm and reserved, is raising her children with a quiet yet fierce sense of purpose. Her younger sister was taken in the same school abduction, and the weight of that loss sits heavy on her. She listens, she adapts, and she shows us that resilience doesn't always shout. Sometimes, it simply carries on.
Mother/Teacher/Farmer
Ladi's daughter, Aisha, was taken in the Chibok school abduction, yet every morning, Ladi shows up to teach other girls the value of education. She disciplines with love, nurtures with intention, and works her fields so her youngest children can stay in school. But grief lingers quietly beneath her strength, a shadow she carries through every lesson. How long can she keep pouring into other daughters, while her own is still lost in the forest, somewhere beyond reach?
Mother/Student
Maryam is one of the kidnapped Chibok girls who made it back. She returned from captivity with a child, a boy named Ali, born of violence, rejection, and survival. Now enrolled in university, Maryam is fighting to reclaim her future, one class, one exam, one dream at a time. But back in the village, there's no one to care for Ali. And so Maryam faces an impossible choice: Will she walk toward the life she's worked so hard to build or return home to be the only mother her son has ever known?
Meet the visionary creators behind Mothers of Chibok
Director
Joel 'Kachi' Benson is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose work sits at the intersection of storytelling and social impact. Africa's first Venice Lion recipient for Immersive Storytelling, and Nigeria's first Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker, Benson is internationally recognized for elevating African stories to the global stage. Mothers of Chibok is his second feature film.
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Executive Producer
Joke Silva, MFR, is one of Nigeria's most distinguished actors and cultural leaders, with a career spanning over four decades across stage and screen. A five-time Africa Movie Academy Award (AMAA) winner and co-founder of the Lufodo Group,a premier entertainment solutions group, she has played a defining role in shaping Nigeria's creative industry. She also serves as Executive Producer on Mothers of Chibok.
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About the Impact
When the headlines faded, the mothers of Chibok were left with their memories, their farms, and a strong belief in the value of education. For them, sending their children to school is more than a goal — it is a commitment to a better future.
Women supported in the 2025 pilot
Women supported in 2026
Projected harvest increase
The Chibok Groundnut Initiative was created to support that commitment. By helping women farmers improve their harvests and earn more from their work, the initiative aims to increase household income, support children's education, and create long-term economic opportunities.
In 2025, the pilot phase supported nine women farmers in Chibok with improved seeds, fertilizers, herbicides, mechanized farming tools, and agricultural training. In 2026, the initiative expanded from 9 to 50 women farmers.
During the baseline assessment, the women harvested 88 bags of groundnuts from 465.2 kg of seed planted across 8.56 hectares. For the 2025 farming season, the harvest target was 214 bags from 342.4 kg of seed planted across the same 8.56 hectares. By the end of the harvest season, the women had harvested 176.25 bags, achieving 82% of the target while doubling the baseline harvest.
Beneficiaries
A journey that began with 9 women now extends to 50 beneficiaries, each with a story of resilience and hope.
2026 Farming Cycle
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Products
Every successful harvest creates an opportunity to do more and our ambition is more than just selling raw groundnuts. Working with leading manufacturers of premium groundnut products we are transforming raw groundnut harvests into a range of beautifully crafted premium products. Every purchase ensures that farming continues to fund education.
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Taste the story. Share the story. Help it grow.
The Chibok Groundnut Initiative brings together groundnut farming, processing, and branding with improved seed varieties, agricultural training, farming inputs, and ongoing technical support to help women build sustainable livelihoods. What began in 2025 with nine women farmers has grown to 50 women in 2026, with harvest proceeds already helping put food on family tables and return children to school.
Made from premium groundnuts grown by women farmers in Chibok, our products reflect the care, quality, and resilience behind every harvest. From Peanut Butter and roasted groundnuts to groundnut oil and chocolate-coated peanuts, every purchase supports a growing women-led enterprise rooted in quality, dignity, and community.
Support
Support the mothers of Chibok by donating directly, partnering with the project, or ordering products connected to the farming initiative.
Your contribution helps provide seeds, tools, training, processing support, and market access for women farmers.
Every contribution helps more women build thriving farms, stronger livelihoods, and brighter futures for their families.
Every harvest helps put food on the table. Every harvest helps keep children in school.
The Chibok Groundnut Initiative is built on a simple belief: when women thrive, families and communities thrive with them. Your support helps provide improved seed varieties, agricultural training, farming inputs, ongoing technical support, processing, and market opportunities, enabling more women to build sustainable livelihoods through agriculture. Together, we're proving that farming funds education, strengthens families, and creates lasting opportunity.
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The Uwaosi Rhoda Foundation empowers women, children, and underserved communities through education and livelihood programmes, including the Chibok Groundnut Initiative, which helps women farmers in Chibok scale their farming and fund their children's education.
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