Ese Usamali Foundation For Rural Development

Ese Usamali Foundation For Rural Development (EUFORDe) invites you to this event to commemorate World's Menstrual hyegine Day.

Today at the ENERGY TRANSITION SUMMIT FOR WOMEN
in RIVERS STATE organized by Society For Women And Youth Affairs, with theme,
"Amplifying Women Voices for Renewable Energy", at NOSDRA Conference Hall.

Child protection is a Right.

Na oil we dey see so for our water ....

THE WEIGHT IN THE PALMS: what oil-stained hands Really Show

These hands tell a story that data tables can’t. Coated in crude, held over water that shimmers with rainbow sheen, they belong to someone who has no choice but to touch what was never cleaned up.

In Ahoada East and Ahoada West in Rivers State, this is daily life after a spill. When pipelines burst and companies walk away, the oil doesn’t disappear. It seeps into farmland, clogs waterways, and leaves communities to deal with the mess. The iridescent colors on the water aren’t beautiful — they’re a sign of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and total petroleum hydrocarbons sitting at levels 80-90 times above safe soil standards.

What you see here isn’t just dirt. It’s an invisible tax paid in lost harvests, unsafe water, and hours spent walking farther for anything clean.

This picture can change with tested soil, active bioremediation, and enforced liability can return land to farming and water to safe use. Until that happens, the weight stays in the palms of the people who had nothing to do with the spill.

How many more hands will carry this before “out of sight” stops being the standard for cleanup?





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Today, Ese Usamali Foundation For Rural Development (EUFORDe) join the global Community to celebrate the strength, dreams, innocence, and potentials of the boy child.

A boy is not just a male child or a future man, a human being deserving of love, guidance, protection, emotional support, and opportunities to thrive. As we advocate for the rights and wellbeing of girls, we must also intentionally raise boys to be responsible, compassionate, confident, respectful, and emotionally healthy.

To every boy child, EUFORDe values you.
You are important.
Your voice matters.
Your dreams are valid!

Happy Celebrations!

What happens when decommissioning doesn’t happen: Adunwo's Cost of Silence

Adunwo's farm in Obele used to feed six people. Now it feeds none.

The oil pipeline that runs 200 meters from her land was abandoned five years ago. No one came to cap the wells, remove the corroded pipes, or test the soil. The company left. The regulator never followed up. And the crude that seeped out during the last leak is still in the ground.

She noticed it first in the Cassava. Stunted, blackened at the roots, tasting of kerosene. Then the Well water turned oily. Her youngest son developed a rash that won’t clear. The Health Center, 30 km away calls it “skin infection.” No one asks what’s in the water.

*The gap between extraction and responsibility*

This is what happens when decommissioning doesn’t happen. Decommissioning isn’t just removing equipment. It’s restoring land, monitoring groundwater, and making sure communities aren’t left with toxic residues. When companies exit without that process, and regulators don’t enforce it, the cost lands on people who had no say in the project.

Adunwo isn’t asking for special treatment. She’s asking for the same standard that would apply if this happened to a city: test the site, clean it, and make whoever benefited from the resource responsible for the mess.

The question now:
Her farm won’t recover on its own. The oil isn’t going anywhere unless someone removes it.

How many other women are farming on land that was supposed to be decommissioned years ago, and who decides when “out of sight” stops being “out of mind”?



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For teenagers

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EUFORDe Partners with the Women’s Ministry of Assemblies of God Church, for Mothers Day celebration.

On Sunday May 10, Ese Usamali Foundation For Rural Development (EUFORDe), partnered with the Women’s Ministry of Assemblies of God Church to commemorate this year’s Mothers Day with theme "Breaking Barriers to our Responsibility".

Invited to anchor a Debate titled, “To What Extent Are Parents Responsible for Children’s Failure: The Role of the Father Versus the Mother?”, Mercy Elemchukwu-James, Executive Director of Ese Usamali Foundation For Rural Development (EUFORDe), guided the congregation through a biblically grounded conversation on the complementary roles of fathers and mothers in raising responsible children. Drawing from Proverbs 22:6 and Ephesians 6:4, the session examined how parental absence, neglect, and imbalance often contribute to challenges in child upbringing. The dialogue was highly interactive, with participants of the debate sharing personal experiences and testimonies.

Speaking after the event, Mercy Elemchukwu-James noted that the partnership aligns with its commitment to strengthening families and promoting community-led development in Rivers State and beyond. “When parents take joint responsibility, children thrive and communities become stronger,” she stated.

Congratulations.

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Happy Mothers' Day

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The Girl Child forum is our intervention to interface with girl children in Orashi region and other communities.

Anchored by our Program Officer Ethel Abi Eke, the girls raised their voices on issues they are faced with, including relationships, Menstrual hyegine, mother and child relationships, career, Sexual and Reproductive Health issues, etc.

This is in preparation to our May and October Girl Child activities.

Congratulations, girls

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