Human Rights & Governance

Members of Bayelsa and Rivers State House of Assembly During the Training on Best Practice Mechanisms for Natural Resources Governance

CEHRD organised capacity building training for members of the Rivers and Bayelsa States Houses of Assembly. The capacity building training was designed to strengthen the capacity of State legislators on regulatory policies and best practice mechanisms that will enhance their work as representatives of constituencies of which local communities are part of and so look […]

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CEHRD Staff Training and Development

During the year 2016, CEHRD trained its staff in the areas of proposal writing and fund raising, project design, reporting, monitoring and evaluation, advocacy and institutional engagement. CEHRD staff also participated in other training activities organised by other organisations, partners and stakeholders.

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Tomorrow Is A New Day I and II (Supporting Community-Level Conflict Resolution and Reintegration of Ex-agitators to Promote Stability in the Niger Delta)

Barriers to reintegration and community healing, including bad attitudes and mind set, lack of information or misinformation, and lack of concrete opportunities, was reduced in targeted communities. Targeted communities have a collective, inclusive vision of reintegration, reconciliation, and peaceful coexistence for the future. Coalitions within communities bringing in women, youth, community leaders, ex-militants together for

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Development of a Pro-Poor Oil and Gas Policy

In the process of developing the pro-poor oil and gas advocacy policy, CEHRD programme team with support from CORDAID had consultations in 17 communities in Gokana local government area, which includes: Kporghor in Tai local government, and Kono in Khana local government area. A conference was held to validate the policy draft. The policy was

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Polluted Promises

Shell is responsible for a toxic legacy in the Niger Delta. People are dying, sick, can’t feed themselves and have no clean water because Shell destroyed their environment by drilling for oil. UNEP researched the destruction, publishing a report in 2011. The report concluded that Shell had not taken sufficient action to clean up and

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Amnesty International Training of Micro Project Participants

CEHRD had a participatory consultative survey of stakeholders and the project participants and a baseline to ascertain the human rights needs of people in selected communities in Rivers State. Six (6) thematic areas were earmarked as a fall out of the research. A consultant was hired to carryout training in collaboration with the coordinating committee

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Environmental Knowledge Development through the Establishment of Rachel Carson Environmental Library

The environmental library was established to enhance environmental knowledge development and the promotion of collaborative research, learning and information sharing amongst scholars, activists, researchers and students across the Niger Delta region and beyond. The library has paper cover books and e-books.   The key assumption behind the establishment of the library is that researchers working

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