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Advocacy for Health, Education, Agriculture and Development, Inc.

Headquarters address
Organization's name:	Advocacy for Health, Education, Agriculture and Development, Inc.
Organization's acronym:	AHEAD
Address:	2nd Floor, LDS Church Compound Outland Community, Adjacent Benson Hospital, Paynesville Monrovia Liberia
Phone:	+231-776347394 / 886849137
Fax:	ZAP
Email:	ahead.services@yahoo.com
Web site:	ZAP
Organization type:	Non-governmental organization
Languages:	English

Activities

Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Agriculture Business and Industry Children Development Education Energy Environment Extreme poverty Family Financing for Development Food HIV/AIDS Humanitarian Affairs Indigenous Peoples Least Developed Countries Micro-Credit Sustainable Development United Nations Funding Violence Volunteerism Water Women Women/gender Equality Youth Financing for Development: International Trade as an engine for development Mobilizing domestic financial resources for development Mobilizing international resources for development Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Capacity building Education and training of women Human rights of women Indigenous women Men and boys Millennium Development Goals Service provision The girl child Trafficking in women and girls Violence against women Women and HIV/AIDS Women and armed conflict Women and health Women and poverty Social Development: Aging Conflict Cooperative Disabled persons Employment Indigenous issues Information and Communications Technologies Poverty Social policy Technical cooperation Youth Sustainable Development: Agriculture Capacity-building Education Energy Finance Freshwater Gender equality Health Information for decision-making and participation Partnerships Poverty Rural Development Sanitation Sustainable development for Africa Sustainable development in a globalizing world Sustainable development of SIDS Technology Trade and environment Transport Waste (solid) Peace and Development in Africa: Development in Africa Peace in Africa Conflict Resolution in Africa: Conflicts Resolution
Geographic scope:	National
Country of activity:	Liberia
Millennium Development Goals:	Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Reduce child mortality Improve maternal health Ensure environmental sustainability Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	AHEAD’s mission is to unleash the potentials of institutions and professionals by utilizing their available time, talents, resources and opportunities in ways that more consciously benefit and promote people’s quality of life, especially, the excluded in society and other key affected populations; to promote the bottom to top equal participatory approach which empowers beneficiaries to become decision makers; and sustainable development with human dignity at its core.
Year established (YYYY):	2009
Year of registration (YYYY):	2010
Organizational structure:	Board of Directors and Secretariat
Number and type of members:	3,700 including schools, Community inhabitants and farmer groups
Affiliation with NGO networks:	Liberia Network Of AIDS Service Organization (LINASO), National Malaria Control Program (NMCP), Forum of Consortium, Network & Independent Civil Society Organization - FOCNICSO
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Fees for education and training services Product sales and business services Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants
Funding structure other:	Board Chairman, Treasurer, Executive Driector

Additional Information

Sustainable Development

Major group affiliation:	Indigenous people Business and industry Children and youth Women Non-governmental organization Farmers
Involvement in UN Partnerships:	Yes
If yes, explain in detail:	Seeking Partnerships with UNAIDS, UNDP, FAO, WHO, UNICEF

Social Development

Affiliation with other organizations:	Liberia Network of AIDS Service Organization(LINASO); National Malaria Control Program(NMCP)
Purpose of the organization:	In a world where poverty has become the worst enemy of humanity, AHEAD aims to help vulnerable populations reach their potential through health, educational, agricultural and Community development services in order to fight poverty and exclusion more effectively.