SOCIETY FOR DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT Committed to educate, inform, motivate and inspire society We strongly believe in and are firmly committed to the philosophy of the humanity of all peoples irrespective of their racial, geographic, ethnic or social colorations. A community free from drugs, crime and HIV/AIDS. At SDCE we value our most precious resources, our children and we want them to value themselves. When people have a sense of self-worth they are not easily manipulated, or cajoled into harmful practices of drug abuse and crime. Other programmes Community Care Initiative Youth, Sexuality, Drug and HIV Intervention in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria Feminist Vision Care Initiative A gender sensitive initiative that addresses issues of gender discrimination, rights, responsibilities of adolescents, leadership development, family life and reproductive health, and initiate life-skill education and training, most especially among girls and young women. Energy, water and sanitation Promoting the use of sustainable solar power to provide lighting, safe water; and to develop innovative programmes for hygiene promotion, behaviour change and skills acquisition. Democracy and governance SDCE is part of a coalition of CSOs, including NGOs and community groups that promote mass mobilisation to combat corruption in public offices in the states and local government councils of Nigeria, and to support community participation in budget development and monitoring. Society For Development and Community Empowerment (SDCE) is a non-governmental, not-for-profit organisation established in June 2002 and registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission, Rivers State Ministry of Women Affairs and Federal Ministries of Women Affairs, Youth Development, Education and Health. Our thematic areas of work include: • Economic development/entrepreneurship • HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria • Right to Education • Good governance, child sponsorship, trafficking and child labour, and drugdemand www.sdc-m.interconnection.org reduction • Economic empowerment of women • Human Rights and accountability • Promoting tools and technologies in the agriculture sector • Reproductive health • Environment Sustainability, sanitation and waste management. Programmes supporting women’s advancement SDCE priorities also centre on promoting tools and technologies in its programmes which will enhance women’s advancement in economic opportunities in areas such as bead making and fish/snail farming, soap production, allied agro-products, and manual cassava/corn. Over 200 women have benefited from these activities. Other on-going SDCE Feminist Vision activities include: • Promoting and providing income-generating activities and decision-making skills for indigenous women to enhance their livelihood and improve on the level of care and support for orphans under their care. • Advocacy and community mobilisation on women’s rights and gender equality in Andoni and Obio/Akpor LGAs, Rivers State. • Increased access to modern agricultural techniques and equipment. • Literacy and entrepreneurship programmes for women. Contact Mr Kayode Adedoye Executive Director 59 International Airport Rd Rukpokwu P.O. Box 1540 Port Harcourt, Rivers State NIGERIA Tel: +234 803 500 7405 +234 803 315 3940 Email: sdce02@gmail.com info@sdce.org www.sdce.org SDCE’s headquarters are in Port Harcourt with branches in Bayelsa, Imo, Ondo, Abuja and Edo States. SDCE holds a SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
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