About us
Steps we take
OUR OVERARCHING STRATEGY
We have developed simple interactive approaches to guide our operations:
Facilitating two way exchange of information,
Empowering
Empowering and raising the voices of youth and women in their community to influence decisions and policies making,
Stand-up dialogue
Fostering interactive stand-up dialogue on key issues for public awareness and effective time management
Action approach
Ensuring inclusive Participatory Reflection and Action approach (PRA) in community development
Building trust
Building trust and confidence through local employment and volunteering services
Welcome to The Environmental Protection and Development Association (EPDA)
About us
The Environmental Protection and Development Association (EPDA) is dedicated to preserving nature while creating sustainable communities globally. We spearhead impactful conservation projects, build alliances focused on the climate crisis, advocate for science-based policies in government, and empower future generations to be stewards of our shared planet. Join us as we build a worldwide movement to protect the Earth with care, wisdom and hope.
VISION
Achieve a world built upon healthy environment for the support of a sustainable and peaceful lifestyle by the combined efforts of communities, civil society, government and businesses
MISSION
To promote sustainable environment, food security and peace as catalyst for community development
Follow up with objectives
key objectives of
(EPDA)
Promote Sustainable Environments
advocate for and implement practices that protect natural resources, ensuring ecological balance and sustainability for future generations.
Enhance Food Security
Support agricultural practices that increase food production and improve nutrition, particularly for vulnerable communities, to combat hunger and malnutrition.
Empower Local Communities
Engage and empower communities, to participate actively in decision-making processes related to environmental management and development.
Facilitate Capacity Building
Provide training and resources to enhance the skills and knowledge of community members, enabling them to manage and protect their natural resources effectively.
Partnerships and Collaborations
Build strong alliances with local, national, and international organizations to enhance the impact and reach of EPDA’s initiatives.
Community Health and Hygiene
Ensure access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene education to reduce the incidence of waterborne diseases and improve overall public health.
Our history
EPDA was conceived in 2008 by a multidisciplinary group of individuals led by Mr. Tanda Godwin (visionary and co-founder) and legalized by the Ministry of Territorial Administration through Prefectural order on the 26th of October 2010. These individuals are very much concerned with both local and global environmental issues and how these issues are affecting the livelihood of humans as well as the different organisms that support life in general. The main focus is to promote a safe and rich environment that supports life and provides its inhabitants the resources necessary for wellbeing and development.
Main Reason
The trigger against the creation of EPDA is the general outcry of water scarcity by the populace for domestic use, farming, and other uses. This scarcity in addition to the disappearance of local forests that provide water, wood, fiber, medicine and other forest-based resources to the surrounding inhabitants prompted EPDA’s initiation and eventual legalization to address these among other issues.
Since creation, our interventions have focused on protecting the environment while focusing on environmental resources management, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), watershed protection, food security, peace education as well as the independent follow-up of relevant sectoral public policies. We have implemented projects ranging from raising awareness to accompanying community-led projects and policy reforms.
The development and accompaniment of community-led projects by the EPDA team fall in line with and in the premise of protecting the environment and saving human lives from the vices of under-development, poverty and other related sufferings. This is why we have been using a holistic approach in all our interventions geared towards human development.
From the perspective of intervention in the environment sector, EPDA focuses on four programs which include: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH), Food Security (FS), Environmental Peacebuilding (EP), and Environment and Social Economic Development (ESED).
PRINCIPLES
EPDA in carrying its work shall be guided by and full respect of the Humanitarian Principles of:
Humanity: EPDA operates with a desire to provide development services and humanitarian assistance without discrimination in order to alleviate poverty and human suffering to the needy.
Impartiality: Our human development actions must be carried out on the basis of need alone, giving priority to the most urgent cases of distress and making no discrimination on the basis of nationality, race, gender, religious belief, class or political opinions.
Neutrality: In order to earn and enjoy the confidence of all, EPDA shall not take sides in hostilities or engage at any time in controversies of a political, racial, religious or ideological nature.
Independence: EPDA is independent in its interventions and will always maintain its autonomy so that it may be able at all times act in accordance with EPDA core values.
Benefits
key benefits of our work
key benefits of the work carried out by the Environmental Protection and Development Association (EPDA):
We have Improved Food Security
By supporting sustainable agricultural practices and enhancing access to markets, EPDA helps communities achieve reliable food sources, reducing hunger and malnutrition.
We have improve on Environmental Conservation
Initiatives like reforestation and sustainable resource management protect biodiversity, restore ecosystems, and combat climate change, contributing to a healthier environment.
