Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Aging
Agriculture
Atomic Energy
Biodiversity
Business and Industry
Children
Citizenship and Governance
Climate Change
Coorporate Accountability
Crime Prevention
Criminal Justice
Culture
De-mining
Debt Relief
Decolonization
Development
Disabled Persons
Disarmament
Drug Control
Economics and Finance
Education
Energy
Environment
Extreme poverty
Family
Financing for Development
Food
Governance
HIV/AIDS
Habitat
Human Rights
Humanitarian Affairs
Indigenous Peoples
Industrial Development
Information
Intellectual Property
International Law
International Security
Justice
Labour
Law of the Sea and Antarctica
Least Developed Countries
Media
Micro-Credit
Migration
Minority Rights
New Global Institutions
Outer Space
Peace and Security
Population
Private Sector
Refugees
Religion
Safety
Science and Technology
Social Development
Sports for Peace and Development
Statistics
Sustainable Development
Taxation Policy
Technical Cooperation
Torture
Trade and Development
United Nations Funding
United Nations Reform
Values
Violence
Volunteerism
Water
Women
Women/gender Equality
Youth
Financing for Development:
Addressing systemic issues
External debt
Increasing financial and technical cooperation for development
International Cooperation in Tax Matters
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
Research
Violence against women
Women and HIV/AIDS
Women and armed conflict
Women and health
Women and poverty
Women in power and decision-making
Population:
Morbidity and mortality
Population growth
Population structure
Reproduction, family formation and the status of women
Public Administration:
Ethics, Transparency and Accountability
Governance and Public Administration
Knowledge Systems and E-government
Public Financial Management
Public Service and Management Innovation
Socio-Economic Governance and Management
Social Development:
Aging
Conflict
Cooperative
Disabled persons
Employment
Indigenous issues
Information and Communications Technologies
Poverty
Social policy
Technical cooperation
Youth
Peace and Development in Africa:
Development in Africa
Peace in Africa
Conflict Resolution in Africa:
Conflicts Resolution
NEPAD:
Agriculture and Food Security
Climate Change and Natural Resource Management
Crosscutting issues (Gender and Capacity Development)
Economic and Corporate Governance
Human Development
Regional Integration and Infrastructure
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| Geographic scope: |
Regional
Africa
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| Country of activity: |
Kenya
Somalia
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| Millennium Development Goals: |
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Promote gender equality and empower women
Reduce child mortality
Develop global partnership for development
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
2010 |
| Organizational structure: |
THE MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE There shall be the office of the Chief Executive Officer who shall be the head of the organization The day-to-day affairs SYDF shall be managed by the Chief Executive Officer who shall be in charge of the organization’s affairs. The Management may pay all expenses incurred in setting up and registering the organization and may exercise such powers of the Organization as are not required by this constitution to be exercised by a General Meeting, to achieve the objectives of the Organization. No regulations made by the Organization in a General Meeting, shall invalidate any prior act of the management which would have been valid if such regulations had not been made The Chief Executive Officer shall be responsible to the General Meeting and the Board of Directors. He shall be an employee of the Organization and his office shall fall under the Secretariat whose terms of service shall be determined by the Board. He shall interlay; • Represent and act on behalf of the organization generally • Do all such acts as may be necessary for the efficient running of the organizations affairs; . Keep full complete, and up-to date record of the organization’s affairs; a) FIRST APPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD The interim members to the Board shall be appointed in writing by the subscribers to this constitution and shall include three persons who shall act respectively as the chairman secretary and Treasurer of the organization; until the conclusion of the first Annual general meeting when a substantive Board shall be appointed to serve for a period of 3 years, Provided that a member of the Board shall be a member of the organization. b) - OTHER APPOINTMENTS TO THE BOARD The Board may from time to time and at any time appoint any member of the organization, in case of vacancy, or by way of addition, to the board; provided that the prescribed maximum is not thereby exceeded and provided also that the proposal to appoint any new member of the board under this section shall be set out in a formal resolution forming part of the notice convening the Board meeting. a) - ALTERNATES Any member of the Board may appoint another member to be his/her alternate to act in his place at any meetings of the Board at which he is unable to be present. Such appointees shall be entitled to exercise all the rights and powers of a member of the Board and, where they are members of the Board, shall have a separate vote on behalf of their appointers in addition to their own votes. A member of the Board may, at any time, revoke the appointment of an alternate appointed by him/her. The appointment of an alternate shall be revoked ipso facto, if his/her appointer ceases to be a member of the Board. Every appointment and revocation under this paragraph shall be effected by notice in writing under the hand of the appointer served on the Organization and such alternate. |
| Number and type of members: |
The subscribers to this constitution and such other persons or organizations as the Board of organization may from time to time admit to membership, the membership being not less than 9 persons shall be members of the organization, provided that a member shall cease to be a member if: i. He/she gives one-month notice in writing to the Board of their intention to resign from membership. Upon the expiry of such notice he shall cease to be a member but his liability to contribute to the funds of the organization in the event of its being wound up or dissolve shall continue for one year from the expiry of such notice. ii. If he/she is removed from membership by the vote of not less than two-thirds of the members of the Organization at an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Organization specially convened and at which he has been given a reasonable opportunity of attending and being heard. Membership: There are 300 voluntary members who, following the aims and objectives of the organization, are working in their respective areas on their own carrying the message of SYDF to the masses. There are 100 Associate voluntary social workers who are working on projects in the States executed by SYDF Social Service. Regional Focal Points The Regional Focal points are elected periodically from among the members in a particular region. The main role is to coordinate and stimulate the activities of the Network at the regional and country level. In regions with many members Country contact points may be appointed to support the regional focal point. The RFPs develop annual programs of activities in the respective region and enhance communication and cooperation with the members. They also appoint representatives to participate in the overall governance of the organization. Interested to collaborate with: Any International and Local Agencies, Government and all Well-wishers |
| Affiliation with NGO networks: |
http://www.edu.int/news/SYDF/ |
| Funding structure: |
Membership fees or dues
Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations
Fees for education and training services
Fundraising campaigns
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