Sunday, September 05, 2010

About us

Citizens for Change is an organisation whose members are looking to make a positive change to everyday life in Africa through direct services delivery ad issue-based approached. Our objective is to contribute to the promotion of good and enlightened leadership that will work in the interest of the masses whilst creating opportunities for enhanced wealth in the continent. 
To this end, we intend to positively contribute and provide various levels of support to improve the lives of those living in Africans continent. 

We aim to achieve our goals by:
  1. investing in education; 
  2. introducing campaigns to end corruption;
  3. organising seminars and lectures on strategic leadership; 
  4. promoting business ventures and entrepreneurship competitions,
  5. implementing youth development programmes, providing strategic support for community development, 
  6. setting up scholarship funds,
  7. working to enhance media and government transparency, promoting law and order
  8. initiating Citizens Advice Bureau;
  9. contributing to the health care delivery systems; and social security network;
  10. creating forums for the discussion and sharing of ideas about wealth creation policies and raising awareness amongst the population;
  11. education and enlightenment of the power of the vote.

We would like to extend our sincere thanks to you and all our donors for supporting this initiative. Your continuous donations will gives us the chance to support people who are fighting against poverty and suffering particularly in Africa, helping them to build a brighter future for themselves and their families We still have a long way to go as there have many challenging projects ahead that are intended to benefit of deprived African communities, so please donate today and together we will make life better for all. So please keep your donations coming in.

We took part in the London Marathon 2010 to raise money for Citizens for Change. The funds raised would assist in executing a number projects. Join us in the race to promote good governance, support education, support health service delivery and end to poverty in Africa.

We aim to reduce water-related diseases and illnesses in Africa by providing clean pipe borne water to communities where it is highly needed. Currently most people living in the rural areas of Africa lack clean water supply and as a result go the extra mile just to have water from any source, by any means. This has led to many illnesses one of which is popularly know as Cholera a disease derived from fetching and drinking bad and untreated water from rock surfaces, polluted rivers, ponds etc. Often time’s people travel many miles just to get water from the river even though it’s very unclean and dangerous to one’s health once used. People just don’t have a choice; it’s a means of survival for these poor African families living in the surrounding villages.

People in the local community have fetched and carried 50litre galon of water on their heads from the stream to their homes for decades. No one really knows the impact this untreated water is having on the health of the localcommunity.

The water project is designed to change this. With your help and financial support through Citizens for Change, together we will bring pipe-borne water to the surrounding villages and make a real difference to the lives of many in the local community and beyond.

So please keep your donations coming in. Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor us: Citizens for Change will receive your money faster and, if you are a taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you.

You could also contact us for any specific project dear to your heart that you wish to sponsor in any village, town or community. 

 Thank you for your support.

It is a well known fact that there are many problems facing the people of Africa. From lack of basic health care service delivery to lack basic good shelter, water and other infrastructure that befits every citizen of a country-the list is endless. Corruption and bad governance have also been identified as a major hindering factor towards Africa development, which we desire its stop.

At Citizens for Change we are working hard to improve living condition of people across the continent, promote good governance and campaign for an end to corruption through meaningful engagements and constructive criticism by offering alternative policy direction and suggestions where applicable.

We also provide a support and information service, online forums and discussions board.
We make contributions and intervention in support of education, health care delivery services, improvement in the supply of clean water, and general community development. We also engage stakeholders and decision makers in painstaking policy change discussions aimed at better governance and service delivery to Africans home and away. Citizens for Change played a significant role pressuring the Libyan Government to release to their country of origin some Africans who were condemned to death for crimes committed in Libya. 

Our approach is to reach out and better the lives of those in the African continent our strategies include: 

Campaigns; Seminars/Lectures on Strategic leadership; Negotiations and Decision Making; Business Ventures & Entrepreneurship; National Youth Development; Strategic Support for Community Development; Scholarship fund; Media and Publicity (Govt budget transparency); Citizens Advice Bureaus; Heath care; Social Security; Discussions boards and forums; Enlightenment on the Power of Votes. 
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