Climate change is fundamentally a global problem. It is a phenomenon that affects the most vulnerable in the society, and one of the most vulnerable populations of the world is the population of children. Children have inherited a problem that is inherently not of their making. One of the rights of children, is the right
Eric Ojo Nigeria and seven other countries which include Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Senegal, Somalia and South Africa are currently participating in the implementation of the African Activists for Climate Justice (AACJ) project. Funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (FoFA) and implemented by five consortium members which include, Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance
According to Abraham Maslow’ – “Food” tops man’s hierarchy of needs after clothing and shelter. To this end, food is important to the existence of man, and to all other forms of life on earth. Primarily; a deficit in food supply often lead to malnutrition and eventually death in extreme case. Understanding the importance of
Global Initiative for Food Security and Ecosystem Preservation with support for European Union, Development Exchange Centre and OXFAM trained Local Government Extension Workers in a five day intensive training/workshop. The training was organized so as to empower Local Government Extension Workers with the required human capacity to sustain the achievements of PROSELL. The PROSELL project
Globally, different days are set aside to remind and educate the world on some of the pressing issues humanity faces. From the world environment day to children day, to the International women day; events and awareness on pertinent issues take place annually. However, the beckoning question remains, what has been the impact? Does it in
The Solar for Internally Displaced Persons Camp (Solar for IDPs Camp) initiative of GIFSEP; (Global Initiative for Food Security and Ecosystem) is aimed at powering all IDP Camps in Nigeria with Solar. Since its inception in 2018, we have been able to light up 1000 households in Internally Displaced Persons camps in the North Eastern
The postponement of COP26 has provided us the opportunity to learn from the corona virus pandemic experience to revise our NDC’s, increase our ambitions and climate finance for resilience building. Covid 19 is a wake-up call for climate action and reminds us of the importance of the fight for our health, livelihoods, and planet. COVID
As part of capacity building of students in Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to address climate change, Global Initiative for Food Security and Ecosystem Preservation (GIFSEP) with support of Global Environment Facility-Small Grant Programme (GEF-SGP) established environmental clubs in 20 secondary schools in the FCT in 2017. This project has enhanced the adoption of environmental conservation
