Mike David Terungwa, Head of GIFSEP, is pleased to announce that in March 2020 his team will start the first project in Nigeria to empower communities to work with The Manatee as they face an uncertain future stronger, together. We shall work with communities along the Benue River and tributaries in Benue State, adopting The
As part of our Solar for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) initiative, Global Initiative for Food Security and Ecosystem Preservation (GIFSEP) with support from the Policy Centre for the New South, Morroco, lights up additional 100 IDPs households in Maiduguri-Borno State. The Solar for IDPs camp is an initiative of GIFSEP which commenced in the year
The term climate change is a global phenomenon today because it affects everyone. However climate change impacts are more severe on some continents than others. In retrospect, climate change or global warming as many will understand it; is simply causes by the emission of greenhouse gases. Over the years, the continent of Europe, North America
Solar for Internally Displaced Persons Camp (Solar for IDP Camp) is an initiative of GIFSEP; (Global Initiative for Food Security and Ecosystem) aimed at powering all IDP Camps in Nigeria with Solar. The insurgency and communal crises have displaced about 2 Million people who are taking shelter in Internally Displaced Persons Camp in different parts of the country and nearly all the camps are without electricity. Our goal is to provide clean energy access to all internally displaced persons across Nigeria by lighting up the IDP camps with Solar. We also train selected IDP’s with skills on installation and maintenance of simple solar systems.
Statistics have shown that the most vulnerable group in the global climate crisis are women and children.
Climate change has become a worrisome catastrophe accounting for extreme weather conditions globally as such threatening the existence of biodiversity and invoking natural disaster. Recently there was a reported incident of forest fire which occurred at the amazon forest, this is one out of several other disasters that have been caused as a result of
Our Executive Director Mr David Michael Terungwa participated in the UN 68TH Civil Society Conference which took place in Salt lake City Utah USA. The conference, which met under the theme, “Building Inclusive and Sustainable Cities and Communities” drew registrants from some 130 countries, with an estimated 40 percent of participants aged 23 and younger.
In line with the Federal Ministry of Environment drive to increase youth participation in environmental policies and management, the Honourable Minister of State for Environment, Mrs Sharon Ikeazor, hosted a group of young environmentalist in Nigeria to discuss issues pertinent to young people in the environmental sector. The delegation of young professionals was led by
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
Global Initiative for Food Security and Ecosystem Preservation (GIFSEP) in conjunction with Climate and Sustainable Development Network of Nigeria (CSDevNet) and the Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Abuja, Nigeria, commemorated the 2019 World Environment Day (Beat Air Pollution) with a March for Climate Justice within the University’s environs. The peaceful procession of
