Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Abgremo - Akpabuyo Bakassi Green Movement, Calabar, Nigeria, West Africa

Akpabuyo Bakassi Green Movement (ABGREMO) mission is work for the promotion of Environmental and Human Rights protection in and around the coastal communities of Cross River state, through information sharing, education and action programmes.

Again, we work to protect the last remaining mangrove forest of Niger-Delta found in Cross River State, Nigeria
ABGREMO in the next 5 years intends to strive more harder and effectively in regards to level of impact on environment and the well-being of the coastal communities people.

Our focus will be to work closely and in partnership with community people to reduce poverty and increase access to basic human rights inline with the millennium development goal.

As well as sustainable development. It is our commitment to respond to the various challenges of poverty at the grassroots/ rural communities arising from environmental degradation and basic human rights abuses.

Again in view of the present ICJ judgment over Bakassi peninsula, it is our zeal to sensitize the relevant stakeholders in campaigning for Self-determination as another step in following up the International Court of Justice(ICJ) judgment, which failed to recognized the rights of the indigenous people, the aim of the advocacy is to avoid violence conflict but to promote the People's Rights as enshrined in the United Nations instrument (Rights to Self-Determination).

Within this projected period many potential donors and International NGOs will be reach out to

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Grace Oviawe Foundation, Benin City, Nigeria, West Africa

Nigeria is full of unexplored potential. Grace Foundation stemmed from the acknowledgement and acute awareness of the possibilities inherent in a blossoming country.

We thus envisioned our role as an interconnecting and strategic agency for communities as they pursue quality education, growth opportunities, and self-actualization, locally, nationally, and globally.

Grace Foundation embraces a holistic approach to promote self-sufficiency and community empowerment of underprivileged and/or low-income families. In fulfillment of our mission, and as a non-profit organization, we commit ourselves to a process we refer to as TAP:

Transformation, Action, and Participation. To this effect, we remain faithful to the following goals:

Promote self-sufficiency and economic stability.

Create and sustain educational and economic development opportunities.

Build community empowerment through capacity-building and leadership development.

Develop vibrant and healthy communities.

Foster cross-cultural collaboration through participatory development.

reetings and welcome to the Grace Oviawe Foundation for Educational and Social Development (a.k.a Grace Foundation) website! Changing socio-economic realities combined with government policy and funding patterns mean that we constantly need to find new ways to address emerging issues and the resulting social service needs in our community.

Grace Foundation aims to be a catalyst in creating strong, healthy and vibrant communities by building partnerships and working with disenfranchised individuals to tap into their innate abilities.

We are deeply committed to addressing our stakeholders’ needs, listening to donors, to supporters, to service providers and to making responsive and informed decisions. Our strategic plan is based on the priority issues that we have been able to identify as being important to the long-term health and well-being of our community.