Background
BACKGROUND
Great things often come from small beginnings, so is EcoClimate Foundation. The idea of this Foundation started during teachings of final-year students on the course; Environmental Pollution (Biol 416) by the MD/Founder. This course elucidates anthropogenic activates being directly responsible for climate change. Thus, the need to create awareness and promote activities that minimize pollution, thereby ensuring that humans live in harmony with nature. This inspired the MD to solicit board of Trustees’ support to start an NGO aimed at ensuring sustainable development through eco-friendly life systems that mitigate the effects of climate change. Our environment plays a vital key in ensuring the continuity of our existence hence the need to form an Organization with a mandate of environmental conservation and preservation.
Informally, in 2007 during National Tree Planting, the MD led Biol 416 graduating class to donate 5,000 trees (3,000 to Ahmadu Bello University and 2,000 to former Federal College of Chemical and Leather Technology [CHELTECH] but currently called Nigerian Institute of Leather and Science Technology (NILEST) as their own contribution towards reducing deforestation and building a cleaner environment. Our Organization also carried out several voluntary pollution and climate change awareness campaigns among students and staff.
In 2020, the Foundation was registered with Nigerian Cooperate Affairs Commission. It has an experienced 5-member Board of trustee while activities of the foundation are implemented by the executive members, headed by the Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer.
How we work
Through campaigns, education and citizens empowerment, we create awareness and promote activities that minimize pollution and climate change, thereby ensuring that humans live in harmony with nature.
.Our projects
Our organization had been organizing campaigns to promote and create awareness on pollution and climate change activities among Nigerians, thus making our environment clean and safe for all of us.
Track Record of Experience – Completed and Ongoing
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S/No |
Project title | Major Program focus | Geographical Coverage | Donor/ Funding source | Project Year/Duration |
| 1. | Procurement and donation of three thousand different varieties of plant seedlings to Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. | · Effective tree planting for CO2 capture and storage
· Poverty alleviation strategy |
· Effective tree planting for CO2 capture and storage
· Poverty alleviation strategy |
Kaduna State Ministry of Environment | 2016 |
| 2. | Procurement and donation of two thousand different varieties of plant seedlings to Nigerian Institute of Leather and Science Technology (NILEST)., Zaria. | · Effective tree planting for CO2 capture and storage
· Poverty alleviation strategy |
Samaru – Zaria. Kaduna State | Kaduna State Ministry of Environment | 2016 |
| 3. | Acquisition of 100 Ha farmland for “Climate – Smart Agriculture” (Zero tillage) | · Reduction of Greenhouse effect due to carbon sequestration.
· No tillage reduces the compaction of the soil and reduces the water loss by runoff and prevent soil erosion. · As the soil is intact and no disturbance is done, No-Till lands have more useful flora and fauna. · Poverty alleviation strategy via production of resistant varieties/species of crops |
Otukpo, Benue State | · Self effort
·Prospective partnerships with Premier Seed Nigeria Ltd., Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Institute of Dry land Agriculture. |
2022 |
| 4. |
Acquisition of 1 Ha land and Office for waste collection/recycling. | · Promoting resource reuse/recycling, environmental and land use management
· Poverty alleviation strategy
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Otukpo, Benue State | · Self effort | 2022 (Ongoing – Commencement tage) |
| 5. | Procurement and donation of thousands of different varieties of tree seedlings to Zaria and Sabon gari LGA farmers, Zaria. | · Effective tree planting for CO2 capture and storage
· Poverty alleviation strategy |
Dongarawa – Zaria. Kaduna State | · Self-effort
· Partner ships |
2022 – (Planning stage) |
| 6. |
Climate change adaptation plan for building Smallholder farmers capacity to Increase Productivity, improve income and food security of farmers across rice, soybean and maize value chains in Kaduna, Gombe, Niger and Nasarawa States of Nigeria | · Increase smallholder farmer productivity through the scale up of climate SMART technologies and nutrient dense crops by strengthening cluster farming approach, access to finance and market linkages as well as mainstreaming Gender in the Maize, Rice and Soybean value chains of Kaduna, Nasarawa, Niger and Gombe States. | Kaduna, Nasarawa, Niger and Gombe States | AGRA – Nigeria | 2023 – (Commencement stage) |
| 7. |
Pilot development of woodlot in 2 LGAs and agroforestry projects in 6 LGAs of Kaduna state | · 150,000 trees to be planted.
· Tree resources become available to the community. · Forest and Biodiversity increased. Effective tree planting for CO2 capture and storage · Poverty alleviation strategy |
Woodlots:
at Soba and Kachia Agroforestry Agroforestry: at 18 communities of the selected 6 L.G.As. Kaduna State |
· Self-effort
Partnerships with AGRA- Kaduna consortium AGRA-Nigeria |
2023 – (Planning stage) |
Where we work
We are non-profit organization headquartered in Kaura District, Abuja, with offices in Zaria (Kaduna state) and Otukpo (Benue state) and Hadija – Nguru wetlands (Jigawa -Yobe States) (upcoming). We have a few staff on ground however recruitment is continuous. We also have dedicated volunteers throughout Nigeria.
VISION
Our vision is a society well-informed and responsible for the care and preservation of the environment.
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MISSION
To create awareness and promote activities that minimize pollution, thereby ensuring that humans live in harmony with nature.
EcoClimate Foundation
Climate change is of global concern due to its potential to alter ways in which people live their lives. These global changes not only threaten to deprive humans of their lands but also to end lives of living things that cannot adapt to the chaotic weather the world is experiencing.
