Adassa-Adumori Foundation, Inc. (AAF) is a non-profit organization incorporated
in the state of Tennessee. The corporation is organized for the purpose of providing
humanitarian and educational support to children and families. The Foundation
seeks to create a door of opportunity for children and families living in insecure environments by providing them with the
tools to combat illiteracy, crime and poverty by assisting with the renovation of schools building, providing school supplies,
school food programs, and capacity building training for community leaders.
AAF is a US-based nonprofit working in the developing nations of the world to train leaders capable
of addressing their nations' most-pressing issues. AAF does this through community projects in business, and education. Adassa-Adumori Foundation, Inc.
mission is to develop and support sustainable projects that create significant
positive change in children and families who are growing up in circumstances of social and economic disadvantages in 3rd
world countries.
Our
Vision is to actively strengthen the community by providing an
atmosphere of hope, healing and restoration.
Adassa Adumori Foundation Programs
and Services
Educational
Support: AAF raises funds for, and oversees the development of educational support to at-risk
primary and secondary schools in the western regions of Africa.
Our Primary focus is on:
1) repairing school
buildings,
2) providing books, uniforms, and furniture to the schools,
3) establishing school food program
(AAF
addresses the nutritional needs of Nigerian school
children with the aim of improving their academic performance and overall wellbeing.),
4) providing school buses to transport the students, and
5) establishing school health programs in the area
of immunizations, hygiene, and HIV prevention care. This activity will be initially overseen by the Board of Directors until
staff is hired. Board of Directors has over 18 years of experience working
in the nonprofit field as well as community development.
Direct
Services: The goal of AAF is to equip African leaders, building the capacity of local leaders
by offering training in key areas as follows:
AAF provides capacity building training to community leaders in order to develop and strengthen
the skills, instincts, abilities, processes, and resources in order to create sustainability programs and services.
· Program development, management and evaluation
· Implementing business development, microcredit and entrepreneurship
training programs
· Providing education and literacy initiatives for adults
and children
Health Education Programs
This activity is overseen by the Board of Directors and staff.
AAF Board of Directors has over 18 years of experience working in the nonprofit field as well as community development.
Education & Awareness:
AAF offers adults and youth annual volunteer trips which are once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to work learn and gain
practical, on-the-ground experience in community development. AAF educates
and makes the public aware, via website, of global social volunteer opportunities and provides the tools and opportunities
necessary for them to participate in bringing about change in 3rd world communities. The annual trips are organized
in order to contribute to the world in a meaningful way, as we develop global citizens.
This activity is also overseen by the Board of Directors and staff.
Our goal is to capture the hearts
of people in the US to encourage, empower, support and promote self sufficiency and quality of life
in targeted impoverished communities.
