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Gaddafi International Cgharity and Development Foundation

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Citizenship and Governance Criminal Justice De-mining Development Drug Control Education Governance HIV/AIDS Human Rights Least Developed Countries Youth Social Development: Conflict Youth Sustainable Development: Education Health
Geographic scope:	International
Country of activity:	Mali Algeria Yemen Pakistan Thailand Lebanon Burkina Faso Libya Comoros Somalia Haiti Philippines Chad Mauritania State of Palestine Niger
Millennium Development Goals:	Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Achieve universal primary education Reduce child mortality Improve maternal health Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	Gaddafi International Charity and Development Foundation (GICDF) is an international non-governmental organization, carries out developmental and humanitarian activities in the social , economic, cultural and human rights fields. GICDF was established in 2003 through the signing of its article of association in Geneva, Switzerland. Its chairman is Saif Al Islam Al Gaddafi, then comes the Executive Director who is selected by an executive committee. His functions are to manage the Foundation and its affiliate societies and offices. The Foundation adopts principles that define and guide its functions such as maintaining and protecting human rights, and fundamental liberties, developing civil society and its organizations, promoting charitable voluntary work, establishing cooperation relations among societies to consolidate the team work supporting the oppressed, the downtrodden, and the vulnerable segments in the community, such as the poor, the needy, orphans, and the handicapped. It also provides humanitarian aid for war and disaster victims wherever they are. The Foundation has specializing offices that work regularly and in coordination with other parties, and agencies, in order to support and enhance the activities aiming at realizing the pursued aims. These offices include research and development office, human work office, media office, fundraising office, technical affairs and projects office, foreign relations office, and societies and civil society office. A number of non-governmental societies are working under the banner of the Foundation and supervision in different fields, to practice their humanitarian and development activities, to render service for mankind and to bring about progress, prosperity and to maintain his rights.
Year established:	2003
Year of registration:	2003
Organizational structure:	The Foundation has a general assembly, a council of trustees and an executive committee. A chairman and an executive director.
Number and type of members:	Members are five societies( NGO's) working in the fields of activities.
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants
Funding structure other:	Govermental indirect funding(donations for projects) and corporate donors.

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