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Community development and empowerment

Communities know what they want. SDN's role is to support them to attain their needs.

Communities know what they want. SDN's role is to support them to attain their needs. We do not provide direct development assistance for infrastructural projects or give direct aid but we empower communities and build their capacity to identify, lobby for and implement projects that address their key needs.

Understanding the issues: 35 years of oil exploration in Biseni

Biseni is one of the many communities in Bayelsa that has been blessed with abundant natural resources. It has eight clusters of oil wells operated jointly by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) and Shell's Petroleum Development Company (SPDC). The wells have been in operation in the area since 1972.

Biseni is a typical example of the thousands of communities in the oil producing Niger Delta. After more than 35 years of oil exploitation on their doorstep the people of Biseni live without potable drinking water, which often makes them sick. And when they get sick they have no proper health care facilities.