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Community Research and Development Centre

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Sustainable Development: Biodiversity Capacity-building Climate change Energy Forests Gender equality Rural Development Waste Management
Geographic scope:	National
Country of activity:	Nigeria
Millennium Development Goals:	Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Ensure environmental sustainability
Mission statement:	Community Research and Development Centre (CREDC) is a non-governmental, nonprofit organization established in March, 2006. CREDC is registered in Nigeria to provide services to ensure that people have access to safe and healthy environment and that environmental resources are managed in the most sustainable way to achieve socioeconomic development of our communities. CREDC subscribe to the fact that development cannot be sustainable where information about the environment and environmental resources are lacking; hence CREDC will help to provide up-to-date information on the state of the environment and environmental resources. CREDC will also embark on activities that will bring about infrastructural, socio-economic and human development.
Year established:	2006
Year of registration:	2012
Organizational structure:	Governing Council Etiosa Uyigue -Executive Director; Matthew Agho - Deputy Director; Godfrey O. Ogbemudia - Project Director; Agharese Lucy Ero - Operation Manager; Osazee Paul Uyigue - Head Technical Unit. Board of Trustees Prof. A.E Ogbeibu -Chairman Etiosa Uyigue -Secretary Matthew Agho -Member Golden O. Okungbowa -Member Dr. Mrs. J Onakewhor -Member Nosakhare Queen Uyigue -Member National Advisory Committee Dr. Mrs J. Ese Onakewhor -Health Prof. A.E. Ogbeibu -Environment Ose Golden Okungbowa -Legal Nosa Queen Uyigue (Mrs)- Human Resources Prof. C.E. Okaka -Biodiversity International Adviser Dr. Jason Yapp
Number and type of members:	8 MEMBERS AND 4 VOLUNTEERS
Affiliation with NGO networks:	GEF-NGO NETWORK,
Funding structure:	Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations

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