FROM THE FIELDS AND MARKET STALLS TO THE CLASSROOM:  ILLITERATE WOMEN TAKE ON SIMPLE BOOKKEEPING AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT At dusk, women dressed in brightly colored wrappers and headscarves streamed down the long dirt road on bicycles and on foot. Cheerfully, they greeted each other and their teacher at the door of the primary school classroom, […]

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[or] “What happens when community people get to talk directly to elected officials, oil company representatives and community leaders who are supposed to be representing community interests?” In July 2010, NIDPRODEV hosted a 2-day workshop in Delta State and in Bayelsa State for the 10 communities that it has been working with as part of […]

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