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December 19, 2025

Strengthening Inclusive Climate Governance and Community Resilience in Jigawa State

In 2025 Women Environmental Programme (WEP) implemented an eight-month intervention titled “Addressing Climate Change Vulnerabilities Through Inclusive Governance and Community Resilience in Jigawa State” under the Partnership for Agile Governance and Climate Engagement (PACE) programme, funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). The project aimed to strengthen participatory climate governance and improve the adaptive capacity of vulnerable […]

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November 8, 2025

WEP AT COP 30

Women Environmental Programme is participating at the 30th session of the Conference of Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), taking place in Belem, Brazil, from 10-21 November, 2025. COP30 is very important to us, particularly because, we are eager to witness the adoption of the extended Lima Work Program on Gender and the new […]

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October 14, 2025

Turning the Tide: How GLA2 Is Helping Ebonyi Communities Weather Floods

When heavy rains pounded Ebonyi in August, rice fields in Abakaliki and Izzi disappeared under water, while in Afikpo North, more than 800 farmlands were washed away, displacing over 3,000 households. The floods didn’t just destroy crops, they wiped out months of labor, family savings, and food that entire communities were counting on. It left most of the farmers in […]

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October 14, 2025

Food Security Restored Through GLA2 Project on Reforestation

Ebonyi State, long known as the “food basket of the Southeast,” had been watching its bounty fade. Rampant deforestation and soil degradation stripped the land bare, triggering erosion and causing harvests to plummet. In several communities, state agricultural records show crop yields dropped by nearly 40% before intervention efforts began. One of those farmers, Mrs. Ngosi Okereke, farmer of Ndiode, […]

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October 14, 2025

GLA Project Drives Youth To Embrace Reforestation

For decades, deforestation in Ebonyi communities was fueled largely by young people, who cut down ancient trees such as mahogany, oil bean, and ikoro without replacement. Living in swampy areas, they never fully grasped the long-term damage these actions caused to their health, environment, and livelihoods. That perception is changing. According to Solomon Iruka, President General of Ohatekwe-Edatta Community, sustained […]

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October 14, 2025

GLA2 Project: Ebonyi Women Reduce Firewood Cooking Dependence

For decades, there is no doubt that women in rural communities cooked with firewood in small, poorly ventilated kitchens and women in Ohatekwe-Edda and Okposi are no exception. The thick smoke filled their lungs and eyes, causing persistent coughing, dizziness, and respiratory infections that quietly claimed lives. For mothers like Mrs. Chika, a farmer, mother of four, cooking was a […]

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October 14, 2025

Traditional Rulers Enforce Bye-Laws to Save Ebonyi Forests

The traditional ruler of Okposi community, Eze (Dr.) Onyibe Agwu  points at the towering trees of the ancient Egbu Forest from his compound, his voice softens. “These trees have stood for over 500 years. They are part of our history, our identity. To lose them is to lose ourselves,” he says. For generations, the people of Okposi protected sacred trees […]

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October 6, 2025

Keeping Trees Alive, One Branch at a Time: Maryam Talatu’s Call for Climate-Friendly Cooking in Koton Karfe

In the bustling community of Koton Karfe, Kogi State, Bala Maryam Talatu, the Women Leader, has become a strong voice for environmental preservation and women’s empowerment. Armed with knowledge gained from the Green Livelihoods Alliance (GLA2) Project, implemented by Women Environmental Programme (WEP) in partnership with Chachavivi Women and Girl Child Development Foundation, she has taken it upon herself to […]

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October 6, 2025

From Threats to Treasures: A Climate Story from Koton Karfe

For years, Saleh Bara’atu, the Secretary of Youth in Koton Karfe, Kogi State, carried a belief that many in her community shared: trees were more harmful than helpful. Their deep roots, she thought, destroyed houses, while their vulnerability to strong winds made them a threat rather than a blessing.  “Whenever I saw a big tree near a house, I thought […]

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