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Asaba Home-Diaspora Development Initiative

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Capacity building Information and communication technologies Research Trafficking in women and girls Violence against women Women and armed conflict Women and health Women and poverty Women and the economy Women and the environment Women in power and decision-making Social Development: Conflict Disabled persons Employment Indigenous issues Information and Communications Technologies Poverty Social policy Youth Sustainable Development: Agriculture Capacity-building Education Information for decision-making and participation Poverty Sanitation Sustainable development for Africa Sustainable development in a globalizing world Waste Management Peace and Development in Africa: Development in Africa Peace in Africa Conflict Resolution in Africa: Conflicts Resolution
Geographic scope:	Local
Millennium Development Goals:	Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Promote gender equality and empower women Improve maternal health Ensure environmental sustainability Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	Asaba Home-Diaspora Development Initiative AHDDI is a Non-Governmental Organization with its core focus on all the inner communities of Delta State. AHDDI is not-for-profit, non-political, non-partisan, non-traditional and non-religious. So all the personal beliefs that hold our people down are eliminated. AHDDI is a level playing field for all positive ideas to be transformed into tangible outcomes for the benefit of all. AHDDI addresses multifaceted issues like high youth unemployment, poor educational outcomes, cultism, gangs, prostitution, human trafficking, family breakdown, and increasing number of vulnerable Street children at risk of being kidnapped, maternal health and rising teenage pregnancies among others. Collective Interest and Common Good: AHDDI emphasizes equality of all peoples and the engaging of people to foster cooperation through innovative and collective involvement. We believe that all Deltans have a common social identity and interdependence. AHDDI Mission • To achieve the dream of a Delta State that works for all and attracts investments, visitors and tourists. AHDDI promotes a collective consciousness in all, of an Organization that listens, cares and acts on issues to achieve best outcomes for the everyone. • AHDDI objectives are shaped around issues identified by many Deltans in their daily lives and issues identified by Deltans in the diaspora that makes many reluctant to visit or return. The amalgamation of issues on both sides is the point where we find common grounds to start the 'conversation' and proffer solutions. This is what AHDDI is about. AHDDI Aims and Objectives: • To raise awareness of the power within us to bring about solutions that would change our communities through joint efforts by all both home and in the diaspora. • To emphasis the power to use our electoral votes as our voices and instruments of change while remaining non-partisan and non-political. • To promote the spirit of unity and one purpose in restoring our State to greater heights of political, economic, educational and socio-cultural glories. • To contribute to the development of Delta Youths through Skills Acquisition Project, Job Creation and Micro-Credit facilities in order to reduce youth restiveness and cultism. • To promote joint working relationships, eliminate unhealthy competition and project duplication among youth groups. • To maximize resources and promote leadership skills and abilities among our Youths . To promote Women health, education and economic empowerment . To promote Gender equality in education, employment and economic resources
Year established:	2017
Year of registration:	2017
Organizational structure:	AHDDI is governed by its Board of Trustees (BoT). The Board is the key policy making and governance body of the organisation. It formulates and approves policies and evaluates the overall performance of AHDDI periodically. The BoT consists of Seven members (both male and female) and is headed by Founder and President. AHDDI is comprised of development professionals, intellectuals, academicians and activists. There are four working Executive Directors in charge of Project Planning and Designing, Field Projects Commissioning, Community Projects and Events Organisation and Planning. Management AHDDI is led by its Founder and President who is the formal head of the Organization. The Executive Directors report to the President and Board of Trustees (BoT). The Executive Directors are supported by a team of Administrative, Operational and Project Coordinators. They all jointly form a management structure for the Organisation.
Number and type of members:	There are 56 members. Membership comprises of development professionals, intellectuals, academicians and activists, Business Entrepreneurs, Doctors, Teachers, Lawyers, Career persons from all works of life.
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Other sources Product sales and business services Fundraising campaigns Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants

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