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Our Vision

In AFRYDEF, we envision a society where children, youths and women are viewed as assets and resources, and thus encouraged to develop their full potentials.
Welcome to African Youth Development Foundation
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The African Youth Development Foundation (AFRYDEF) is a not-for-profit, non-governmental development organization established in Nigeria in 1999 to mobilize resources and to promote and support sustainable youth empowerment and rural development initiatives in Africa.

I founded AFRYDEF in 1999 while I was on my one year National Service in Kaduna. There in Kaduna, I was moved by the hardships and very poor health conditions young people, children and women from poor families face in Africa. Read more...

 

eventsEducation for Life-long Empowerment

The goal of this programme is to promote, support and mobilize resources for the empowerment of young people ... Learn More

 

resourcesPreventive Peace building and Conflict Resolution

To promote the use of dialogue, non-violence and alternative dispute resolution processes for building peace in Africa. ... Learn More

 

icratoolsSustainable Development for Poverty Reduction

To harness the abundant natural resources in Africa for poverty reduction and sustainable rural development ... Learn More

Upcoming Events

World AIDS Day, December 01, 2008. Join us! 

International AIDS Candlelight Memorial, May 17, 2009. Join us

AFRYDEF International Awards Day, November, 2009.

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