FEPEN basically is engaged in working towards preserving and conserving natural resources, the general environment as an heritage for future generations and striving to achieve sustainable development.

FEPEN is committed towards contributing to food security, poverty alleviation, health, economic empowerment for Women, environmental education and promotion of harmonious living of the people of the Niger Delta through research, partnership, capacity strengthening, conservation of the ecosystem, tree planting and policy support in the ways that promote sustainable agriculture, forestry and development based on environmentally sound management of natural resources.

Our Programme Implementation Strategy

 

PREACHING THE VITALITY OF HARMONY DEVELOPMENT The language of force in the long term is counterproductive. this is a key principle of the friends for the preservation of the Niger Delta Environment.

GRASSROOTS APPROACH FEPEN's Grassroots Approach to integrate Community Development and Poverty Alleviation reflected in its periwinkle farming project which is aimed at the economic empowerment of the backbone of the family unit: Women.

CAPACITY BUILDING & RESEARCH FEPEN believes that research is the key tool in environmental preservation, conservation and sustainable development.In 1992, our workshop on: "The Niger Delta; its environment and the impacts of development" atracted both local and international experts who presented stimulating papers and proffered solutions to the myriad developmental issues affecting the Niger Delta area. A book form of these presentation would be out shortly.

PARTICIPATORY LEARNING METHODOLOGY FEPEN's training programmes are designed to provide practical skills and techniques, they focus on shared learning experience which are based on principles of partipatory learning and actions rather than teaching. The learners participate in determining the learning points and exert substantial control over the content and the methods. Self-help and self-assisted innovations are encouraged so as to enable beneficiaries to make critical analysis of situations and initiate relevant actions to resolve their own conflicts an practical challenges.

NATURAL/RENEWABLE RESOURCES CONSERVATION & FRAMEWORK (NRCPF) This strategy involves people in the development of their communities by identifying local renewable and non-renewable natural resources, segregating them, increasing the capacity of the members of the community to control, (conserve and preserve) these resources in a responsible and sustainable manner in order to meet the needs and aspirations of the community with the health of the environment in focus. .

For more information contact us with email address; info@fepen.org