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Discovery Africa

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
Economic and Social:
  • Agriculture
  • Business and Industry
  • Children
  • Citizenship and Governance
  • Climate Change
  • Crime Prevention
  • Development
  • Disarmament
  • Extreme poverty

    • Financing for Development:
  • International Trade as an engine for development
  • Mobilizing domestic financial resources for development

    • Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
  • Advocacy and outreach
  • Capacity building
  • Education and training of women
  • Information and communication technologies
  • Millennium Development Goals
  • The girl child
  • Violence against women
  • Women and HIV/AIDS

    • Population:
  • International migration
  • Morbidity and mortality
  • Population distribution and internal migration
  • Population growth
  • Population structure
  • Reproduction, family formation and the status of women

    • Social Development:
  • Conflict
  • Cooperative
  • Indigenous issues
  • Information and Communications Technologies
  • Poverty
  • Youth

    • Sustainable Development:
  • Agriculture
  • Capacity-building
  • Climate change
  • Consumption and production patterns
  • Disaster management and vulnerability
  • Energy
  • Rural Development
    • Geographic scope: International
    Country of activity:
  • Ghana
  • Mali
  • Benin
  • Cameroon
  • Chad
  • Burkina Faso
  • Gambia
  • Nigeria
  • 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:
    Year established:
    Year of registration: 2010
    Organizational structure: THE ORGANISATION CONSISTS OF A BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND MEMBERS. THERE ARE ALSO VOLUNTEERS AND PROGRAMMES CO-ORDINATORS AND FOCAL PERSONS AT THE GRASSROOTS.
    Number and type of members: TOTAL MEMBERSHIP PRESENTLY STANDS AT 256
    Funding structure:
  • Membership fees or dues
  • Fees for providing consulting or research services
  • Foreign and international grants
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