ACT LOCAL
Support communities on the frontline
For local communities and activists in Uganda, Tanzania and the Great Lakes region, speaking out against a big corporate project like EACOP comes with serious risks. Organizations, environmental activists, human rights defenders and journalists who have criticized the project or government policies have faced various threats and some have even been arrested on dubious charges.
So local groups have assembled a coalition of African and international organizations to help amplify their message and bring new allies to the campaign to stop EACOP.
And it’s working! Over one million people from all around the world have supported advocacy actions like the ones featured on this website.
But we need to do all we can to support their work, keep them safe and push back on the concerted attempts to silence them.
That’s why the #StopEACOP coalition has established a dedicated fund to support our grassroots partners. All contributions to this fund will go to local members of the coalition to support their grassroots organizing and to cover the costs of legal defense if necessary.
Can you chip in with a donation today?
The funds are administered by Inclusive Development International and are distributed with the oversight of #StopEACOP coalition members.
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#STOPEACOP
FOR PEOPLE
EACOP threatens to displace thousands of families and farmers from their land and has already disrupted the livelihoods of many. If allowed to move forward, it would also place at risk vital water sources that millions of people rely upon for drinking and food production.
#STOPEACOP
FOR NATURE
EACOP will rip through some of the world’s most important elephant, lion and chimpanzee nature reserves. There’s also concern that the pipeline will open up more critical ecosystems to even more oil extraction.
#STOPEACOP
FOR CLIMATE
EACOP will fuel climate change by enabling the extraction of oil which will generate over 34 million tons of CO2 emissions every single year. To solve the climate crisis, we must stop building new fossil fuel projects.