PDA Nigeria

PDAs INDIVIDUAL GIVING INITIATIVE By: Caroline James- Fundraising Campaign Manager, PDA

Welcome to 2021. Remember that, PDA launched its Individual Giving Initiative (IGI) strategy in May of 2020. The idea of the fundraising strategy was to achieve its purpose of raising funds from people through regular direct debit donation which the organisation uses to create programs that is beneficial to the men, women, youths, persons with disabilities and …

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Possible Covid-19 Outbreak in Afikpo North By: Caroline James- Fundraising Campaign Manager, PDA

It will be a cliché to begin giving details of what Covid-19 is, as it is the ongoing global pandemic in the world. As of 17th March 2020, 159 countries and territories reported the spread of the virus which is believed to have originated in Hubei Province (Wuhan the capital city), China in December 2019. …

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The Impact of PFA in the life of Nnenna Nkama By Patience Ugochi Joseph- Program Officer PFA

Smallholder women farmers face multiply challenges in the production of food for the teeming masses. They lack access to farm inputs and to finance through farm in loans/ grants and there are no specific budget lines to provide support for small holder women farmers. Women tend to be invisible to policy makers because they are …

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Building Synergy for Community Development By: Okocha John out- Child Sponsorshhip Officer PDA

Participatory Development Alternatives (PDA) is proactive in alternative ways of community development. Working with, and linking cooperative groups and Community Based Organisations (CBOs) to relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), is one sure way to foster community development. PDA has formed, nurtured and strengthened over 50 women cooperative groups and CBOs across the 3 senatorial …

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Climate Resilience Sustainable Agriculture (CRSA) as the Best Agricultural Practice. By: Ekuma Emmanuel Toochukwu

Rose Ogbonna is a smallholder woman farmer from Okpoitumo community, Abakaliki North LGA, Ebonyi State, and she is happy to share her story of a bountiful harvest of rice that she planted with organic manure. This story ensued after Participatory Development Alternatives (PDA) with support from ActionAid, trained smallholder women farmers from Okpuitumo community, and …

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The Urgency of Now: The top priorities we must focus upon to stay on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and building a sustainable world. By: Caroline James- Fundraising Campaign Manager

As the world faces significant challenges arising from the COVID 19 pandemic, with its attendant huge impacts on the gains made towards achieving the SDGs, it is imperative to refocus energies on the top priorities that we must focus on now. The Secretary General of the United Nations- AntonioGuterres, in a speech in a UN …

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True Community. By Caroline James-Fundraising Campaign Manager.

Community is a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government and often have a common cultural, religious, and historical heritage. This is the dictionary meaning of the word and the first meaning to come to mind to many people, however, community is beyond a place, neighborhood, town or …

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Better Family planning, improved incomes, happy homes: The Impact of Peer Education on Women. By Patience Ogochi- Program Officer PFM

Investing in women sets a direct path towards eradication of poverty and inclusive economic growth. Women make enormous contributions to economies whether in businesses or by doing unpaid care work at home. According to Michelle Bachelet, the former Executive Director of UN Women, “when women earn money for the family, everyone in the family benefits. …

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PDA mobilizes farmers to increase understanding of Govt “Anchor Borrowers” Program. By Ekuma Emmanuel Toochukwu- Program Officer

Anchor borrowers’ program is an initiative of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. The program is intended to provide farm inputs in cash (loan) or kind (for farm labour) to smallholder farmers to boost production of their commodities, stabilize inputs supply to agro-processors and address the country’s negative …

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Ebonyi State Government Finally Donates Covid-19 Relief Materials to Her Citizens. By: Okocha John Otu- Sponsorship Officer

                                   Barely a month after PDA had called on the Ebonyi State Government to donate relief materials to the citizens to help them cope with the adverse effects of the COVID-19, the State Government has responded positively with relief …

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