About Us - FOCONE
FOCONE Board members
- Menidin Egbo
- Augustine Nnamdi Chukwuji
- Francis Chukwuma CHiekwe
- Babara Ogisi
- Caroline Ake
- Patrick Afamefuna Chiekwe
Key staff members
- Dr. Abraham Joe Ikiri – Program Manager
- William Okowa – Senior Project Officer
- Christiana Amarachi Odili – Project Officer
- Samuel Odili – Accountant
- Kingsley Uche Ozegbe – Social Development Consultant
Over the years, we have focused on health, community development and environmental justice.
The techniques promoted by FOCONE are highly participatory and especially valuable for:
- Empowering marginalized groups to advocate for their own development and protection;
- Research, mobilize and sensitize groups to map out communication plans for constructive engagement with other stakeholders to achieve the set goal.
- Promote critical reflection in participatory research, data management, and monitoring & evaluation.
FOCONE pursues the following objectives:
- Equipping people with the right skills aimed at empowering them to advocate for their own development and livelihood security;
- Supporting the vulnerable groups to attain their life potential without discrimination and stigmatization;
- Strengthening community health and safe environmental practices
- Enhancing community voices in the public arena on development issues in Nigeria.
- Sustaining community development schemes and economic welfare.
Foundation for the Conservation of the Earth (FOCONE) is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization. It was founded in 1996 as Save Earth Nigeria (SEN) and was formerly registered with Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Abuja in 2009 with registration number CAC/IT/NO 32879 under the Federal Republic of Nigeria laws as Foundation for the Conservation of the Earth (FOCONE).
Our Vision
Green environment, health, and education for all people.
Our Mission
To promote actions that are healthy, informative and environmentally friendly.
FOCONE is a member of Association of OVC NGOs in Nigeria (AONN), Civil Society Coalition on HIV and AIDS (CISHAN), Civil Society Coalition on Poverty Eradication (CISCOPE), Civil Society Action Coalition on Education for All (CSACEFA), Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Nigeria, Niger Delta Universal Periodic Review Coalition (UPR), African Mangrove Network (AMN) Nigeria, Coalition of Eastern Non-Governmental Organizations (CENGOS), Green Alliance Network (GEN), and West Africa Civil Society Forum (WACSOF)) Nigeria. International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN); International Network on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net), Cordaid Strategic Partnership Alliance Nigeria, Global Water Partnership (GWP) Nigeria, OECD Watch, Nigeria Working Group on Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights.
This department is headed by a Director who controls the finances and the human resource personnel of MarkDeen Consulting. As Operations Department designs the projects, programmes and policies for the organisation, Finance and Administration organises the funds in line with financial regulations and best practice standards in the world. MarkDeen Consulting does not involve itself as an entity in money laundering schemes or criminal transactions in any form. Our financial dealings respect the laws of business and comply with tax regulations whenever we do business and will consciously do so where ever MarkDeen does business.