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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Agriculture Biodiversity Children Citizenship and Governance Climate Change Development Education Energy HIV/AIDS Human Rights Indigenous Peoples Women/gender Equality Youth Financing for Development: Increasing financial and technical cooperation for development Mobilizing domestic financial resources for development Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Capacity building Education and training of women Human rights of women Indigenous women Information and communication technologies Men and boys Millennium Development Goals The girl child Trafficking in women and girls Population: International migration Morbidity and mortality Population distribution and internal migration Population growth Population structure Reproduction, family formation and the status of women Public Administration: Ethics, Transparency and Accountability Socio-Economic Governance and Management Social Development: Indigenous issues Poverty Social policy Technical cooperation Youth Statistics: Demographic and social surveys Development indicators Social Statistics and Social Monitoring Sustainable Development: Agriculture Capacity-building Climate change Health
Geographic scope:	International
Country of activity:	Nigeria Ghana
Millennium Development Goals:	Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Reduce child mortality Improve maternal health Ensure environmental sustainability Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	SDCE is a Non-Governmental Organization that is committed to educate, inform, motivate and inspire individuals and society to positive inspiration and aspirations, dispel human ignorance, ensure collective and global happiness for the betterment of mankind; contributing to the social and economic well-being and development of families and communities and supporting the execution of millennium development goals in the Niger Delta Region, Nigeria, Africa and the Globe. Constants positive re-enforcement for our achievements, environment full of home, warmth and wisdom and stability of family contribute to high self-esteem of our youths, these SDCE intends to encourage The nature of an individual contributes to his / her value formation. “In the whole world, there will never be another you. You are unique”. We teach our children positive identity, clear values, ideals, habits and practices, to know who they are; that a child is marvelous, is uniquely made, is wonderfully and beautifully made, and there is no one else like him or her. The idea of uniqueness- underlies all that Community Care Initiative is all about. At SDCE we want to value our most precious resources; our children and we want them to value themselves. When people have a sense of self - worth they are not easily manipulated, or cajoled into harmful practices of drug abuse and crime. Adolescents, children and women are our responsibility. We teach them to have positive identity, and about health, sexuality, we teach about things that can harm them-prostitution, and illicit drugs, then we equip them with the power to teach that which will honour the value they put on themselves. We teach them to be creative and care for others. We overtly teach methods, of non-violent conflict resolution, to understand the sobriety of human behavior.
Year established:	2002
Year of registration:	2005
Organizational structure:	SDCE has 5 boards of trustees members and 25 ordinary members, 4 advisors, seven paid staff are maintained at the office for programme co-ordination. The rest of SDCE workers [presently over thirty] are volunteers, and most of these are qualified personnel. The board governs and the staff manages, delegates responsibility to the chief executive, the board and chief executive work in partnership. The board evaluates the chief executive regularly, plans for chief executive succession, safeguards the mission of the organization, and supports the mission through effective planning and regular evaluation. SDCE promotes the highest professional and ethical standard; the board articulates the professional and ethical standards of the organization. Board members are not paid for their service. The board establishes a conflict-of-interest policy, sets the standard for professional conduct, sets rules for its own operation and practices informed decision-making. The board holds regular and professionally run meetings, documents its proceedings, sets annual goals and action plans, has an efficient committee structure and looks after its own development. SDCE exercises responsible resource management and mobilization and responsive to the communities they serve .The board oversees the financial affairs of the organization, establishes internal controls, takes part in resource development, integrates organizational and community interests and encourages transparent communications. The board oversees the publication of an annual report; serves as a link to the organization’s constituencies and staff members never serve as voting members of the board. DEPARTMENTS: (a) Safety, Environment & Harm Reduction Department (b) Science, Vocational and Technology Department (c) Community Development and Social Empowerment Department (d) Sexuality, Child and Reproductive Health Department
Number and type of members:	120 MEMBERS- FEE & NON FEE PAYING MEMBERS,VOLUNTEERS.
Affiliation with NGO networks:	YES, NNNGO,NIGERIA,CIVIL SOCIETY NETWORK ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, EU-NON STATE ACTORS,NETWORK ON OVC IN NIGERIA,ICRW,Youth Employment Network,NIGERIA
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Fees for providing consulting or research services Product sales and business services Donations and grants from domestic sources
Funding structure other:	GRANTS FROM USAID-MSH,EJOM NIGERIA WORLD BANK HAF FUND

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