Diamond Development Initiatives, Kano, Nigeria, West Africa

Diamond Development Initiatives (DDI) is a not-for-profit, non-political and non-religious organization. DDI is managed by Nigerians who share a common desire for the establishment of a sustainable organization that would provide assistance to grassroots entities. Our office is located in Kano, Northern Nigeria.

Our knowledge of development issues, experience in the use of participatory development methodologies in the design, planning, implementation and the monitoring and evaluation of projects, understanding of best practices, strong institutional capacity, the ability of our staff to support projects in an efficient and cost effective manner and our knowledge and experience with working with international development organizations, are a cutting edge that can hardly be found anywhere else in Northern Nigeria.

Diamond Development Initiatives is committed to the concept that development projects are most likely to succeed when there is active involvement and commitment of those people who will be affected by, and have a vested interest in the activity to be pursued.

We are therefore interested in projects that are initiated by, reflect the priorities of, and present the ideas put forward by members of an implementing group.

Such projects are the result of a self-directed effort based on a shared vision of, and commitment to, solving a problem that affects them.

Diamond Development Initiatives acknowledges the rights of groups and communities to control their lives including the decision over what and how development activities should be pursued.

We strive to ensure that development projects have a clear evidence that they have been initiated by an organization or group that has broad based participation of its members in the decision making process.

All members of the group will then see themselves as the owners of the project, with vested interest in, and commitment to undertake the tasks required for the project to be successful.

Communicating For Change Cfc, Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa

CFC is a non-governmental organisation limited by guarantee and is run entirely on a not-for profit basis. It is funded by grants received from international and local donors and is increasingly supported by private sector funding.

CFC also generates income from fee based communications services, film sales and office space rental to support its development communications work.

Oilwatch Africa, Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa

Oilwatch is a resistance network that opposes the activities of oil companies in tropical countries. Oilwatch is a network that builds solidarity and fosters a common identity among peoples of the South.

Oilwatch understands similarities in the current pattern of resource exploitation in countries of the South, which reflects historical legacy of disempowerment of peoples and considers the recognition of the right of peoples to self-determination as primary in the resolution of environmental problems. Oilwatch is a network of resistance to the negative impacts of oil and gas industry activity on peoples and their environment.