ORGANIZATION PROFILE

The Africa Helping Africans, AHA, Initiative

Africans Helping Africans (AHA) Initiative, a global initiative to organize Africans to help fellow Africans through traveling to volunteer (voluntravel); promoting access to information for development (infodev) by establishing community access to information centers in communities; and promoting public speaking in institutions (Ongea Clubs).

Our members include all people who are interested and willing to take part in contributing towards the development of Africa, by alleviating the pain and suffering faced by the needy, and providing innovative solutions freely to the continent. Our approach recognizes the undeniable truth that Africa has plenty of resources, and that whereas we can ask for assistance to develop, we can also organize and mobilize what we have to help ourselves. We are inspired by the Bantu Philosophy of Ubuntu; that we are because they are.

Our Activities

Helping: Once a month, every volunteer joins other volunteers in the monthly activity to give back to the community and help the needy in Africa.

Networking: We also join each other in monthly social events forum for networking, adventure and fun activities.

Learning: Further, we join each other in the monthly learning conferences, where we build on our financial literacy, personal and career development skills, including leadership and effective communication, and public speaking skills through Ongea Clubs at institutions.

Sustainability: We run AHA Shops all over the continent and the world, for the sale of AHA Branded items, whose proceeds partly go towards funding volunteer activities, and partly towards the Freedom Fund, a fund for financing promising business ideas by Africans.

Membership & Recruitment

Any interested African can join us as a volunteer, and upon the payment of USD20, you are provided with identity documents, namely, a t-shirt, an insignia and a card with your picture. Every member who joins is encouraged to invite four people, from amongst her friend, family, colleagues and clients,

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to also join and become volunteers. AHA full membership is open only to Africans, although non-Africans can also join us as Friends of AHA.

Management & Organization Structure

AHA is managed through a secretariat at the headquarters in Uganda, which coordinates AHA Branches which can be formed in any institution of learning; profit- and nonprofit making organizations; and professional bodies. The branches register with the headquarters by paying USD50; and remitting USD5 of every member’s registration to the headquarters.

AHA is managed through various organs, with the following roles & responsibilities. Organ Responsibility Staff Board Provides professional advisory support &

networking contacts Board Chairman & Founder-OjijoBoard Members

International Secretariat (Headquarters)

Supervise the day-to-day running of the initiative

Director General

Country Office Secretariat Manage country office Country DirectorCountry Secretariat

Branches Carry out investment, helping, networking and learning events

Volunteer Officials

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