Our Expertise
Our Experience & Achievements
Over the years, CEHRD has grown into a leading NGO in the human rights and environmental movement in Nigeria, recording a number of important successes.
Some of our core achievements
Environment & Conservation
- Currently in partnership with the French Embassy Nigeria to develop a framework for environmental rights education in the Niger Delta. ( Dec 2020 – till date)
- Currently in partnership with the Dutch Embassy, Nigeria to develop a Framework for Inclusive Economic Self-reliance and Equal Rights in the Niger Delta. (2018 – till dated)
- Conducted a Study on Community Perception of the Oil Spill Clean-up of Oil Impacted Communities in Ogoniland (Feb. – July 2018)
Partnered with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) to provide climate resilience seedlings to local farmers in communities across Bayelsa and Rivers states (2019-2020) - Established Environment Clubs in oil impacted communities’ secondary schools across Bayelsa and Rivers states to promote environmental literacy amongst youths (2017 – till date).
- Established informal environment clubs in communities across Bayelsa and Rivers states for youths to advocate on emerging environmental issues across the Niger Delta.
- A Strategic Partner to CORDAID on Deepening Awareness and Mainstreaming of Environmental, Social, Health and Human Rights/Gender (ESHRG) Impact Assessments of oil projects in the Niger Delta (2016 – 2020).
- Successful implementation of mangrove re-vegetation project at Kono Creeks (March 2010 – February, 2011).
- Training of Rural Conservationist to carry out re-vegetation of mangrove forest in a crude oil polluted swamp in Bara – Nwezor village, Bodo. (2004 – 2005)
- Set up a community Oil Spill monitors, a broad based network that comprises of 60 participants spread across 30 communities in Rivers and Bayelsa states, September, 2012
- Produced audio-visual environmental protection advocacy content in Rivers and Bayelsa states on oil spills and gas flaring
- Set-up an environmental awareness and advocacy Network called the “Women for Environmental Justice” to increase the capacity of women to advocate effectively on environmentally related matters. The network spreads across 10 communities in Rivers and 5 in Bayelsa state.
- Trained communities in Bayelsa and Rivers States on sustainable forest management and tree planting.
- Planted 500 tree seedlings of bush mango (ogbono) at Oloibiri and Bodo
- Training of One hundred and fifty Community Leaders in across five communities (30 per community including male and female leaders) on the environmental impact of illegal refining of crude oil in the Niger Delta.
- Expansion of the Local oil spill monitoring project from 60 community people from 30 communities to 100 community people from 50 communities in Rivers and Bayelsa state, on oil spill monitoring / reporting using low-cost mobile tools, and the subsequent creation of rapid response unit aimed at monitoring, reporting and follow up of oil spill incidences in rural communities of the Niger Delta.
- Conducted a post-oil spill impact assessment of Bodo oil spills (July 2009), and actively participating ongoing mediation processes between Bodo community and SPDC (since 2013).
Conflict Transformation and Peace Building
- In partnership with Search for Common Ground, a post-amnesty Conflict Transformation Programme for the Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta States, later extended to Abia State (in 2014 – 2016).
- Post-Amnesty Peace building and Conflict Transformation training in Okrika, Omoku, Ogu and Kpor (2012-2016).
- Training of 560 community leaders in 16 oil impacted communities in Rivers and Bayelsa States on non-violent dispute resolution to facilitate the navigation of community grievances with international oil companies in 2014.
- Establishment of a Conflict Mediation Centre at Ogu in Ogu Bolo Local Government Area in Rivers State (2013).
- Establishment of thirty (30) Peace Clubs to support the Non-Violent Conflict Transformation Process in the Niger Delta Region in 2011.
- Community-Level Advocacy and Institutional Engagement training in Biseni, Kaani, Joinkrama, and Tere-Ama communities (2008-2010)
Governance
- Partnered with the Swiss Embassy, Nigeria to provide 1 new block of classrooms, desks for pupils, bookshelves, chairs and tables for teachers, solar powered water facility and water closet toilet facility for a Community Primary School in Luere Beeri Community in Ogoni, to improve their Infrastructure and Sanitary Conditions for Effective Teaching and Learning.
- Training of Bayelsa & Rivers State legislators on Best Practice Mechanisms on Natural Resource Governance in collaboration with Amnesty International, London. (2016)
- Active involvement in election monitoring and observation, voter education, and training of election observers (2007 and 2011 elections).
- In collaboration with SDN, successful implementation of the STAND (Strengthening Transparency and Accountability in the Niger Delta) (2008).
- Establishment of Community Information Centers at Kpite and Bodo (2008).
- Founding member of the Niger Delta Citizens Budget Monitoring Platform (2007).
- Establishment of three community level Youth Networks in three Local Government Areas in Rivers State under the NSRP project to promote transparency and accountability in government delivery of economic and employment services (2013-2016).
- Participation in the Federal Government SURE-P Programme to train four graduate interns.
- Coordinating election observation and citizen’s voter education in Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta and Edo States.
- Establishment of the Women in Governance network in Marine base community to promote women inclusion and participation in community and state governance.
- Setting-up of functional peace clubs of 600-male/female memberships in three LGAs under the NSRP project has increased the level of peace education and has also set a platform for action on reduction of violence against women/girls (2013 – 2016).
- Launched the Women in Governance Network (WIGN) at the Senatorial District levels in Rivers and Bayelsa states in August 2019.
- With Endowment support from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) from 2017 -2019, CEHRD implemented an independent community media Project (ICMAP) initiative where we identified, and strengthened the capacity of community journalists, Community Parliamentary Committees and participants from marginalized groups and communities in the target 3 States to democratize the media space and use audio-visual tools and evidence based advocacy to articulate their governance and development priorities to government and demand government accountability in the target three states – Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa States in the Niger Delta.
- During the implementation of the independent community media Project (ICMAP), communities were identified, and engaged during townhall meeting to create synergy with key actors and increase community voices and participation in governance programmes. CEHRD mobilized communities to conduct community needs assessments and engage government officials on the assessment findings through community parliaments, advocacy meetings, and community produced media content in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, and Rivers states.
Human Rights and Social Justice
- Successfully built the capacity of marginalized communities in an Independent Community Media Advocacy Project (ICMAP) (2017 – till date).
- Promoted social justice for women in oil polluted communities in the Niger Delta using the common ground approach towards a sustainable livelihood system (2017 – 2018)
- With Amnesty International and CSOs, helped to stop demolition of Okrika Waterfronts (2012).
- Collaborated with UNICEF Nigeria and other CSOs to establish a Child Protection Network, which has been replicated in 36 States and the FCT, Abuja (2011).
- Establishment of Child Protection office and Resource Centre in Port Harcourt, which has, in collaboration with Medecine San Frontiers (Doctors without Borders), facilitated trauma care for victims of child abuse, gender based violence and sexual violence, while also offering legal and non-legal support for victims of child abuses.
- Regional Coordination of African Human Rights Education (AHRE) in the Port Harcourt Area of Nigeria in collaboration with Amnesty International. The overall goal of the Project is “to improve human rights for the most disadvantaged by empowering communities in Six Niger Delta communities to promote and defend their human rights”.
- With Dutch implemented an Intervention framework for mainstreaming environmental rights for sustainable livelihood and development in the Niger Delta (Rivers and Bayelsa State). – Human Rights Streams (2012-2016).
- Collated 60,000 signatures in campaign for the domestication of Violence Against Persons’ Prohibition (VAPP) Act in Rivers and Bayelsa States in August, 2019.
Rural Health and Community Development
- Partnered with Enough is Enough Nigeria to sensitize local communities across Rivers state on the impact of COVID-19 in a bid to support to government during the pandemic. The project also produced (adopting NCDC specifications) and distributed 23,082 free facemasks to 25 local communities (2020)
- Collaborated with CHAI to increase access to services and uptake of Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) information amongst adolescents in Rivers State. (2019-2020)
- In 2007 CEHRD staged a campaign in Rivers, Bayelsa and Ondo States on HIV/AIDS with support from Action Aid.
- From November 2013 to January 2014, CEHRD in collaboration with CHAI and the Rivers State Ministry of Health trained 1,880 health workers- ranging from Doctors, Nurses, Pharmacists, Pharmacist Technicians and CHEWS on the management of Diarrhoea with Zinc ORS in children less than 5 years in Rivers State. CEHRD during the project coordinated logistic planning, event management, and creation of trainee database, monitoring and evaluation, and resource management.
- In 2014 CHAI in partnership with CEHRD supported the Federal and State Government Ministries of Health to increase awareness of private health providers in Rivers State. They created a platform for the demand of ZINC + ORS in the 23 Local Governments of Rivers State to ensure the use, availability and affordability of ZINC + ORS in both public and private health facilities; they built the capacity of PPMVs on the treatment of diarrhoea using ZINC + ORS, malaria using ACTs and the management of pneumonia; and also contributed immensely to the acceleration of progress towards the attainment of the objectives of the MDG4. In total, 3,052 PPMVs in the 23 Local Government Areas (LGA) were trained. Trainings’ specific objective was focused on identifying, equipping with the right kind of knowledge, clarifying and counselling caregivers on the treatment and management of diarrhoea, malaria and pneumonia.
- In May/June 2014 CHAI partnered with CEHRD and assisted the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) to develop and implement a national Long Acting Reversible Contraceptive (LARC) strategic. The trainings consolidated government efforts and increased the accessibility of LARC to the strata of the society.
- In November 2014, CEHRD provided logistic management concurrently for training of PPMVs in Rivers and Ebonyi States. While 1,159 PPMVs were trained in Rivers State, 1,200 PPMVs were trained in Ebonyi State.
- From January 28 to February 12, 2015 CEHRD provided logistics and planning that led to the training of 1,123 PPMVs in Imo State.
- From March 9 to April 24, 2015, CEHRD provided logistics and planning that led to the training of 1,123 PPMVs in Cross River State.
- From April 30 to May 1, 2015, CEHRD provided logistics and planning for the peer detailing of 1,200 PPMVs in Ebonyi State.
- From July 10 to December 17 2015, CEHRD provided logistics for the Supportive Supervision of 900 PHCs in the 18 LGAs of Cross River State.
- From July 10 to December 17 2015, CEHRD provided logistics for the Supportive Supervision of 323 PHCs in the 23 LGAs of Cross River State.
- From June 7 to December 18 2015, CEHRD provided logistics for the Peer Detailing of 1548 and 1733 PPMV shops in both first and second cycles in Cross River State.
- From June 7 to December 18, 2015, CEHRD provided logistics for the Peer Detailing of 4122 and 4749 PPMV shops in both first and second cycles in River State.
- In October 2015, provided logistics for the training of 1031 CHEWs, 23 MOA and 23 LIO in Routine Immunization in Rivers State.
- In January 2016 CEHRD with support from CHAI rolled out Community Activation by mapping and training key influencers and leading members of their communities particularly in semi-urban and rural communities with the objective of cascading the message of the right treatment for diarrhoea thereby driving demand for the use of ZINC/ORS for treatment of childhood diarrhoea in all the wards and LGAs of Rivers and Cross River State
- With Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), assisted with the distribution of funds to caregivers of people living with HIV/AIDS in Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta, Akwa-Ibom, Cross River and Delta States (2014-2015).
- Collaborated with CHAI to train PPMVs on the management of childhood illnesses such as diarrhea, malaria and pneumonia to health workers and caregivers in all categories ranging from doctors, nurses, pharmacists, pharmacist technicians, Community Health Workers (CHEWS) and Proprietors Patent Medicine Vendors (PPMVs) in the South-South and South Eastern States of Nigeria (since 2013).
- School Health Program: Implementation of mass deworming, Hepatitis B immunization and vitamins A Supplementation, provision of school sick-bay with essential drugs, periodic medical examination and blood screening service including retroviral screening, blood group, Haemoglobin estimation and Genotype test, etc for pupils including vulnerable children in Bebor Nursery/Primary School, St. Patrick Catholic Nursery/Primary School Bodo, both in Gokana L.G.A and Wiwa model Nursery and Primary School, Bane and Bori in Khana L.G.A, Rivers State (2012-2016).
- Establishment of a sick bay for pupils of Bebor Nursery and Primary school in Bodo which offers comprehensive medical care (2012-2013).
- Conducted training on care and nutrition for people living with HIV/AIDS in Rivers and Bayelsa States (2004).