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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Children Development Economics and Finance Extreme poverty Family Financing for Development Food Governance HIV/AIDS Human Rights Humanitarian Affairs Indigenous Peoples Justice Least Developed Countries Micro-Credit Minority Rights Social Development Sustainable Development Violence Volunteerism Women Women/gender Equality Youth Financing 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 Information and communication technologies Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women Men and boys Millennium Development Goals Policy advice Research 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 Women and the economy Women and the environment Women and the media Women and the media Women in power and decision-making Public Administration: Ethics, Transparency and Accountability Socio-Economic Governance and Management Social Development: Employment Indigenous issues Information and Communications Technologies Poverty Social policy Sustainable Development: Agriculture Capacity-building Disaster management and vulnerability Education Finance Gender equality Health International cooperation for an enabling environment International law Poverty Rural Development Sustainable development for Africa Sustainable development in a globalizing world
Geographic scope:	Regional Africa
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:	Vision Statement: To grow until we become a reputable International NGO dedicated to empowerment of grassroots women and youth in Tanzania and Sub-Saharan Africa. Mission Statement: To help women and men cope with the impact of fast globalizing world, we will invest in women and men through cutting edge monitoring and empowerment techniques; the end product will be empowered women and men capable of navigating a fast globalizing world and be free from the cycle of poverty. We will also identify opportunities available in local and international contexts and invest to sustain benefits of our intervention Values: We are scholars dedicated to empowerment of grassroots women in Tanzania and the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa through sustainable local grassroots innovative solutions; We believe that men and women should not be treated as a means to accumulate wealth by a few individuals but should be the end or main beneficiaries of the development process; We are aspirants of a nonviolent world where men and women live peaceful and grow to their full potentiality and achieve the highest level of happiness; While we empower the whole grassroots community, grassroots women remain the main focus of our interventions. Goal: The goal of this Organization is to bring about the advancement, development and empowerment of the poor and marginalized women through engaging Fulbright Alumni, US Department of state Alumni and other dedicated scholars as mentors. Purpose: The purpose of the Organisation is to network resources and empower US Department of state alumni members and other interesting scholars, dedicated to gender empowerment and human rights promotion so as to share their expertise aimed at empowering women and men, particularly those living in semi-urban areas through provision of loans, cutting edge monitoring, capacity building training and awareness raising campaigns so as to boost their socio-economic well being and thus create self confidence which is also important for meeting life challenges. Objectives: a)Empowerment of women particularly those living in semi-urban areas through provision of loans, microenterprise, and education so as to unlock their potentials towards improving their - social economic well being and inspire others to do the same.b) Facilitating entrepreneurial training to members of women’s networks to foster their political, social, cultural and economic empowerment.c)Creating an environment through positive economic and social policies for full development of women and girls to enable them to realize their full potential.d) Encouraging societal attitudes and community practices by active participation and involvement of both men and women.e) Building and strengthening partnerships with civil society, particularly women and youth’s organizations.f) Developing international exchange and linkages through provision of advice, training and grants.other details can be viewed at http://aggen2011.blogspot.com/p/vision-statement.html
Year established:	2008
Year of registration:	2011
Organizational structure:	AGGEN Board of Directors: The Organization shall be supervised by the Board of Directors chaired by an elected Chairperson. The Board shall consist of not less than five and not more than twenty Board members. Board Members shall be nominated by the Executive Management Team and approved by all AGGEN Members. The Board shall be the strongest organ of AGGEN whose responsibilities is to oversee the duties and responsibilities of the Team leader. It also makes major decisions beyond Team Leaders such as change of policy or constitution among other things. However, the vision and mission of AGGEN shall never change unless so done by the Annual General Meeting. The board shall be chaired by the Chairperson who shall be nominated by the Executive Management Team and elected by members. The Team leader shall be the secretary of the board. This organ shall conduct meetings quarterly or as a need arises. The Board of Directors shall be the legal custodian of the assets and liabilities of the Organization and shall be entrusted with the responsibility and powers of governance of AGGEN. The Board shall have the power to make decisions concerning policy, use of assets (including financial assets) staff, goods and services.The Board of Directors so appointed shall hold office for a term of four years and shall be eligible for re-appointment. Provided that the founder members shall constitute the first Board for a period of one year and shall elect its Chairperson among them. The Board is responsible for ensuring that management is implementing the policies of the Organization and or seeing that the planned activities are carried out on a timely basis and with high degree of professionalism. The Board shall meet four times a year on a quarterly basis to review the performance of the Organization, unless in the case of emergency necessitating extra meetings. The Board shall reach its resolutions by simple majority of votes of members present. In case where votes are equal, the Chairperson shall have a casting vote. The meeting of the Board shall be lawful when attended by more than half of the Board members. The Board may decide to invite to its meeting any person or persons whom it considers useful as honorary member or observer, but he/she shall have no right to vote. The Management Structure of the Organisation: The overall management structure of the Organisation shall be as follows: - Chair of the Board of Directors , - Executive Director/ Team Leader; o Directors/Assistant Team Leaders; - Operations Managers; o Field coordinators; - Administrative Officer; o Assistant Administrative Officers; - Head of the Microfinance (MF) Department; - Head of the Engineering (Engr) Department; - Head of Medical and Nutrition (MN) Department; - Head of Training and Development (T&D) Department; - Head of Research, Publication and Proposal Writing (RPP) Department; - Head of Alumni Engagement and Mentorship (AEM) Department; and - Head of Human Rights (HR) Department.
Number and type of members:	70 members all of them are normal members.
Affiliation with NGO networks:	State Alumni Your Global Community,SCORE, One Village Planet-Women's Development Initiative
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Fees for education and training services Fees for providing consulting or research services Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants

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