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Our Focus

Our main focus is on the rural areas, its people, biodiversity conservation, rural health and population.

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Center for Environment, Human Rights and Development

Our work spans through the entire Niger Delta. Our main focus is on the rural areas, its people, biodiversity conservation, rural health and population. We also monitor document and report human rights violations across the region. In some of the cases, CEHRD provides legal advocacy to victims of human rights violations. 

CEHRD

Promoting sustainable green development and entrenchment of human rights in Nigeria

Our Programs

OUR SCOPE IS NATIONAL

Our works cut across all strata of society in terms of age, gender and abilities, and the ratio of women to men we serve is 55:45.

We work towards a world where every child is free and their rights are protected under a just law

CEHRD researches, monitors and document on human rights, small arms, governance and topical biodiversity and environmental issues in the Niger Delta region and their associated human rights impacts

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 and milestones in the civil society sector

Our Vision
A just society with an enabling environment for the realization of the peoples’ fundamental human rights.

Guided by science and collaboration, we empower communities and partners to restore ecosystems through swift and sustainable greening initiatives.

Recent Publications

Inauguration of Environment Club in Community Secondary School Mogho, Gokana LGA

Inauguration of environment club in Community Secondary School Mogho, Gokana LGA carried out by CEHRD with support from NACGOND on Thursday 6th June, 2019. This is part of activities towards building...

CEHRD Quarterly Visit to Bodo City Girls Secondary Schools Environment Club

CEHRD team visited Bodo City Girls Secondary Schools environment club. The team makes quarterly visits to the different environment clubs inaugurated and running in select public schools in Gokana...

Journalist Kofi Bartels: CEHRD Demands End to Police Brutalities and Torture

The Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) joined other Civil Society Organizations and the media to condemn in its entirety the cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment meted on...

CEHRD Challenges Niger Delta Politicians, Leaders to Run Accountable and Transparent Government

Tuesday 11 June, 2019 The Centre For Environment, Human Rights And Development (CEHRD), a non-governmental, non-profit making organization has nearly 20 years of working experience in remote rural and...

Comments by the Ambassador of Embassy of the Netherlands in Nigeria during a Visit to the Media Hub of Community Journalists (ICMAP)

”What an amazing group of inspiring entrepreneurs and young people at @CEHRD’s media hub in #PortHarcourt. Access to tech for youths from the waterfront & informal settlements gives...

CEHRD Participated in the 2019 City Nature Challenge Activities

Indigenes of Oporo-Ama community in Asari-Toru LGA and students of the University of Port Harcourt (Uniport), Rivers State participated in the City Nature Challenge 2019. At the end of the City Nature...

Town Hall Meeting in Obunagha Town, Bayelsa State

Town hall meeting in Obunagha town, Gbarain Clan, Yenagoa Local Government Area, Bayelsa State. This is one of series of activities being implemented by CEHRD with support from National Endowment for...

Stakeholders’ Interactive Session

Representative from Bayelsa State Ministry of Environment speaking at a Stakeholders’ Interactive Session on Challenges faced by Environmental Regulators during Oil Spill Management organised by...

Baseline Study on Workforce Characteristics of Women

CEHRD team carrying out a baseline study on workforce characteristics of women in Gio, Tai LGA and Igwuruta in Ikwerre LGA, Rivers state to underscore specific economic indicators for a better and...

Our Partners