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Opobo-Nkoro Community Development Foundation
After eight years of work with the Akassa community, Pro-Natura
has introduced community-led development in Opobo-Nkoro Local
Government Area in Rivers State. Communities in Opobo and Nkoro
have joined with Pro Natura to establish the Opobo-Nkoro
Community Development Foundation
The Opobo-Nkoro Community Development Foundation has overcome
many challenges, including the culture of suspicion and mistrust.
Training and capacity building by PNI-Nigeria has enabled them
to start to make a positive impact within their community. In
Opobo-Nkoro the communities selected diverse projects for its
Development Plan ranging from training to small infrastructure
and health. The individual initiatives include, amongst others:
- Training traditional mid-wives.
- Construction of latrines.
- Creation of a women’s resource centre.
- Making a cement-lined well.
- Training of micro-credit recipients, for improvement of fishing
technologies (purchase of nets, boat repair) or the development
of artisanal crafts (purchase of a sewing machine …)
- Creation of a laboratory for the fight against
tuberculosis.
- Computer training.
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