FUND Funds is essential for appropriate GBV response Make urgent and flexible funding available for GBV first responders GBV first responders need funding to work. Donate to them today Funds for first responders can save survivors Orange the World: Fund GBV First Responders RESPOND Support health and social services’ duty of care’ to violence against…
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This weekly update spotlights gang violence in the Niger Delta with a focus on the resurgence of cult related killings in Edo State. According to data (see map below), over 260 cult related fatalities were reported in Edo State between January 2016 and September 2020, particularly in Benin City, the state capital. Recent data indicates…
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The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) Delta, despite the economic slowdowns driven primarily by COVID–19, presents details of the achievements of our investment portfolios in the Niger Delta, made possible through resilience and creative and innovative measures undertaken from July – September 2020 (Quarter 3 of 2020). Acting under two…
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Ibadan, 16 November: The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) working in collaboration with the National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI) and the Foundation for Partnership Initiative in the Niger Delta (PIND) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to build and promote a cassava seed system that will trigger the adoption of cassava stems of…
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Abia State currently has the 4th highest unemployment rate (31.6%) in Nigeria (NBS, 2018) with the youth unemployment rate almost double that rate With a population of over 3.7 million people as of 2016, government intervention will do well to adopt a demand-led approach to solving its youth unemployment problem and ensure that its programs…
DetailsLand, which is central to the economy, social and political spheres of community, society, and the nation at large is regarded as a crucial asset. It is the most important economic resources, most particularly for developing countries with a largely rural population and most people earn their living through agriculture. It has remained the most…
DetailsThe Abia States economy is currently at a cross-road and has been for the past decades. The State has witnessed almost three decades of economic downturn and at best economic stagnation even at the time when Nigeria was growing at the rate of 7.5%. This growth did not see enough jobs or investments created with…
DetailsAbia State was created out of the old Imo State in 1991 under the then military administration. The State is located in the South East region of Nigeria and comprises of 17 local government areas. It occupies about 6,320 kilometers and is bordered by the states of Enugu and Ebonyi to the north, Akwa Ibom to the east and…
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CLOSED: The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta, (PIND) seeks to engage a consultant (firm or individual) for the harmonized maintenance and administration of pind’s website platforms: (www.pindfoundation.org), NDLINK (www.ndlink.org) and partners for peace website (www.p4p-nigerdelta.org) and p4p membership database. OBJECTIVES Key objectives of this service is to engage an expert on a retainer…
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This special edition of the weekly update spotlights emerging threats to public health and human security in the Niger Delta with a focus on the outbreak of yellow fever in Delta State. Yellow fever – an acute viral hemorrhagic disease caused by the yellow fever virus (Flaviviridae) and transmitted through the bites of infected mosquitos…
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