ACP Worldwide
We work to make friends; not enemies
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
In many parts of the world, severe inequalities and systematic abuse exists for women and children. All of our many projects are aimed at empowering women and children, through educational or medical opportunities. The dual problem we address is the perception in many parts of the world that the "wealthy" west only cares about furthering it's own goals. We seek to show people that our individual donors care about plight and are working to help.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Community Women's Literacy/English Classes
For over 12 years, ACPW has organized and paid for grass-roots English and Dari Literacy courses for children and women in Afghanistan. Since the Taliban's return to power, ACPW's classes must be held "underground." We typically hire a woman teacher who has lost her job due to Taliban restrictions on women. The teacher leads classes of up to 40 women/children up to 5 days per week in rooms in homes furnished by brave and defiant forward-thinking Afghan people. Everyone--the teachers, the students and the helpers, conduct these classes under great threat of discovery by the Taliban and severe punishment. But as these classes are among the only educational lifelines and social outlets for many of these people, we always have many enthusiastic students and supporters.
Where we work
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
ACPW seeks to help advance poor and abused women and children in various horrific or war-torn locations around the world. ACPW provides medical care and education that these people would not otherwise receive, among other aid projects. We provide aid to individuals or small classrooms or small orphanages--never to local government programs. And in everything we do, we make it known that the aid is coming from individual Western donors who have a genuine and specific interest in the people we are helping.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
ACPW's first guiding principal is, and has always been, that we will have no overhead in delivering our projects. We accomplish this by being an all-volunteer organization where the volunteers actually pay all the organization's expenses. This allows us to apply 100% of donations to their desired project, greatly leveraging the effectiveness of donations.
Another strategy ACPW has always employed is to try, as much as possible, to pair donors directly with the recipients and to have the recipients communicate directly with the donors with news updates, thank-yous and becoming friends. We encourage such contact to the extent the donors desire it.
ACPW often works with donors to design and implement a donor-inspired project. Our strategy is to "give it a try," and if after a year or two it does not appear to be a good return on the effort and cost, we will move on to something else.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Through 13 years as a US 501c3 based in bizarre foreign places, we have established a large network of trusted and wonderful nationals who work with us to implement and manage our projects in the field.
As for our Uganda operations, ACPW is a registered charitable organization with full legal entity status. In Uganda we are registered as "Afghan Child Charitable Organisation Limited."
We are not squeamish about charging into active war zones. We have worked in Iraq, Afghanistan and Ukraine, in the thick of hostilities.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
ACPW has trained an estimated 2500 Afghan women an children in English and in Dari Literacy. WE have visited and given gifts to 20,000 children in hospitals. WE have provided the lifesaving cancer treatment to spare the lives of dozens of poor Afghan children. We have installed solar panels at remote clinics and built and equipped a number of small children's libraries. We have kept an orphanage afloat for years that provides housing for some of the poorest orphans in Uganda and are in the process of building an entirely new orphanage. In Ukraine, we have hauled many tons of aid for civilians caught in the war and transported many refugees and animals out of harm's way. But our biggest accomplishment is that we always transmit 100% of donations directly to the projects for which they are donated. And that we allow our donors to be partners and interface directly with the recipients of their aid.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, It is difficult to get honest feedback from the people we serve
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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ACP Worldwide
Board of directorsas of 08/10/2023
Will Sherman
No Afiliation
Term: 2010 - 2012
Will Sherman
No Affiliation
Thomas Bradley
No Affiliation
Brooke Williams
No Affiliation
Rebekah Sherman
No Affiliation
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? No -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? No -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes