The Blue Community Chapter West-/Central Africa unites countries in the region with English as main or official language. This includes first of all Nigeria, but also Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
Umo Isua-Ikoh from the Blue Community Peace Point Development Foundation PPDF in Nigeria assumed the role of coordinator for the Blue Communities in this chapter.
Blue Communities in West-/Central Africa
| The Ecumenic Water Network Africa EWNA, working from Nigeria, is running its program Voices for Water Justice also in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and South Africa. It is present additionally in Togo and Gambia. In spring 2024, EWNA was one of the first three Blue Communities on the African continent. |
| The Network of Water Rights Initiative (NEWARI) in Nigeria, a registered Network of over 20 Grassroots Organizations in Nigeria’s Enugu State, focused on enhancing access to safe, clean water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services in Nigeria through a human rights and responsibility-based approach. Together with EWNA, NEWARI joined the Blue Community in spring 2024. |
| Peace Point Development Foundation PPDF from the Niger Delta Region in Nigeria is working towards bringing succor to indigent people of Nigeria affected by negative environmental injustice, human right abuses and other social related issues through strategically sustainable designed programs. PPDF became a Blue Community on May 27, 2025. |
| Sunrise Movement Sierra Leone (SM-SL) is the first Blue Community in Sierra Leone. Based in Kailahun, the organisation is dedicated to environmental justice, youth empowerment and sustainable resource management. SM-SL joined the Blue Community on June 29, 2025. |
| The Neferok Development Initiative (NeDI) was founded in 2018 as a non-governmental, non-profit organisation focussing on raising awareness of the human right to water and sanitation among women, schoolchildren and relevant stakeholders in the Warri area of Nigeria. NeDI joined the Blue Community in July 2025. |
| Re-Birth Initiatives for African Development (RIFAD AFRICA) from Nigeria was established in 2008 as a non-governmental organisation (NGO) for community development and humanitarian services. RIFAD Africa became a Blue Community in July 2025. |
| Community Development Advocacy Foundation (CODAF), also known as Rural Community Empowerment Initiative (RUCEI), from Nigeria is prioritising community engagement with community mini-water schemes and the establishment of solar panel boreholes. CODAF has has been designated a Blue Community in July 2025. |
| Cheerful Hands Initiative for the Girlchild & Women Empowerment (CHI) joined the Blue Community in August 2025. Established in 2015 in Benue State, Nigeria, CHI's mission is to support the professional and personal development of women and girls through education and training. |
| Biakwan Light Green Initiative (BLGI), founded and registered in 1998 in Nigeria’s Cross River State, is a non-profit organisation that aims to empower community members to survive and thrive in the areas of water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH) and natural resource governance. |
| Uyo Iban (Women Voices) Amplifier Initiative (UIAI) from Nigeria’s Cross River State was formerly registered as the Nkori Rural Women and Development Initiative (NRWDI), retaining its former name to reflect its mission and joining the Blue Community to strengthen its work on water justice, women’s rights and environmental protection. |
| TEARS Mother International (TMI) is based in the Montserrado County of the Republic of Liberia, but works also in Bomi, Margibi, Lofa, and River Cees, commited to community awareness on water conservation, hygiene promotion, and participation in the ‹Good Water Corridor Program› to improve access to safe water in vulnerable areas. |
| MAYA, the Manica Youth Assembly from Mutare, Zimbabwe, is «youth driven by integrity in environmental justice, gender justice, livelihood and socio-economic justice». On 25 April, 2026, MAYA was designated a Blue Community – the first one in Zimbabwe |
| Woman and Youth Empowerment for Ecological Climate Change WYEECC, based in Kabala, Sierra Leone, is a non-profit organisation, recognizing access to safe water and sanitation as a fundamental human right. By beginning of June 2026, WYEECC received the designation as a Blue Community. |
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