Mmachukwu Loretta Obimdike
Meet Mmachukwu
NGO Leader
Nigeria
Mmachukwu Loretta Obimdike is a forester, environmental educator, and climate advocate. She is the founder and executive director of the Green Environment and Climate Change Initiative (GRENCHI), leading environmental education and ecosystem restoration projects aligned with the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Areas of activity:
Reforestation
About:
Mmachukwu Loretta Obimdike is a forester, environmentalist, and sustainability advocate dedicated to combating climate change and deforestation through education, restoration, and community action. She is the founder and executive director of the Green Environment and Climate Change Initiative (GRENCHI), an organization working to restore degraded ecosystems, promote environmental literacy, and advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
With over six years of professional experience, Mmachukwu has led environmental education programs and ecosystem restoration initiatives across Nigeria. Her work began as Environmental Officer for a Nigerian NGO contracted by the Nigerian Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP), a World Bank–assisted program in Enugu State. She later became an alumnus fellow of the International Sustainability Academy (ISA) in Hamburg, Germany, where she developed an educational toolkit for secondary schools to inspire climate action and conservation awareness.
Her academic background includes a BSc in Forestry and Wildlife from Nigeria and an MSc in Landscape Ecology and Nature Conservation from Germany. She has been recognized internationally, receiving the WeNaturalist People of Nature Award (Environmental Educator of the Year 2023) and being named to the North American Association for Environmental Education EE 30 Under 30 Class of 2024.
Involvment:
GRENCHI
GRENCHI implements Forest Landscape Restoration and conservation projects to restore degraded ecosystems, protect biodiversity, and promote sustainable land use practices that benefit both nature and local communities.