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Dear friend,
“We are just living on borrowed time.”
Emem, a leader of Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Centre, our partner in Nigeria, shared this when describing the exorbitant levels of illnesses and deaths caused by pollution from oil and gas companies.
Over 2 million people in Nigeria and the Niger Delta live close to gas flaring sites, intentional burning of excess gas that releases massive amounts of pollutants.
Earlier this year, we visited our partner Kebektache in Nigeria. We witnessed firsthand the devastation wrought on community members and the Earth from oil and gas industries.
We cut open fish to find petroleum in their bellies, smelled the dizzying stench of toxic fumes in the air, and saw massive bodies of water reduced to thick sludge congealed on the river floor.
While the Niger Delta is one of the most polluted places on Earth, local communities are building a more just and sustainable future.
Our partner Kebetkache is a community action, education, and advocacy group committed to women’s rights and environmental justice in Nigeria. Since 2004, it has been fighting against oil and gas companies that have led a trail of devastation in the Niger Delta.
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Kebetkache members look at land devastated by the oil and gas industry
Today, communities in both the Niger and Mississippi Delta regions are fighting back, together.
With support from Grassroots International, Emem from Kebetkache and Sharon from our grantee Rise St. James in Louisiana collaborated in their fight against extractive industries and shared their stories with funders in the United States to illustrate the importance of transnational solidarity.
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Emem Okun from Kebetkache (left) and Sharon Lavigne from Rise St. James (right) following their session on river delta organizing against petrochemical extraction and pollution at a conference of funders
Despite setbacks, Kebetkache has continued to resist extractive industries, including partnering to build a regional climate justice movement in West Africa.
In its campaigns on sustainable livelihoods, food sovereignty, and divestment from oil companies, Kebetkache has reached over 10,200 people. Since women are disproportionately impacted by oil drilling-fueled pollution, Kebetkache offers women resources for mental health including nature therapy, medical check ups, counseling, and more.
Join us to support this vital work on the ground today.
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Thank you for your support to fuel changemakers on the frontlines.
It is a critical time for us to support social movements in addressing the climate crisis. Our economies are built on extraction with devastating results for local communities.
With your support, we can move away from extraction to solidarity with global social movements that are making change for the future that we want to see.
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In solidarity,
Boaventura Monjane Trina Jackson
Solidarity Program Officer for West Africa and Haiti Senior Solidarity Program Officer, US Internationalist Program
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