New Foundation, a national environmental NGO in continuation of its
mandate to promote sustainable environment and empower rural
communities, partners with Global Rights Nigeria and Centre LSD to build
the capacity of mining host communities and build their capacity to
safeguard their human rights which are often impacteed negatively by
unwholesome mining activities. It should be noted that Ebonyi State
ranks 5th in states with abundant solid mineral deposits in Nigeria. The
mining host communities often suffer from neglect, poverty, low
negotiating skills, lack of access to basic amenities such as water,
road, health centres and schools, despite the natural resources in their
lands. The landscape is often dotted with abandoned mine sites which
takes human and animal lives. To this end, NEW Foundation has been
consistent in building host communities capacity, carry out advocacy and
issue policy briefs that is yeilding results though much more is still
required.