African Women's Development Fund

African Women's Development Fund AWDF P.M.B CT 89, Cantonments, Accra,  Ghana 011-233-21-780476 http://www.awdf.org

Mission

The African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) is a fundraising and grant-making initiative, which supports the work of the African Women's Movement. AWDF mobilizes financial, human and material resources to support local, national and international initiatives for transformation led by African women, which will lead to women living with integrity and in peace.

Programs

The AWDF funds work in five thematic areas: Women's Human Rights, Women's Health and Reproductive Rights and HIV/AIDS, Political Participation, Peace Building, and Economic Empowerment.

Funded Projects on GlobalGiving

Improve Camp Conditions for Liberian Refugees	Vocational Center for Freed Slave Girls in Ghana	Ghana: Accused "Witches" Upgrade Vocational Tools	Ghanaian villagers care for homebound HIV patients
Ghana: Vocational center for freed girl slaves	Ghana: Nut processing for accused "witches"	Storage for Ghanaian women's palm oil surplus	Care for Ghana's homebound HIV population

Personnel Overview

Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi - Executive Director, AWDF
As co-founder/Executive Director of the AWDF, Bisi is returning her extensive fundraising, leadership training and organizational development experience to the women of Africa. She was Director of Akina Mama wa Afrika, a development organization for African women; helped develop the African Women's Leadership Institute which has trained 600 African women; and speaks at conferences worldwide.

Abigail Burgesson - Program Officer, AWDF
After working at the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs in Ghana, Abigail joined AWDF to oversee its regional organizations and the Small Grants Program. With an MA in International Relations, Abigail has focused her extensive experience on getting women's groups and organizations recognized and involved in policy making.

Irene Jayee - President, Liberia Refugee Women’s Organisation
Irene Jayee has been in Ghana as a refugee for the last 15 years. Ms. Jayee saw that the average Liberian Woman could only cook and do domestic chores. Because she saw the destitution and lack of incoming generating skills of the thousands of refugee women in Ghana, she formed LIREWO to support women and orphaned children. She has also led her group to peace talks in Liberia.

Personnel Statistics

Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi,
Executive Director
Founded in 2000
Employees: 10
Volunteers: 2