Sunrise Development International Initiative equips citizens and non-citizens alike with skills, opportunity, and leadership to build self-reliant, inclusive communities across the Niger Delta.
To build empowered, self-reliant, and inclusive communities where every individual discovers, develops, and deploys their full potential for sustainable social and economic transformation.
To discover, develop, and deploy human potential through strategic skills transfer, capacity building, entrepreneurship, leadership development, mentorship, and sustainable community interventions.
Every programme SDI runs feeds into one of these four pillars of community transformation.
Improve livelihoods, reduce poverty, and empower communities economically.
Promote accountability, participation, and effective public institutions.
Encourage inclusive development that meets present and future needs.
Build trust in public institutions and promote open governance.
A distinguished development practitioner and social entrepreneur whose work over the past sixteen years has transformed thousands of lives across the Niger Delta. Under his leadership, SDI has implemented programmes in 25 Local Government Areas, positively impacting over 12,816 beneficiaries and counting.
Read his full storyThe training reached over 890 participants across 21 different areas of practical skills, while also positively transforming the environment of the Council.
My administration is committed to building the capacity of our people and empowering them with basic skill sets to make them self-reliant and creators of wealth.
UNDYPD is overwhelmed with the level of commitment shown through our partnership with SDI. The benefits of this initiative are tangible and widespread.
SDI's ICT training programme continues to equip young people with practical computer literacy skills for today…
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SDI facilitated hands-on fire safety training equipping community volunteers with practical firefighting and e…
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Building on their 2017 partnership, SDI and the Ikono Local Government Council trained over 453 more young men…
Read the story →Whether you're a government agency, an institution, or an individual — there's a place for you in SDI's work across the Niger Delta.
