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Development Volunteers Africa

Community Empowerment For a Better Life  



 

OUR ORGANIZATION 

 

We are a registered international non-governmental Organization that offers opportunities to volunteers interested in providing manpower to community groups.

We are committed to strengthening community institutions and providing innovative solutions to socio-economic challenges.

 

OUR MISSION

 

  • We promote community empowerment to end poverty.
  • We promote participatory quality exchange of information, materials,
  • We fight for women’s rights and gender equality
  • We appreciate and empower the disabled
  • We share skills, creativity and cultural exchange.

 

OUR VALUES

 

  • We believe in freedom for everyone to exercise his or her fundamental rights.
  • We respect humanity and appreciate nature.
  • We believe in teamwork to achieve positive and lasting solution.
  • We value diversity and cross-cultural understanding.
  • We value partnership based on honesty and respect.

OBJECTIVES

 

  • To promote the spirit of voluntarism, team building among the youth and women to empower them and strengthen international understanding.
  • To coordinate international work camps and programs geared towards providing labour, capacity building technical and advisory services to community groups in need thus to empower self-help initiatives
  • To initiate and participate in activities geared towards the attainment of sustainable environmental conservation thus ensures that the present and future generations embrace the conservation ethic.
  • To co-ordinate participatory and quality exchange of information, material and people of diverse cultural backgrounds.
  • To raise level of income of the youth and the women in marginalised areas by supporting their projects.
  • To advocate for women rights and promote gender equality and strive to end violence against women and girl child.
  • To empower the disabled by giving them a chance to take active part in development.
  • To collaborate and network with agencies, organisations and institutions that focus on development.