Soca Foundation, Nigeria, Port Harcourt, West Africa

SOCA Foundation, Nigeria is a faith based/non-governmental organization (NGO) whose main focus is to make a future for the ORPHAN CHILD AND STREET CHILDREN, bringing back a lost smile on their faces and also evangelizing them for Christ.
This NGO/Foundation was formerly inaugurated in Port Harcourt on December 21st 1998 at Hotel Presidential having her Excellency, Mrs. Comfort Ewang (Chairperson FSP and wife of the Executive Governor of Rivers State) as the special guest of honour who was represented by Mrs. Christy Toby.

It formally commissioned it’s SAVE THE ORPHAN CHILD NATIONAL CAMPAIGN on the 28th of JULY 2001 at the main hall of Bereton Montessori Nursery/Primary School, Rumuomasi, P.H having several important dignitaries in attendant some of who were Rev. Canon Azubuike Ugoha, Vicar – St. Lukes Ang. Church, Eberi – Omuma, Pastor E.O Moses, District Pastor – Gospel Faith Mission Int. Abuja, Chief Mrs. V.O.R. Diete Spif – Proprietress, Bereton Montessori Nur/Pri School who was represented by Mrs. Esther Oguamanam, and Mr. Emmanuel Onukwe who became the first partner of the TRUST FUND.

SFN is also involved in the campaign against drug abuse, cultism, pre-marital sex (HIV-AIDS, Introducing God’s Idea) and promiscuity, early childhood marriages, prevention of child abuse, child abandonment and other parental evils against children.

Our vision is to remove “every child” the orphans, street children and destitute from the streets of Nigeria and beyond, Giving them Shelter, Education, Hope and a bright Future. Also to restore moral and ethical values back to our younger generation, teaching and encouraging them in the fear and knowledge of God and in general preparing the SAINTS for the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

SFN is also involved in big time Film/music productions, Publishing and corporate printing, Graphic designs and digital colour separation, Mass duplication and marketing of audio/video tapes and religious/ educational books mostly for children through its sfn press and sfn production department.

Center For Youth Development Project, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, West Africa

MISSION: To improve on the Leadership skills of the youth, and Challenge their Entrepreneurship potentials

VISION: To establish an institution for innovative programmes to alleviate poverty, and bring out the leadership skills and entrepreneurship potentials of the youths of our society for a brighter tomorrow.

Our goal is to provide 2000 skilled jobs for 2000 youths in Niger Delta by the year 2010.

Center for Youth Development Project (CFYDP) is a non-governmental, non-profit, private sector organization established to address the poverty and unemployment situation of the youths and as a vanguard Organisation for the advancement of the youth through the development of leadership and entrepreneurship skills necessary to create positive change in the youth.

The organization is targeted directly to the youths to help build a bridge for a brighter and resourceful tomorrow youth, hence the term CREATING TOMORROW TODAY

The organization believes in the philosophy that by creating an enabling environment for equipping the young entrepreneur with skills, providing them with necessary tools, finance and networking, they will in turn create a successful brighter future and in the nearest future the private sector can stand the test of time without total dependence on Government and Multi-nationals.

We hope to establish our presence in the six geo-political zones of Nigeria especially to the grass root i.e. the rural youth.

Feminist Vision Care Initiative, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, West Africa

VISION STATEMENT: To educate, inform, motivate and inspire individuals and society to positive inspiration and aspirations, dispel human ignorance, ensure collective and global happiness for the betterment of mankind.

MISSION STATEMENT: To contribute to social and economic well-being and development of families and communities and support the execution of millennium development goals in the Niger Delta Region, Nigeria, African and the Globe

ACTIVITIES:

Implementing harm reduction policies and technical support education.

Improving bad social conditions and helping people in need.

Stimulating the growth of technical education and manpower development in the society.

Maintaining close contacts with professional bodies, and reviewing related literature for the purpose of knowledge update,

thereby developing research results into relevant publications.

Improving the physical, mental and social health of individuals.

Embarking on both formal and informal dissemination of information relating to drug use, prostitution and associated crimes via lectures, seminars, workshops, discussion sessions and resource centres.

Encouraging voluntary participation (donations and scholarships) in the education of under-privileged children.

Exposing the youths especially young school leavers to other forms of self-employment.

Establishing a manpower base in the communities for technological advancement.

Bringing the reality of HIV/AIDS and its preventive teachings to the grassroots.

Updating the knowledge of our youths on the damaging potentials of drug abuse and crime.

Encouraging the youths in channeling their energy away from juvenile delinquency and youthful exuberance.

Encouraging mediation and conflict management policies.

Relating with governmental and non-governmental organizations, in educating our people on the right track to positive

development.

Advocating for safe environment policies and legal reforms.

Encouraging the youths to develop creative thinking, patience, honesty and self-direction.

Executing Youth, HIV/AIDS, Reproductive and Maternal Health programs.

Building capacity for research, program development and implementation.

The youths, women and children are the target groups. However, universal awareness and education are vital for a better understanding of why these groups should stay harm free.

There is a great need to keep the society informed of approaches to proper upbringing and eradicating juvenile delinquency traits in children and youths; they are to be encouraged to comment goal setting, form clear values, make decisions and develop high self-esteem, as the family is the foundation of the society

The Center For Development Support Initiatives-cedsi, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, West Africa

In recent times, the resultant effect of long-term neglect has become more evident, the great toll of which is better imagined. Despite growing stakeholders interventions, there is still a wide gap towards rural women and youth empowerment as a lot still wallow in poverty, ignorance, lack of basic functional education, incessant conflicts, insufficient reproductive health information and no sustainable means of livelihood.

CEDSI works to improve the quality of life of its target through various programs. We want to be uniquely positioned to advocate for change, connect communities to knowledge and resources and most of all co-ordinate broader donor efforts at the community level.

This is to help alleviate poverty along low- income disadvantaged individuals through creating an enabling environment for a sustainable development by reduction of violence in the communities where it operates.

Niger Delta Women For Justice, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, West Africa

The Niger Delta Women for Justice (NDWJ) is a non-profit making, non-sectarian, civil society organisation, founded in December 1998.

The organisation is a child of circumstance born out of 40 years of economic and environmental neglect of the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria, culminating in the militarisation of the region over the past 10 years and increased human rights violations.

NDWJ works in close collaboration with other grassroots organisations and women’s groups in all of the 15 ethnic nationalities in the Niger Delta. It is committed to improving the personal, economic and educational status of women and to ensuring that their environmental and human rights are upheld.

NDWJ’s vision is to facilitate the empowerment of disadvantaged women particularly those in rural areas, through programmes of participatory development.

These programmes seek to transform all aspects of women’s lives so that the women themselves begin to recognize their own potential and their rights and begin to speak through their own voices.

Women Aid Collective Wac, Porth-harcort, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, West Africa

WACOL stands for WomenAid Collective. We are an independent, non governmental, non-profit organisation. We are dedicated and committed to helping women and young people in need. We are gender conscious and work towards gender equality and human rights for all.

WACOL was founded in November 1997 with its headquater in Enugu and branch offices in Port Harcourt, and the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, Nigeria. It is registered with the Coporate Affairs Commission as a charitable organisation (N0 RC 388132).

WACOL exists to help women and young people whose rights are threatend and / or have been denied and who are subjected to phyisical,mental, and/or sexual abuse.

The aim of WACOL is to increase legal protection and fight for better choices for abused women and children, facilitate flow of information and experiences between organisation, and develop appropriate Information, Education and Communication materials that will be used in advocacy for human rights of women and young people. At the moment WACOL maintains a combined staff strength of forty-five spread across our six offices.

Youth Golden-path Internative Yogopati, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, West Africa

YOUTH GOLDEN – PATH INITIATIVE (YOGOPATI), IS a non -governmental, non-political, charity organization established for the sole purpose of developing an agenda for the indigenous youth towards self-emancipation, reliance and independence through youth empowerment, capacity building and the promotion of a peace culture, Youth Golden – Path Initiative is a multi ethnic organisation that has a balanced representation of both genders.

Our initiative runs through all the facets of the human development especially the youth age. These include health issues, education, job creation, skill development and acquisition, arts, information technology and rehabilitatory processes.

YOGOPATI’s believe in the development of the total person, proves our doggedness and determination in ensuring that every aspect of the human endeavor especially as it affects the young person are highlighted and stressed upon

Center For Development Support Initiatives Cedsi, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, West Africa

In recent times, the resultant effect of long-term neglect has become more evident, the great toll of which is better imagined. Despite growing stakeholders interventions, there is still a wide gap towards rural women and youth empowerment as a lot still wallow in poverty, ignorance, lack of basic functional education, incessant conflicts, insufficient reproductive health information and no sustainable means of livelihood.

At the turn of the new millennium, in order to join hands with the global community towards achieving the lofty goals of strengthening the Niger Delta community folks for sustainable development, a group of professionals came together leading to the birth of the enter for Development Support Initiatives CEDSI.

CEDSI is a not-for profit, non-governmental Organization, clearly committed towards improving the quality of life of women and youths in the Niger Delta region. It currently has its headquarters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and branches in other parts of the Niger Delta region.

CEDSI works in 5 core areas of: Agriculture and rural development, HIV/AIDS mitigation, Skills Acquisition, Functional education, Peace building, conflict resolution and advocacy and Non-profit governance e.g. Board development. CEDSI is poised to promote good governance and sustainable development in our target region through community driven, people focused, innovative, participatory and result oriented initiatives.

We believe that the present intrinsic underdevelopment, suffering and poverty levels among Niger Delta women and youths can be affected in positive and progressive ways. Thus we have committed ourselves to bring agent to bring about positive change.

Pro Natura International Nigeria Pnin, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, West Africa

Pro-Natura International Nigeria works to achieve long-lasting solutions for community development within the Niger Delta. By establishing trusted and transparent Community Foundations, PNI helps communities to lead their own development process.

By building institutions, capacity, trust and confidence within the community, PNI is redefining community-led development in the Niger Delta through the Community Development Foundation Initiative.

Pro-Natura International (Nigeria) advocates that in the absence of good governance, an effectively implemented community led development process is the only viable vehicle for sustainable development, conflict resolution and economic improvement for poor and marginalised communities in the Niger Delta and elsewhere. There are no short cuts or simple solutions.