Section 1. ORGANISATIONAL IDENTITY AND CONTACT.

Name of organisation:  Neighbourhood Environment Watch

Acronym:  N.E.W

Motto: “Committed To Environmental Friendliness”

Contact address: No 15 Ogoja Road, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State Nigeria.

Telephone: 043- 306753; 0806-3360120; 08059026760

E-mail: newebonyi@yahoo.com

Name of Contact person and designation; Hon. Kelechukwu Okezie, 

                                                                   (President/projects Director)

Year of inauguration of NGO: 1998

Year of Registration: 1998 (Abakaliki L.G.A AILG/TU/309); 2005 Ministry of Women Affairs & Social Development (EB/MOWA-SD/WSO.05/0181); Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) 2008

Size of Organisation:

(a)     No of members = 51(fifty one)

(b)     No of paid staff:  five (5)

(c)     No of Volunteers = Twenty five (25)

Coverage:  Rural Communities; Local Governments and the State Capital, 

                    Abakaliki.

Coalitions:  (a) Member: National Anti Corruption Coalition of the Independent 

        Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Abuja.

        (b) Member; Coalition of Eastern Nigeria NGO’s (CENGOS)

        (c) Member: Coalition on Malaria, Immunization and Nutrition 

             (ACOMIN)

       (d) Member, Green Alliance

       (e) Member, Green Peace International.

Section 11. History, Mission, Focus & Projects:

Background: Neighbourhood Environment Watch (NEW), is a Non Governmental Organisation and an Advocacy organ committed to increasing public awareness on issues related to the environment, sanitation, hygiene and sustainable human development.

NEW was formed in 1998, two years after the creation of Ebonyi state .NEW was formed to help address issues of environmental pollution and other unhealthy practices that would arise from sudden transformation of an agrarian state to a cosmopolitan state.

It is a fact that states’ creation tends to aggravate environmental pollution through various ‘developmental’ activities. Industrial / domestic wastes disposal, air pollution, population drift leading to urban squalor, displacement of natural ecosystem and bio-diversity and uneven provision of social services, leading to decay of quality life especially to the urban poor, women and children are factors that constitute danger to human health. NEW is to campaign against those factors that drive/promote environmental stress such as poverty, corruption and illiteracy.

Membership of this NGO is drawn from various professional and occupational affiliations. Since its formation, NEW has promoted environmental, sanitation and healthy living through its advocacy programs, Television and Radio education, jingles, newsletters, seminars and stickers and had through these programs been able to renew, refocus and reduce risk factors in human environment.

Mission Statement: “To make the health of the environment an intrinsic part of everyday life by connecting individuals and organisations to environmental, development and health issues that affect them, and inspiring them to take positive actions”.

Objectives;

Ø       To promote public health and by encouraging standards for proper sanitation, hygiene and safe drinking water.

Ø       To create awareness on issues of environmental pollution and inspire the public to make changes and be personally involved in protecting the environment.

Ø       To create interactive conditions necessary for behavioural changes.

Ø       To provide support to communities, local, state and federal Governments on programmes on sanitation, water supply, environmental protection and health.

Ø       To campaign against corrupt practices and behaviours that promotes poverty, pollution, and poor health standards.

Ø       To initiate and facilitate programmes on sustainable human development.

Ø       To co-operate, network, collaborate align with other agencies and organisations with similar objectives.

Main Areas of Focus:

(1)     Environment; (2) Sanitation & Health (3) Human Development and Good Governance.

Implementation Strategies:

(a)     Advocacy (b) Seminars & Workshops (c) Education: (Television & Radio, Publications, Jingles and posters and Stickers) (d) Awards presentation, etc.

Activities in the Last 12 months:

v      Television & Radio Enlightenment programmes (ECTV & EBBS) Anchors “Environment Watch” a weekly informative programme with the Ebonyi Cable Television (ECTV) Abakaliki.

v      Anti-Corruption sensitization Campaign in collaboration with The Independent Corrupt Practices & Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) Abuja

v      Production of Newsletters, Jingles, Stickers and Handbills on Sanitation, Hygiene and Integrity.

v      Trees Planting Exercise at the capital City, Abakaliki

v      Sanitation and Clean up Exercise: Every Month.

v      Advocacy Visits to the Executive arms of Governments, the Legislators and community leaders and Sanitation Education to: Central Urban Primary School; Holy Ghost Secondary School Abakaliki; Bishop Otubelu College, Abakaliki; Unity FM (Radio Nigeria), Ebonyi Broadcasting service. We donated Walter filters to the Schools visited and initiated formation of Environment and sanitation Clubs.

v      Marked the last year World Environment Day Celebration with special clean up exercise and seminars.

Management Structure: The President/Projects Director coordinates the day-to-day activities of the NGO, assisted by the secretariat Staff to discharge the policies and programmes as formulated by the Board of Directors and ratified by members of N.E.W