Stakeholder Democracy Network - About Us

About Us

One of our programme officers looks at flooding in Port Harcourt, 2006

SDN investigates flooding in Port Harcourt

We help communities in Nigeria and the Gulf of Guinea region who live alongside oil, gas and mining facilities. We help them to communicate and negotiate with business, government and others with a stake in their land and its resources.

In Nigeria, through our four programmes, we:

Ensure communities' voices are listened to
Help to address the causes of conflict and to build peace
Work with youth, women's and faith-based groups to support the institutions of society
Promote greater accountability by government institutions

Who supports us

SDN works with the support of CordAid, the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust and the Open Society Institute Development Foundation.

We would also like to thank the Body Shop Foundation and Friends of the Earth, England, Wales and Northern Ireland for their support and encouragement in establishing the project.

SDN is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee in England, no 5101121.

What we believe

Path to leaking Wellhead 18, Kpor, Rivers State, July 2004. Stakeholder Democracy Network & Tim Nunn. © 2004. All rights reserved.

Oil has few uses if it can't be refined.

Oil money has few uses unless it's spent on things that people need.

Oil business can sap the life out of the land and its people. The money needs to be reinvested in people, in farms, fishing and trade.

Stakeholder Democracy Network is a not-for-profit organisation, independent of all governments and political parties.
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