On June 19, 2025, David Prince, Program Coordinator, represented the Centre for Human Rights, Health, Ethnic Harmony and Livelihood Development (CHHELD) at the 2025 South-South Regional Conference on Improving the Operational Environment for CSO Operations in Nigeria, held in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The conference, organized by Global Rights Nigeria and the Community of Practice

As funding continues to shrink in the civil space, nonprofit organizations must go beyond passion and purpose—they must master money. At CHHELD (Centre for Human Rights, Health, Ethnic Harmony and Livelihood Development), our commitment to building resilient, mission-aligned institutions led us to the latest edition of the ACT Foundation Knowledge Series, themed “Mastering Money: Building

    The Centre for Human Rights, Health, Ethnic Harmony and Livelihood Development (CHHELD) proudly participated in the official launch of the Nigerian Climate Justice Movement (CJM), a groundbreaking initiative aimed at building a unified, justice-centered response to the climate crisis in Nigeria. Held at Bolton White Hotel, Abuja, from May 6 to 7, 2025,

The Women’s Advocacy Training was organized by Business and Professional Women (BPW) Port Harcourt in partnership with CHHELD and CCDS, to equip women with the knowledge, skills, and tools needed to advocate for their rights. The event brought together women entrepreneurs, and stakeholders to discuss pressing issues and explore solutions to promote women’s rights and

The Tax- to- Service write- Shop and Step- Down Meeting began with an introduction by Mr. Kelechi, the Rivers State Tax Justice and Governance Forum Coordinator. Attendees include CSOs, students from the University Tax Club, Business/market people and the media. In his opening remarks, the Coordinator highlighted the annual event’s focus on addressing tax issues,

General PLP Sustainability Platform Roll-Out Session for ACT-CSOs Partners in Rivers State held on the 22nd day of January, 2023 by 10:30am in Novotel Hotel & Resorts, Port Harcourt. The meeting was funded by the European Union Agents for Citizens Driven Transformation (EUACT). The Agents for Citizens Driven Transformation ACT programme aimed to contribute to

The SCALE Webinar on Leveraging Diversity and inclusion for organizational growth was organized by the Palladium under the Strengthening Civic Advocacy and Local Engagement (SCALE) project, and funded by USAID. The webinar was hosted on Microsoft teams on 30th day of January, 2024. In attendance to the webinar were participants from NGOs, CSOs, CBOs and

A workshop was held on the 9th day of November, 2023 at Visa Karena Hotel, Port Harcourt, Rivers State and was funded by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Nigeria. CHHELD was represented by the Office Assistant/technical support officer, Praise David. The formal introduction/opening prayer session was handled by Mr. Chidie who was also the moderator throughout the

The webinar was held on the 26th of September, 2023 by 11am on virtual conference platform, Zoom. The meeting had participants from the EU-ACT, CATI and members of various Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Mr. Newton Otsemaye, the moderator started the meeting with a welcome message to all active participants and gave a brief insight on the

The Webinar was held on the 21st day of September, 2023 via Zoom by 10am. It was organized by Clones-House in partnership with the European Union/British Council. The topic of the webinar was “Tips for designing Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Plans” The session was moderated by Mr. Jibril Suleiman.  He welcomed participants and introduced the

Webinar: Setting up M&E systems in organizations The webinar was organized by Palladium Group with support from USAID, it is part of the monthly webinar series organized by Palladium Group which is part of activities in the Strengthening Civic Advocacy and Local Engagement (SCALE) project. The webinar was aimed at improving the capacities of CSOs

The Regional Stakeholder Consultative workshop on testing and adoption of the MIS/CSO directory was organized by the Nigeria Network of NGOs (NNNGO) and Palladium under the Strengthening Civic Advocacy and Local Engagement (SCALE) project, funded by USAID. The workshop took place at Bon Hotel, Rumudara, Port Harcourt on the 15th day of June, 2023. The

The National CSOs/BMOs Directory & CSO Management Information System (MIS) is a technology platform where CSOs, NGOs and BMOs are been registered on the database which seeks to make information about the CSOs, NGOs and BMOs available to the general public and prospective donors and partners. The platform also seeks to strengthen the sector and

The purpose of the workshop was for for CSO partners with ACT. To acquire a better understanding of the basic concepts of knowledge management, and identify appropriate knowledge management practices, techniques and tools for creating and sharing knowledge DAY 1 Stella Omepa, Knowledge expert/content creator for EU-ACT. Gave a welcoming speech and a rundown of

The Sensitization Workshop on the role of DNFBPs in the AML/CFT Regime of Nigeria organized by the EFCC was aimed at organizing and sensitizing the Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions (DNFBPs) on measures to take in countering money laundering and terrorism financing in Nigeria. The 2-day event enlightened members from the various DNFBPs such as

Group 3 Peer Learning Session which was attended by Chukwu Ikechukwu & Diepiriye Queen of CHHELD on 29th July 2022 at Kebetkache’s Women Development Centre. The topic discussed was: Sustainability of the Peer Review Section. Mrs Patience Ekong made a presentation consigning Peer Learning Sections, the Gains, Achievements and challenges from attending previous peer learning

Group 1 Peer Learning Session which was attended by Chukwu Ikechukwu of CHHELD on 26th July 2022 at Women Rights and Empowerment Initiatives (WORI), 16/20 School Road, Rumuodumanya, Port Harcourt. The topic of discussion was titled: Monitoring and Evaluation (M and E) in A Project Circle. The section was anchored by the ED of WORI