African Youth Development Foundation (AFRYDEF) is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization established in Nigeria in 1999 to mobilize resources and to promote and support sustainable youth empowerment and rural development initiatives in Africa.

AFRYDEF is governed by a Board of Trustees and a Management Committee made up of widely experienced professionals representing diverse communities and interests. Our life-changing and community development programs are funded by membership contributions and public donations.

• Our Mission

Our mission is to cost-effectively transform the lives of youths; women and children in the rural communities of Africa through facilitating sustainable youth and rural development initiatives in their communities.

• Our Vision

In AFRYDEF, we envision an African society where children, youths and women in the rural areas are viewed as assets and resources, and thus encouraged to develop their full potentials.

• Our Strategic Objectives

Our Strategic Objectives include:

• To assist indigent families meet their food supplies, clothing and housing needs;

• To contribute to the alleviation of pervasive poverty through facilitating access to formal education and skills training for children and youths respectively;

• To strengthen the capacities of community health centers in providing health care services, family planning and HIV/AIDS prevention;

• To promote structures, systems and processes that lead to the equitable distribution of resources for accelerated development in the rural areas;

• To strengthen the capacities of community-based organizations and the civil society in peace building, conflict resolution and development cooperation; and

• To build local capacities for early warning and early response at incidences of epidemic and humanitarian crises in the rural communities.