AID FOR THE CHILDREN OF LIBERIA
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Children have fallen on the side lines when it comes to being able to be a kid especially after civil war. They become vulnerable and exposed to early marriages. The lack of financial support and absence of education have obstructed the lives of children making it difficult for them to enjoy educational activities and living a normal life. Every child has the right to live a full and decent life with dignity, participate in community activities, and if possible, exhibit independence. This Safe Home Center will not only provide in- class activities but will also empower children to participate in hands-on activities such as healthy cooking classes, farming projects, feeding animals, building green houses for crops, and playing outdoor educational games that will be fully supervised by trained teachers and administrators. With such activities, the children will experience a sense of love and enjoy life to the fullest.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Let Them Smile Again
Child Development Center and Safe Home: (Long Term Plan)
An initiative to establish a multi complex facility where children can have the opportunity to acquire education and other life skills for economic empowerment and sustainability. The center will include a 200-bed boarding area, academic and vocational schools, sporting gym, clinic, state-of-the-art library, conference hall, faculty launch, and students auditorium.
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
To generate 1.2 million
To build a Safe Home Center for vulnerable children ranging from age 3-17 years for children to experience hands-on and in-class activities, promote health, wellbeing, and physical development.
To reduce the lack of self-confidence in children and increase confidence and peer interaction.
To improve learning and the developmental stages of every child involved in the program as they remain positive in a receptive manner.
To encourage the children to aspire beyond their own level of achievements and to practice newly learned skills.
To give the children the potential to actively participate in the learning process and development of self in the context of their school, family, and the community.
To promote Early Literacy programs
To promote Adult Literacy programs
To produce nutritious food through agriculture (vegetables, livestock, crops,). The need for vast production of rice is critical. Liberia stable food is rice.
To provide healthy drinking water for the community
To provide education on sanitation
To build roads and bridges to connect to villages, farms, and produce markets.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
1. ACL will identify the goal, communicate clearly and define the goal. ACL will be prepared to answer questions relating to the development of the project, outcome and the impact it will have on the targeted population. Moreover, it is important to remain focused and avoid adding unnecessary activities no matter how related they may be. ACL will keep everything as streamlined as possible.
2. Build the reason for funding. ACL will build a logical heartfelt cause for providing assistance to vulnerable children in Liberia, West Africa. The need for support to get where we intend to go is critical for the lives of children ranging from 3-17 years.
3. Get influencers and similar mindset individuals on board. It is vital to invite key influential individuals at all levels of ACL plans and strategics. Their opinions early on in the process will create a positive impact in promoting the organization’s plans. This will be done by establishing committees to help shepherd the process forward and give them active roles in implementing change for the future of vulnerable children.
4. ACL will reach out to private foundations, United Nations Children’s Funds, European Union, African Development Bank, and Work Bank to ask for assistance by providing grant proposals to receive funding.
5. ACL will continue to remain focused even at the end of the project plan in order to avoid slipping backwards. It’s important for ACL to keep updating the plans and strategics long after the project ends.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
John Fello: Master's in public policy, Government Management, Diploma in Network Engineering
Yassah Morris Fello: Bachelor's of Science in Human Development and Family Studies, Associate Degree in Computer Information Systems
Sebrom Morris: Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
Jemima Poawalio: Bachelor’s in Accounting
Winston Jah: Bachelor’s in Economics
Arthur Lewis: Associate degree in General Science, Diploma – Psychological Counseling, Certificate – Trauma Healing & Basic counseling, and Teacher – St. Teresa Convent Catholic School
Folly Johnson: High School Diploma, Diploma in Carpentry, and Maintenance Worker
Samuel McGill: Certificate for Maintenance Worker
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
ACL has registered 210 children for school.
ACL has acquired 250 acres of land in West Africa Liberia.
ACL has 1 tractor, 1 tiller machine and 1 Quad Bike.
ACL has 3,000 rubber trees on nursery, 3,000 pepper signs nursery, cocoa, cabbage, cucumbers, okra, watermelons, peanuts, and pineapples nurseries.
ACL is currently constructing a 14-room school building for children in the community.
ACL has trees to produce timbers and fire coal.
ACL constructed 2 houses for farm workers and their families.
ACL has 1 water pump, 1 wheelbarrow, 10 hoes for digging, Fertilizers, pesticide.
ACL has 1 power saw.
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 identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, 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 aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection
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AID FOR THE CHILDREN OF LIBERIA
Board of directorsas of 01/16/2023
John Fello
Aid for the Children of Liberia
Sebrom T Morris
Aid forthe Children of Liberia
Jemima Poawalio
Aid forthe Children of Liberia
Winston Jah
Aid forthe Children of Liberia
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? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.