Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Agriculture
Citizenship and Governance
Culture
Education
Extreme poverty
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Advocacy and outreach
Education and training of women
Human rights of women
Millennium Development Goals
Research
The girl child
Women and poverty
Social Development:
Cooperative
Poverty
Youth
Sustainable Development:
Agriculture
Climate change
Rural Development
Peace and Development in Africa:
Development in Africa
Peace in Africa
Conflict Resolution in Africa:
Conflicts Resolution
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| Geographic scope: |
International
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| Country of activity: |
Kenya
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Togo
Benin
Nigeria
Ghana
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| Millennium Development Goals: |
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Achieve universal primary education
Promote gender equality and empower women
Develop global partnership for development
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
2000 |
| Organizational structure: |
Board of Trustees – 4; 3 Female and 4 Male The Trustees meets annually to consider the activities of the Foundation and formulate and adopt new policies of the organisation. Board of Directors – 7; 3 Female and 4 Male These are credible African Citizens invited to serve the NGO on voluntary basis except for those in executive positions with the Foundation. The board meets on quarterly basis. Advisory Board – 14; 4 Female and 10 Male We have group of Volunteers formerly invited to serve as our Advisors to help fine-tuned the policies and activities of the ACDF for best practice and to remain focus. The Advisory Board meets once in a year and we encourage them to support the work of the NGO financially and otherwise. |
| Number and type of members: |
All staffers are employees of ACDF and are posted according to their professional callings and needs of each unit of the Foundation. We have a total of 94 fully paid staff and are distributed on our projects as follows: • ACDF Secretariat: 9 • Citizens Colleges: a) Teaching Staff – 40 b) Non-Teaching Staff – 30 • ASSEFAD Farm Village, 15 |
| Affiliation with NGO networks: |
1. World Association of NGOs (WANGO) 2. CIVICUS 3. CoNGO 4. Nigerian Network of NGOs |
| Funding structure: |
Fees for education and training services
Product sales and business services
Foreign and international grants
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| Funding structure other: |
ACDF is a Social Enreprenuer in Africa, A registered Charity in the United Kingdom |
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