Throughout the first quarter of 2012, the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) made significant strides in getting new projects underway and developing existing partnerships. In this edition of the quarterly report, PIND features various milestones the foundation achieved during January – March 2012 including, but not limited to, the progress made to complete PIND’s Economic Development Center, the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing between PIND and Crown Agents, and the awarding of technical assistance grants to youth groups as part of PIND’s Youth Advocacy Campaign. Considerable progress was also made to advance the organization’s flagship peacebuilding program – Partners for Peace (P4P). In close collaboration with a wide range of civil society organizations (CSOs), nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and donor partners, PIND conducted foundational research to guide the development of the P4P program which readers can learn more about in this report’s special feature.
