Sector Directory

Organization

Collaborative Living and Development Initiative (COLIDEIN)

Mission

Mission: To promote collaborative living and sustainable development by empowering communities through livelihood support in agriculture, capacity building, peace building & conflict management, enterprise development, access to micro-credit, participatory governance and advocacy.

Organizational Expertise

Adoption / Behavior Change, Capacity Building, Gender / Womens Empowerment, Livelihoods, Marketing, Microfinance, Monitoring and Evaluation, Research

Technologies & Fuels

Charcoal, Solar, Wood

Other Technologies Fuels

We are talking about the various methods/fuel used in the fish drying process.

Clean Cooking Activities

We intend to promote sustainable development in communities especially in the reduction of tree falling activities for firewood and its adverse effect on the environment/climate through sensitization for behavioural change. By encouraging the use of clean energy/cook stoves, we hope to reduce the quantity of tress cut, its associated environmental problems such as erosion and health challenges related to the use of firewood, charcoal et cetera by undertaking the following activities:
1. Awareness creation/Sensitisation
2. Demonstration
3. Access to Financing
4. Market linkage between users and manufacturers/vendors.

Partnership

Collaborative Living and Development Initiative (COLIDEIN), as an organisation would like to be an implementing partner with cleanstoves to promote her programmes in the rural communities by creating awareness/sensitisation, their capacity on clean energy/maintenance and provide market development. We are already in communication with some cookstoves and clean energy vendors for possible partnership. We hope to create a platform of synergy and market linkage among all stakeholder especially beneficiaries and provide research documentation/database.
In our previous projects, we have been able to empower communities through the identification of possible agric-business and non-agric related economic development opportunities/activities that they can get involved in especially women and youths. For example, the fish/snail farming project at Abuloma community with funding from Plan International U.S.A.
COLIDEIN has also worked with DAI in its market development and financing for its improved oil palm harvesting equipment /processing mills. We promote the use of locally fabricated harvesting / processing technologies for the oil palm farmers / millers like the Adjustable Mechanised Harvester, and offer access to finance for the farmers. This invariably improves efficiency / effectiveness leading to increased products and income and ultimately advance their economic opportunities.

Regions Operating In

Sub-Saharan Africa

Country Based In

Nigeria

Address

4 Obinuchi Street
Off Aba Road
Port Harcourt, Rivers/Nigeria/West Africa 500261

Primary Point of Contact

Name: Ms. Chidinma Mbaegbu

Title: ED/Programme Coordinator

Email: cmbaegbu@yahoo.com

Phone: +2348033168001

Secondary Point of Contact

Name: Ms. Kelechi Akobundu

Title: Programme Administrator

Email: colidein.contact@gmail.com

Phone: +2348037114345