AUNF’s mission is to raise funds for the American University of Nigeria to provide education for vulnerable Nigerian youth and humanitarian assistance to victims of Boko Haram violence. AUNF also supports other projects spearheaded by AUN and the Adamawa Peace Initiative (API), an interfaith council of local community leaders created and led by AUN that is facilitating an environment for peace, promoting women’s empowerment and socioeconomic equality, engaging and preventing the radicalization of local youth and combatting violent extremism in northern Nigeria.