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Volunteers for Development International was founded in 2001 by a group of volunteers who set out to bring the resources of the nation and the international community to the most deprived villages of Ghana. Although the cities of Ghana have resources, in the rural areas there is a severe lack of basic amenities such as electricity, water, social service centers, teachers, books and housing for teachers. Our goal is to use the energy and creativity of volunteers to improve life in the villages. PROFILE & LEADERSHIP ¦ MODE OF OPERATION ¦ PARTNERSHIP ¦ PROGRAMMES ¦ OBJECTIVES ORGANIZATIONAL PROFILE & LEADERSHIP Volunteers for Development International having been founded by Adjei Frimpong Kwaku together with other volunteers is currently the only viable NGO in the Sekyere West District of Ashanti, Ghana. It has got a track record in the following areas: • Health, HIV/AIDS issues With its head office located in Mampong-Ashanti, it has got over 200 members who have brought various educational and social backgrounds to the organization. It is being headed by an executive director and the office administration is assisted by five other volunteer staff members. Since its inception in 2001, it has been linked up with a network of NGOs in Ghana including Ashnet, Asango and others. MODE OF OPERATION Founded in 2001, VFD international operates from its National Secretariat, which is based in Asante-Mampong in the Sekyere District of Ashanti Region, Ghana. The National Secretariat plans and implements the organization's projects and activities. Currently, the secretariat is being headed by the executive director and assisted by the National co-coordinator, project supervisor, two program assistants and a secretary. PARTNERSHIP ORGANISATIONS In order to ensure smooth and effective organizational and managerial operations, the Association has been affiliated to the appropriate sector and government ministries and other network of NGO(s) both home and abroad. For our educational programmes, we are affiliated with the ministry of education, youth and sport through the Ghana education service and the national youth council. We also collaborate with the ministry of health through the Ghana AIDS Commission and the Ghana health services. For our AIDS project, we have trained more than 100 peer educators since 2002 and we have been able to reach out to over 20,000 people with HIV/AIDS and family planning issues. We are also linked up with Resources Development Network in the USA and through the technical expertise of competent staff, we are also making a giant stride in terms of training and development. Currently, we are seeking for more partners throughout the world. The partnership should be geared towards capacity building training, exchange of volunteers for cultural activities, sponsorship for work camps and donations to needy institutions in Ghana and Africa as a whole. The idea of the volunteers cultural exchange programme is to strengthen national, international and interracial understanding and contribute to the totality of the world peace and development. Therefore we are ready to liaise, with institutions, departments NGO(s) individuals and other co-operate bodies both at home and abroad that share the same objectives and ideas and have strong commitment to the development of humanity. PROGRAMMES Volunteers for development international currently offers programmes on education, cultural, health and community development. These programmes are executed as major work camp, minor work camp and internship based initiative. OUR OBJECTIVES • To promote education, health, environmental and economic development in Ghana. • To serve as a machinery that will bring together volunteers from within Ghana and from all over the world to provide voluntary services to the people of Ghana in peace, love, harmony and in mutual respect for each other. • To organize educational campaigns on social, health, economic and environmental issues. • To improve the economy of areas where VFDI works and to build a strong cordial relationship between the volunteers and the communities. • To inculcate into the youth the spirit of voluntarism towards the development of humanity. • To improve the quality of health care in deprived communities. • To establish a permanent art/cultural center to enhance advance programmes on African/Ghanaian Culture. |