Activities
1. POVERTY REDUCTION AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
i. Initiating and supporting programmes of empowerment and support schemes through vocational skills acquisition programmes, sourcing of loans and self-employment opportunities for women and youths.
ii. Mobilizing public support for micro-credit financing of women-based community organization programs especially those related to widows as well as small scale production activities including advocacy for the protection of the small producer.
2. environmental protection and sustenance
Advocacy for the adoption of socially and culturally sensitive environmental practices, legislations and policies; and public awareness for environmental Justice
iii. Public education and legal advocacy for Environmental impact Assessment ( EIA) for large-scale projects and activities impacting significantly on the environment
iii. Supporting community-based initiatives to mitigate the impact of social and economic activities/projects on the environment
iv. Creation of awareness and participation in environmental sanitation, as well as the promotion of environment-friendly waste disposal and management methods
v. Partnership through dialogue with oil and gas companies, mining companies and industrial organizations towards effective and efficient management of environmental pollution and degradation
vi. Public awareness against Tree felling, embarking on Tree planting campaigns and conducting feasibility studies on Environmental problems.
3. HUMAN AND INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT
Advocacy for the adoption of socially and culturally sensitive environmental practices, legislations and policies; and public awareness for environmental Justice
iii. Public education and legal advocacy for Environmental impact Assessment ( EIA) for large-scale projects and activities impacting significantly on the environment
iii. Supporting community-based initiatives to mitigate the impact of social and economic activities/projects on the environment
iv. Creation of awareness and participation in environmental sanitation, as well as the promotion of environment-friendly waste disposal and management methods
v. Partnership through dialogue with oil and gas companies, mining companies and industrial organizations towards effective and efficient management of environmental pollution and degradation
vi. Public awareness against Tree felling, embarking on Tree planting campaigns and conducting feasibility studies on Environmental problems.
4. PRO-PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTION
i. Provide intervention and other forms of support towards immunization against childhood and other killer diseases prevalent in Nigeria
ii. Awareness campaigns to encourage baby friendly breast feeding and related practices
iii. Public enlightenment against bad eating habits and eating disorders.
iv. Public Enlightenment campaign towards standard living practices
v. Creating awareness on health hazards and the impact of cultural practices as they relate to the following; Vesicular Vaginal Fistula (V V F), Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), Child Labour and Breast Cancer.
vi. Public enlightenment against stigmatization and the imperative of pastoral and community-based care to People Living With Aids (PLWA)
vii. Provision of antiretroviral and other valuable anti HIV/AIDS drugs
viii. Distribution of vaccines
ix. Provision of essential health services through mobile clinics particularly in the rural areas
x. Provision of portable and safe drinking water and sanitation
xi. Demand Reduction through public enlightenment and Drug Abuse Prevention Education, and
xii. Treatment and Rehabilitation of drug dependent and substance Abuse victims.
5. conflict management
i. Intervention in Land disputes
ii. Intervention in Boundary disputes
iii. Intervention in Chieftaincy disputes
iv. Intervention in Students disputes and unrest
v. Intervention in Workers and employers (industrial) conflicts
vi. Farmer-herder conflicts
vii. Intervention through dialogue and negotiation where diversity creates or is likely to generate conflict, and
viii. Consultative forums (playing mediatory Role)
6. democracy and good governance
i. Creation of awareness on need for Accountable leadership, Transparency, Minimum corruption
ii. Promotion of the respect for Rule of Law, and
iii. Defense of Fundamental Human Rights.
* VSD is mandated to engage the services of consultants and experts in any or all of the aforementioned areas of activities.