In the heart of Nigeria’s Niger Delta region, the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) is advancing peace through its innovative Peace Champions program. This initiative nurtures young peace actors to identify and report conflicts using PIND’s conflict tracker map, enabling effective interventions. The second year of implementing this program marked a…
The annual 16 Days of Activism on Gender-Based Violence Against Women and Girls, spearheaded by civil society, serves as a global call to action. Running from November 25 – the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, to December 10 – Human Rights Day, this campaign symbolizes the universal struggle against the pervasive…
Globally, March 8 is commemorated as International Women’s Day (IWD). It is a day set aside to celebrate women’s achievements, advocate for more opportunities, and increase awareness of eliminating barriers that hinder women. However, PIND marked this year’s IWD on March 22 with a special one-day event tagged “Sensitization on Innovations and Technological Advancement for…
On August 12, 2022, PIND joined the global community to commemorate the annual International Youth Day (IYD) to highlight issues that concern young people in the Niger Delta region, especially within its projects. This year, we worked in line with the recommendation by the United Nations on the need to close the gap created by…
PIND Foundation is partnering with the Center for Gender and Development Studies (CGDS), University of Port Harcourt, River States to advocate a stop to the targeted killing of women and girls for ritualistic purposes in the Niger Delta. On March 21, 2022, both organizations brought together 31 stakeholders from various organizations to analyze, brainstorm and…
On March 8, 2022, PIND Foundation joined the global commemoration of International Women’s Day (IWD).In line with the United Nations Women (UNW) theme: “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”, our subtheme was “Sustainable Livelihoods: When Women Lead”.It celebrated the contribution of women and girls around the world who are leading the responsibility on climate…
The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta – PIND has just received her 2nd position award for the Empowerment of Women in the Community – West Africa from the Gender Mainstreaming Awards 2021! The awards ceremony took place virtually on 09 September 2021.
’My name is Uduak Etuk; I’m from Ekono Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. Currently, I’m a woodworker. I graduated with a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Business Administration. After my NYSC (National Youth Service Corps), I have worked for several corporate bodies as an administrator, but I never saw the satisfaction in the job, so I had to stop. Then I picked up a form to start my post-graduate diploma, but along the line, there was no money for school fee, so I paused.
Then, I came across PIND online. I got to know about NDYEP on Facebook in a post that people will be screened on several skills, and I picked interest in woodwork. I was selected. And after the screening process, we proceeded to the training, which lasted for about six (6) months. The training has built me—technically, it has built me; and mechanically, it has built me. Currently, I’ve finished the training; I’m now doing my job.
PIND, as an organization that consistently champions gender advocacy and the elimination of violence against women and girls, joins the World from November 25 to December 10 to mark this year’s 16Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) with theme: Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect. Designed to address increased violence on women and…
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…