PIND, MADE Put Niger Delta Development in Focus at Nigerian Economic Summit
On October 11, 2017, the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) and the Market Development Project in the Niger Delta (MADE) teamed up with the Nigerian Economic Summit’s Sustainability Policy Commission to sponsor a breakout session at Transcorp Hilton in Abuja themed “Low Carbon Investment Opportunities for Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) in Niger Delta Communities”.
Naira Devaluation and Agriculture in the Niger Delta: the Way Forward
PIND and the DFID-funded Market Development Program in the Niger Delta (MADE) collaborated to produce a report on the impact on the recent naira devaluation and import tariffs on agriculture in the Niger Delta.
Inspiration for Niger Delta Development from the AfDB Agripreneur Forum
As part of this event, the Brazil-Africa Institute in collaboration with IITA and AfDB will also sponsor 30 youth to be trained in Brazil this year
Improving Cassava Cultivation in the Niger Delta
PIND Market Development Officer for Cassava Faith Soya has been traversing the region in her work to expand the use of cassava farming best practices promoted as part of the demonstration plot intervention. Here, she makes observations on the work done so far and shares her hopes for the direction of the project in months [...] Collaborations for Environmental Sustainability: A Note on World Earth Day
We did a World Earth Day event on the 24 April, 2017, at our Appropriate Technology Enabled Development (ATED) Center on the premises of our Economic Development Center in Warri, Delta State. It was a day full of interesting discussions with educationists, climate change activists, agriculturalists, students, and everyone in between. In this post, Florence [...] Turning Insects into Food!
(For fish and chickens anyway) Anyone who does livestock or fish farming will tell you that one major driver in the cost of fish and chicken in markets across Nigeria is the cost of…
Tee-Mac Iseli is a Partners for Peace (P4P) Brand Ambassador
On 8 March, 2017, in a short ceremony at the National Stadium in Surulere, Lagos State, our Partners 4 Peace (P4P) team gave renowned Nigerian Musician Dr. Tee Mac Iseli (MFR) an award for his peace building advocacy in the Niger Delta and made him a P4P Brand Ambassador.
Empowering CSOs Through ICT/Social Media Trainings
Our ICT/Social Media Training workshop for CSOs in the Niger Delta was aimed at enhancing the knowledge and skills of civil society organizations in resource mobilization and fundraising using a powerful tool advocacy and development. This program, which took place from the 10th -14th October, 2016, at our Economic Development Centre in Port Harcourt, Rivers [...] P4P Taking Developmental Strides Across The Niger Delta One Step At A Time
Partners for Peace Network (P4P) is a Network whose mission is geared towards building social capital around peace building by amplifying the voice of positive actors, building a core network of self-identified agents of peace, and leveraging the network through facilitation, small grants, and capacity building. P4P’s vision is dedicated to promoting sustainable peaceable livelihoods […]
COLLABORATIVE, NOT COMBATIVE: Increasing Influence and Impact through Engagement
“While our findings remained the same, PIND has given us more tools, more channels to better engage key stakeholders with our findings,” […]
