Partners for Development (Nigeria)

The name “Partners for Development” summarizes PfD’s approach towards working collaboratively with a range of groups to achieve sustainable change. PfD’s overarching goal is to improve conditions for rural communities that are vulnerable due to poverty, inaccessibility, recent conflict or other forms of upheaval. PfD focuses on strengthening community skills in our four core program areas: food security and nutrition, health, livelihood and enterprise development and climate adaptation. We focus wherever possible on efforts that combine these programs in innovative and effective ways. For example, the PfD program in Nigeria integrates micro-credit and reproductive health training to maximize access to these dual benefits for women entrepreneurs. In Tanzania, PfD combines commercial business development with introduction and cultivation of Jatropha, a multi-use tree with great earning potential