PIND’s Appropriate Technology-Enabled Development (ATED) team went to monitor the construction of chorkor ovens, clean burning stoves that allow fish smokers to produce more smoked fish in less time, in Fishtown in Keffes River Development Community in Bayelsa State. The chorkor oven is an appropriate technology – an AT – because it is made from…
The Appropriate Technology Enabled Development (ATED) Center was launched at the premises of PIND’s Economic Development Center (EDC) in Warri, Delta State, on July 8th, 2015. PIND will use the ATED Centre to raise awareness on the challenges that climate change poses for the Niger Delta. This building will respond to the need for a…
The Stakeholders’ Forum on 2015 Elections brought together 102 public and private sector stakeholders – including security agents and traditional and youth leaders – to share findings from its multi-sector consultations on what can be done in order to mitigate the potential for violence in the Niger Delta. The Peace and Security Working Group (PSWG)…
Ahead of the launch of the Appropriate Technology Enabled Development (ATED) Center, PIND arranged for a multi-stakeholder meeting at the Economic Development Center in Warri, Delta State, with participants comprising key public, private and civil society actors working in on issues concerning renewable energy and climate change in the Niger Delta. Participants present at the…
On February 3 – 7, 2014, Executive Vice-President of Chevron Corporation Ms. Rhonda Zygocki visited PIND’s Economic Development Center in Warri and head office in Abuja</a> as part of her official visit to Nigeria. She was also taken on a tour of one of PIND project sites in Warri, Delta State. This trip proved to…
With the tremendous increase in its staff strength and the opening of 2 regional offices in Delta and Rivers States, PIND Foundation has come a long way since its inception in 2010. In December 2012, the PIND team all converged at a staff retreat in Songhai Farms in Rivers state for team building and 2013…
The first edition of the Niger Delta Development Forum (NDDF), with the theme ‘supporting poverty reduction through partnership’ was held on the 21st and 22nd of November, 2012 in Port Harcourt with over 180 active participants from different works of life in attendance.
Sam Ogbemi Daibo succeeds Dennis Flemming as Executive Director of the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND). A small private ceremony was held at PIND’s office in Abuja with PIND staff and professional partners in attendance that marked the transition.
Warri, Nigeria, 9th May 2012 – The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), held a commissioning ceremony in Egbokodo, Warri on Wednesday, May 9 to mark the opening of its Economic Development Center (EDC) .
