Nigeria
CNL Nigeria Limited (CNL) is implementing the Western Niger Delta Development Program (WNDP) as part of its efforts to improve the quality of life in host communities. The five-year program aims at addressing critical social, economic, and development issues through the provision of infrastructure, health, education, enterprise development, and food production. Its specific objectives include:
- Training approximately 1,000 youths for self-employment
- Increasing production capacity of fishermen/farmers in CNL operations areas
- Providing basic education for primary school children, adult literacy classes, and training for primary school teachers
- Establishing self-run, privately funded credit/finance cooperatives
- Providing basic business skills and small-business credit access
- Developing small/medium-scale businesses
- Advocating HIV/AIDS awareness
Over the five-year period, a total sum of $5 million will be used on these various efforts. CNL is working in partnership with the International Foundation for Education and Self-Help (IFESH), a nongovernmental organization based in the United States.