Trafficking in human beings, a form of modern-day slavery, involves the illegal trade of people for exploitation or commercial gain, and is a $150 billion global industry generated by forced economic exploitation of people for commercial sex, domestic work, or other economic activity. It is the result of forced economic exploitation of people for commercial…
This’ lessons learned’ document seeks to encapsulate the hopes for the future, the concerns of the present and the experiences of the past, to broaden the worthy efforts of both the MADE I & II interventions on a larger scale that the Niger Delta region requires. Recommendations discussed in depth at the conclusion of this…
The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) has been recently certified by the Donor Committee for Enterprise Development (DCED) as an international market development crusader. This is due to its adoption of the international standard procedure as recognized by the DCED in its socio-economic development programs to address various economic challenges in…
The service provider’s model is one of PIND’s new market development approaches for boosting economic opportunities and reducing poverty for thousands of farmers and SMEs.
Mrs Esonde Bakare is the owner of IceQueen Food and Beverages in Warri, Delta State, a major toilet tissue distributor for Belling Pegs and for other products. She calls herself a ‘Mompreneur’ as she has to combine her business with being a wife and mother of three children. Previously, she was just a small time retailer.
From February 26 – 28, 2018, PIND facilitated a Capacity Building for Local Empowerment (CAPABLE) Market Systems Development training in Benin, Edo State, for profit and non-profit organizations and service providers in the Niger Delta. This was a follow-on training to the CAPABLE Making Markets Work for the Poor (M4P) training which held in Akure,…
PIND Foundation is partnering with the Market Development Program in the Niger Delta (MADE) and the Nigerian Economic Summit Group to produce a roadmap for the growth of agriculture in the Niger Delta at the Group’s annual summit slated to hold in Abuja on October 10-12, 2017, Themed “Low Carbon Investment Opportunities for Economic…
PIND has enabled us to create that structure that we need to grow a business and we are now doing it very well […]
The primary objective of the study is to set out the linkages between growth opportunities in agriculture and youth unemployment and skills gaps in Delta State. The intended outcome is to identify channels through which PIND can make an impact on youth unemployment via agriculture and agri-business. The assignment also intended to identify and prioritize…