From Information to Knowledge. From Knowledge to Action.

Most Nigerian university students already know the HIV facts. LUMA makes those facts matter.

Knowing that HIV is not transmitted through casual contact does not stop stigma. Knowing your legal rights does not mean you will use them. Knowing PrEP exists does not mean you will access it. LUMA closes the gap between what you know and what you do.

96.85%

of Nigerian university students already have high HIV knowledge

Campus research, 2024

55.5%

still hold stigmatising attitudes toward PLHIV despite that knowledge

The gap LUMA closes

organisations closing the Information-to-Action gap for Nigerian university students before LUMA

As of June 2026

What LUMA Does

Three promises.
One organisation.

Inform

We do not just deliver HIV information. Nigerian students already have it. We make that information actionable, contextual, and impossible to ignore. Every Campus Truth Series article moves students from knowing to doing.

Explore Inform

Advocate

Knowing your rights and exercising your rights are two completely different things. LUMA equips students with the tools, language, and confidence to turn legal knowledge into real protection on their campuses.

Explore Advocate

Belong

Community is where information becomes knowledge. In the Peer Circle, what students know in theory becomes something they can live with, talk about, and act on together.

Explore Belong

Status Neutral by Design

The Information-to-Action gap affects every student, regardless of HIV status.

LUMA is status neutral because the Information-to-Action gap affects every student regardless of HIV status. HIV positive students who know their rights but cannot exercise them. HIV negative students who know about PrEP but have never accessed it. Allies who know stigma is wrong but stay silent anyway.

LUMA closes the gap for all of them.

Impact Study Highlight

"96.85% of university students show high knowledge of HIV facts, yet only 55.52% hold positive, non-stigmatising attitudes toward their peers."

SOURCE: CAMPUS TRUTH STIGMA POLL (JUNE 2026)

From the Campus Truth Series

What students get wrong
about HIV

MYTH vs FACT

You cannot get HIV from sharing a classroom. Here is what the research says.

A common misconception on Nigerian campuses is that casual contact can transmit HIV. We break down e...

June 2026 · 5 min read

RESEARCH

What is PrEP and why does no one at your campus health centre mention it?

Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis is one of the most effective HIV prevention tools available. Yet PrEP aware...

June 2026 · 7 min read

DATA

HIV stigma at Nigerian universities: what our data found and why it matters.

Our ongoing research across APYIN branches reveals a knowledge-attitude paradox: 96.85% of students ...

June 2026 · 6 min read

Play and Learn

Three games that teach you what a lecture never will.

Myth Buster, LUMA Challenge Quiz, and Campus Quest. Each game under 10 minutes. Each one changes how you see HIV on your campus.

A Note From Our Founder

"I built LUMA because I saw the gap up close. Students who knew the facts but still stigmatised their classmates. Students who knew their rights but had no idea how to use them. Students who had never heard of PrEP despite it being available for years. Information was never the problem. Action was. LUMA is the bridge."

Adebare Hammed, Founder, LUMA

Ready to be part of something real?

Whether you are a student, researcher, health worker, or someone with lived HIV experience, LUMA has a place for you.