KALLOP HUMANITARIAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL CENTRE is a registered non-governmental and not for profit organization with the Corporate Affairs Commission as an incorporated trustee with the registration number CAC/IT/NO 138109. KALLOP Centre was founded in April, 2017 to address environmental, human rights, climate change and underdevelopment problems plaguing the Niger Delta communities, with a special attention to people’s human, socio-economic, political, health and environmental rights that are frequently being violated, denied and neglected in the Niger Delta. KALLOP Centre have been working on several projects ranging from policy advocacy, capacity building, conflicts and peace building, environmental conservation, human rights and community empowerment in the Niger Delta states.
The thematic program areas are drawn around the concerns and needs of the rural communities where KALLOP works:
- Peace building/Community Empowerment
- Human Rights and Policy Advocacy
- Environment and Conservation
- Cultural and Language Development
- Food and Agriculture/Sustainable Livelihoods
- Research and Documentation
KALLOP Structure consists of the Advisory Board, Board of Directors and the Secretariat. The Advisory Board has three members, while the Board of Directors has four members, and four staff in the Secretariat, five part-time staff and about twenty volunteers.
VISION
A society where peace and justice prevails and the socio-economic, cultural and environmental rights are guaranteed.
MISSION
To support rural communities through capacity building, policy engagement and community empowerment to non-violently demand human rights-based development and justice
OUR CORE VALUES
Respect, Accountability and Transparency
WHO WE ARE
KALLOP Humanitarian and Environmental Centre is a grassroots based non-profit, non-political and non-governmental organization seeking to promote community empowerment and development. We work to re-build rural communities that has been affected by years of conflicts and neglect as well as dreadful government policies
We advocate for the protection of human and environmental rights, means of livelihoods and development as well as sustaining cultural inheritance of the people. Our innovative and responsive intervention addresses some of the pressing challenges in the community where we work.
HOW WE WORK
KALLOP Humanitarian and Environmental Centre engaged community through participatory capacity building training support, partnership with community and civil society groups to advocate for change and lasting solutions to critical issues that affect their environment and community needs.