a) Introduction
There are various ways you can help grassroots women in Sub-Saharan Africa. We will mention a few: you can become a member; you can be one of our volunteers; you can donate money to help our projects; if you have a gift for grassroots women and Sub-Saharan Africa and the African diaspora in New York and would like to deliver it to them face to face, we are here to will help you get there; and you can also get involved by telling your friends about us. Get involved and help grassroots women. If you would like to become an individual or institution donor to grassroots project, please tell us how much you would like to contribute by filling a form by clicking here. b) Become a member
You can also become one of ours by applying to MEMBERSHIP.
Founder Members
Founder Members
These are those who initiated the foundation of the Organizations and the governing factors.
Ordinary Members
Ordinary members are those members who join the Organizations after it has attained its formal registration.
Honorary Members
Honorary Members are those members who will be co-opted as honorary members by the Board of Directors of AGEN-Africa and AGEN-USA Inc. upon recommendation by the respective Executive Management Team of AGEN-Africa and governing board of AGEN-USA Inc. Membership may be awarded to either individual or group of people, society, association, corporation and institution on recognition of his/her or its contribution to the organization.
Affiliated Members
Affiliate membership shall be awarded to an institution or individual who are interested with AGEN vision and objectives. And are willing to commit their time and other resources for our mission.
Application for Membership:
Any person who has attained the age of 18 years and is of sound mind and ascribe to the objects and purpose of the Organization may become member of the Organization upon paying entrance and subscription fee which are non-refundable. Any individual, Organization or Institution, committed to the purpose and objectives of the Organization may become a member upon paying entrance and subscription annual fee which is non-refundable. An applicant will fill an application form and submit to AGEN-Africa's Executive Management Team and AGEN-USA Inc. governing board for approval.
Entry Fees:
- Founder member FREE.
- US Department of State Alumni within Sub-Saharan Africa-$50
- US Department of State Alumni outside Sub-Saharan
- Non US Department of State Alumni members shall contribute-$150.
- Students-10U$
- Honorary members FREE.
- Affiliated members can contribute any amount.
Annual Fees:
- Founder member shall contribute $40.
- US Department of State Alumni -$60.
- Non US Department of State Alumni members shall contribute-80U$.
- Students-$10
- Honorary members FREE.
- Affiliated members can contribute any amount.
The aforementioned contributions by AGEN members will be used to address needs such as posting of various mails, staff training, office supplies, computer supplies, payment of occupancy, payment of office up keep, payment of Electricity, payment of printing, payment of photocopies, payment of Fees and Taxes, payment of Capital Expenditure and payment of VSAT ( For internet/ Email communication) etc. AGEN membership form can be accessed at [click here]
c) Direct Support to Grassroots People (please visit this section frequently as we will be posting various grassroots projects that you may directly support)
Grassroots Project 1: From Group Microcredit to English Medium School to women empowerment: transforming future global citizens
Sun Academy English Medium School is a product of an entrepreneur Nguvu Chengula (he stands third from your left on a group photo on your right) who benefits from a traditional microcredit scheme established in Mwangata Ward in Iringa, Municipality Tanzania. Though, Iringa is categorized as municipality, social services available in the ward, make the ward more than a rural, rather a slum, habitat in Iringa. Yet, people living in the slum like street, have not lost hope and they have utilized locally available resources to better the future of their children. For example, parents are willing to pay $360 dollars a year (or $30 a month or $ 1 a day for 10 hours of Child care and English training), as school fee, to help their children get a somewhat solid foundation for the future. The amount covers meals(including breakfast and lunch), English classes and child care. Currently, the school offers service to 218 children (115 boys and 103 girls). If truth be told, children who attend the school are 2.5 - 6 years. This is a pre-school age; children join primary school, in Tanzania, when they are 7 or 8 years. The school has provide employment to 12 men and women: 6 teachers (with high school education); 1 watchman; two cooks. The owner of the school needs the following: classrooms; books; sports equipments and gears; and transportation for the children. All of the services are offered for 10 hours i.e. from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. The loan from traditional microcredit scheme has enabled the owner to provide employment for others; build two classrooms (two unfinished classrooms) and allow hundreds of women to work outside the household for a living.
Social impact: the center, among other things, allow women and men to have more time to engage in businesses while their children are taken care of and taught English. The children will be friend of the world because English is spoken in many other places of the world. For only one dollar a day, a woman, (child rearing is still in the hands of women) will have ten hours to participate in an income generating activity.
How can you get involved?
To the grassroots woman: please, support a woman for only a year ($360 or $1 a day) so that she can support her children for the remaining 2 and a half years.
To the entrepreneurs: the gender sensitive entrepreneur, needs a total of $10,000 to finish the two classrooms and offer services to an addition of 250 children. He had to add school fees to cut the number of children from over 500 to the current number. The entrepreneur is not for profit but he is for service (he is not more than a charity by all measures). In total he needs $150,000 to offer services to all women for the whole ward.
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