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Alebe Collins Nigeria Foundation

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Aging Children Citizenship and Governance Coorporate Accountability Crime Prevention Criminal Justice Development Disabled Persons Education Environment Governance HIV/AIDS Human Rights Humanitarian Affairs International Law Justice Migration Minority Rights Population Refugees Social Development Sustainable Development Volunteerism Financing for Development: Addressing systemic issues Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Capacity building Education and training of women Human rights of women Millennium Development Goals Policy advice Trafficking in women and girls Violence against women Women and health Women and poverty Women and the environment Population: International migration Population distribution and internal migration Public Administration: Ethics, Transparency and Accountability Governance and Public Administration Knowledge Systems and E-government Socio-Economic Governance and Management Social Development: Aging Disabled persons Information and Communications Technologies Poverty Social policy Technical cooperation Youth Statistics: Civil registration systems Crime and criminal justice statistics Demographic and social surveys International Economic and Social Classifications International migration Population and housing censuses Poverty statistics Social Statistics and Social Monitoring Sustainable Development: Agriculture Capacity-building Education Gender equality Health Information for decision-making and participation Institutional arrangements Integrated decision-making International cooperation for an enabling environment International law Land management Partnerships Poverty Protecting and managing the natural resources Rural Development Sustainable Tourism Sustainable development for Africa Sustainable development in a globalizing world Transport 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) Human Development Regional Integration and Infrastructure
Geographic scope:	National
Country of activity:	Nigeria
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:	ACN Foundation is to initiate programmes for the enhancement of the welfare to indigent members of the society, through Education, Rehabilitation and Training for self-sustenance and self-dependence. At the core of ACN Foundation programme is regular educational sessions on Adolescent Sexuality, Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights, Leadership and other Gender Sensitive Life Management skills from a gender and human rights perspective particularly with in and out of school adolescent’s girls aged 10 – 18years in Nigeria ACN foundation focus is to assist young girls live healthy lives and achieve their full potentials, towards an empowered womanhood. It is also includes assisting young girls to overcome the risk of early sexual activities, gender discrimination, harmful traditional and Contemporary social practices, adolescent/unintended pregnancies, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) including HIV/AIDS, unsafe abortion, all forms of sexual abuse and harassment as well as other forms of violence against girls and women and exploitation. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: The aims of this organization is a contributory measure to Federal Government in her effort at image laundering of Nigeria focusing on much neglected area of Nigeria in Diaspora, stranded and languishing in various prisons of Europe, South America, Asia, East, South, West and North Africa. This is where the image laundering should begin in collaboration with other international non-governmental organization (NGO’s), the Federal Government and the host countries. The focus is to assist these Nigerians in various prisons and those that are stranded because of invalid travelling documents through orientation and campaign. The (NGO) will strive to know how many Nigerians are in various prisons and countries in the world, what offence and to what duration of prison sentence. How do we get involved to be of help to the prisoners and the host country to come to a solution? OUR MISSION: 1. To ensure citizen status and general rights of citizen. 2. To help the Nigerian citizens languishing in various prisons worldwide 3. To help the marginalized especially the poor and indigent, oppressed, citizens stranded abroad. 4. To make contributory measure to government in her effort image laundering of neglected area of Nigeria in diaspora. 5. To initiate, encourage and participate in poverty alleviation, aids and food supply programmes. 6. To help those that have suffered injustice, serving jail sentence in local and international prisons. 7. To seek for means of giving hope and smile in the faces of the unemployed youths and under-privileged children: by training them on self-employment initiatives. 8. To run scholarship programmes for indigent orphans and widows, rehabilitate vulnerable youths and ex-convicts, through legal means of empowerment. 9. To sensitize and create awareness on danger of dreaded diseases such as HIV/AIDS and other communicable diseases and educated the people on preventive measures. 10. To help marginalize especially the poor and indigent oppressed, citizen stranded in abroad, disadvantaged under privileged. 11. To initiate programmes for the enhancement of welfare of indigent members of the society, through education, rehabilitation and training for self-sustenance and self-dependence 12. To conduct seminars and training for indigent orphans and widows on skills acquisition towards self-development and empowerment. 13. To set up ACN foundation clubs in secondary schools across the country where timely and early education can be imparted to students to be patriotic citizens and shun cultism.
Year established:	2007
Year of registration:	2009
Organizational structure:	The (ACN Foundation) Alebe Collins Foundation is structured as follows: -The BOARD OF TRUSTEES (BOT). (08 members) chaired by PRESIDENT -The EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (EC) (06 members) Head of various departments which is responsible for the daily management of the foundation and its annexes. This coordination direction represents the Institution in all acts of civil life. -THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE (DC) (09 members). Board of Trustees are; President: Mr. ALEBE .U. COLLIN Vice-President: Mr. ADEMOLA .A. VINCENT General Secretary: Mr. GIDEON ARIOBE Asst.General Secretary: Mr. OJORA ADIO RAHEEM Treasurer: Mrs. NNANDI N. NGOZI Financial Secretary: Mrs. ALEBE E. PEACE Publicity Secretary: Mr. ALEBE O GEFFERY Auditor: Mr. ONYEMEH CHRISTOPHER The Board of Trustees comprises all the duly registered members and it is the supreme decision-making body of the foundation. It lays down all the rules that govern the foundation. The Board of Trustees meets once a month and for any of its decisions to bind on all members, it must be taken by at least 2/3 of the registered members. The Executive Council is made up of the different Heads of Departments and is responsible for the daily running of the affairs as prescribed by the Board of trustees. The executive council is composed of(6)Head of Departments. The Disciplinary Committee meets and takes decisions in strict application of the laws of the Organization governing all its members. The Committee meets at any time when and issue is at stake.
Number and type of members:	There are four (4) types of members: - The Founding Members: People who participated in the creation of the foundation and helped in drawing up the Constitution. - Active Members: People who voluntarily adhere and honour all financial obligations and participate physically in meetings and gatherings of the foundation. - Honorary Members: People who support the foundation in various ways and suggest enriching ideas to foster growth. - Statutory Members: People who naturally are beneficiaries of the contributions made by others and the donors. They are the widows, less privileged, the destitute and other vulnerable children in and out of the foundation. The foundation receives new members on a regular basis but as of now new members are 212.
Affiliation with NGO networks:	Nigeria network of NGOs.
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Fees for education and training services Fundraising campaigns Fees for providing consulting or research services Product sales and business services Donations and grants from domestic sources Funds from Religious Institutions Other sources
Funding structure other:	Micro-projects like a Posh Powder Detergent Production with Creams, Insecticides, Izals etc

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