Detroit African Youth Development Organization

Detroit African Youth Development Organization is a nonprofit organization that aims at facilitating the connection and interaction of African immigrants to their US communities while promoting education and skills development, conducting awareness on critical issues, creating safe and nurturing environments for children and youth, and fostering economic and financial autonomy among youth and families. The organization also strives to improve the life of youth and family in the motherland of Africa through skills training, promoting income-generating activities, and developing social entrepreneurship. A core objective is also to provide a safe and nurturing space for children, youth, and young adults to build character of moral values and a solid learning foundation. In addition, the program strives to build a bridge between youth and their parents, helping them converse and engage in a way that satisfies and understands each party.
Each activity and interaction offers an alternative to the over-saturated internet influences and influencers- offering a safe space and an outlet for youth and young adults to figure out their life's purpose and work towards self-sufficiency and self-actualization at an early age.

Through ongoing interaction and engagement in the activities, participants of Detroit African Youth Development Organization will:
Develop life and leadership skills,
Learn the importance of and how to build healthy peer relationships,
Have a healthy self-esteem,
Enhance efficient and effective study skills, and
Advance their support and interest in career development.
Below is an overview of the programs that revolve around four (4) axes: Education, Training, and Life Skills development; Immigrants’ Inclusive integration in the communities in which they live; Awareness Campaigns; and Economic opportunities
Education, Training, and Skills Development
Summer Camps: The structured summer school program allows students to engage in healthy activities to keep them active, interact with other like-minded children, and undergo leadership training to help them realize how to become strong leaders of tomorrow.
The purpose of the summer program is to ensure that youth are ready for the upcoming school year and remain engaged over the summer months. Detroit African Youth Development Organization provides enrichment-based programs where students can learn new skills and reinforce skills they may not have wholly honed during the standard academic year.
The summer enrichment camp includes:
Art Instruction – Photography, sculpting, creative writing, and music or dance with a grounding in STEAM principles
Project Management – Teamwork and collaboration, communication skills through group project work
Robotics & Coding – (Lego)
Sports (football, basketball, dance, etc.)
Exhibition Day: Community-wide culminating event.
Parenting Training: Detroit African Youth Development Organization knows that learning never stops. The organization teaches the kids enrolled in our program that learning is lifelong.
After-School and Tutoring Program: The after-school and tutoring program at Detroit African Youth Development Organization are designed to help youth stay occupied and engage their brains. Detroit African Youth Development Organization recognizes that the youth of Detroit need after-school programs to keep them off the street and in a safe environment.
Group and Individual Mentorship Program: The individual and group mentoring programs are based on a positive youth development philosophy.
Literacy Programs: Immigrants uproot their lives and move across the globe daily. Even though the process may seem worthwhile and well-suited, an undeniable set of challenges and circumstances often await these newcomers.
ESL Classes
Computer Classes
Finical Literacy Education
Awareness Campaigns Organization will conduct awareness campaigns from time to time to educate and inform community members on crucial issues in physical health and mental health.
Economic opportunities promotion
The creation of vibrant communities for African immigrants in the US is paramount and at the nexus of their successful integration and the realization of their American Dream.

Stakeholder Analysis
An item critical to the success of any public or nonprofit organization is a proper stakeholder analysis. To satisfy its constituents, an organization must identify critical stakeholders, note the criteria they judge the organization, and review how they perform against them.
An analysis of the stakeholders for the Detroit African Youth Development Organization follows.
Internal 
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors comprises passionate and knowledgeable individuals who donate their time and resources to provide fiduciary oversight and governance of the organization. The current Board of Directors includes Aissetou Sarambounou, Ishack Samoura, Ali Suleiman, Maymouna Camara, and Mahamodou Sumareh.
A thriving Board meets regularly, has clear responsibilities that include ongoing enrichment and training, sets goals, ensures organizational success, establishes public trust, and guarantees mission fulfillment.
Executive Director 
The Executive Director achieves success through the organization’s current and future accomplishments.
A thriving organization establishes a successful partnership between the Executive Director and the Board of Directors. The E.D. reports and collaborates with the Board to ensure operational success.
Volunteers/Staff
Volunteers and program staff assist in fundraising activities, deliver quality services to clients, and expand available services.
A thriving organization focuses on developing volunteer and staff leaders who are committed and unafraid to offer suggestions to help the organization grow.
External
Clients
Detroit African Youth Development Organization serves the youth of African descent.
Receiving high-quality services and support, the clients are why Detroit African Youth Development Organization exists.
Donors
A diversified mix of donors includes individual donations, corporate sponsorships, service fees, in-kind gifts, and grant funding (where available).
 Donors provide the funding and material resources required for program implementation and expansion.
Facilitating and establishing donor relationships at all levels of the organization is key to fulfilling the operational budget.
Partners
Establishing solid partnerships with other organizations is essential to meeting a community’s needs.
Successful partnerships include developing mutually beneficial relationships and outcomes.

Milestones (2023)
Month One
Advertise necessary staff and volunteer positions and ensure positions are advertised in underserved communities to ensure equitable representation
Interview candidates for open staff and volunteer positions
Meet with schools, trade schools, colleges, universities, businesses, and other potential partners/sponsors
Establish and maintain collaborative and trusting relationships with community partners/sponsors
Update policy and procedure manual
Obtain Insurance
Seek funding (grants, donations, fundraisers, sponsorships)

Month Two
Meetings with community leaders
Meetings with established community partners/sponsors to re-establish activities and responsibilities, etc.
Recruitment/selection/training of staff members
Recruitment/selection/training of volunteers
Finalize upcoming programs/events for the remainder of the year
Prepare Press release, news, and media meeting for upcoming programs
Revamp Website and Social Media Presence and maintain strong online presence
Complete Marketing Plan to promote upcoming programs and events
Create Flyers for Marketing Campaign
Finalize marketing items, signage, etc.
Set up communication board of Program Team Members
Collection of baseline data (needs assessment) on the community
Month Three
Host community outreach event to spread awareness of organization and upcoming programs/events
Identify program/event success metrics
Implement monitoring and evaluation methodology, surveys, monthly reports, and social media analytics
Months Four - Seven
Face to Face Community Outreach
Implement monitoring and evaluation methodology, surveys, monthly reports, and social media analytics
Make necessary programming/event changes based on monitoring
` Months Eight - Nine
Face to Face Community Outreach
Re-evaluate program offerings
Expansion of program offerings
Follow-up meetings with community partners
Prepare for an annual fundraising event
Highlight work/success online (social media, press release, website)
Month Ten
Host an annual fundraising event
Implement monitoring and evaluation methodology, surveys, monthly reports, and social media analytics.
Month Eleven
Could you start preparing the final summative evaluation for the end of the twelfth month?
Start Preparing close report for all grants awarded
Implement monitoring and evaluation methodology, surveys, monthly reports, and social media analytics
Month Twelve
Implement monitoring and evaluation methodology, surveys, monthly reports, and social media analytics.
Complete final summative evaluation for the end of the twelfth month
Annual board meeting
Evaluation