How is FARDA managed?

Why must I support or join FARDA? What makes FARDA unique

What are the benefits of becoming a member of FARDA?

Is FARDA a political or religious  organization?

What are FARDA’s priorities in terms of assistance sought or received?

What are some of FARDA’s current programs?

What are FARDA’s plans for the immediate future?

How did FARDA begin, anyway?

What has FARDA achieved over the years?

What are some of the challenges that FARDA faces in carrying out its programs?

How do I become a member of FARDA?

What is the rationale for establishing FARDA?
FARDA was established against the backdrop of seeking grassroots-compatible solutions to the daunting problems that befall the rural communities of the West African state of Sierra Leone, especially once the 11-year old civil war was over. To understand the fundamental role of FARDA is to examine the challenges for instance faced by school-going children of the poor nation, a country where children must overcome innumerable problems in their daily struggle for survival.

One challenge the children face is stress from several factors. Living in a country that is just recovering from a bloody civil war, in which tens of thousands of the nation's children were either recruited as fighters or held captives for slave work and sexual satisfaction for their captors. The children are under tremendous stress from the traumas of the horrible years of war. The children are also in great hardship in their efforts to care for themselves as well as for siblings (and in some cases grand parents or other elderly) in their care. Most of the children have lost parents to diseases and the horrors of war. Finally, children living on their own have no role models in their lives, making them vulnerable to making serious mistakes as they grow. Another challenge for the children is the very harsh and adverse conditions in which they grow: poverty-stricken environments where hunger and disease are ripe and widespread. The children also have little or no access to formal education. There are few or no schools in their communities. Where there are schools, these schools are grossly unequipped with materials and qualified teachers. While government says tuition is free, acquiring materials for learning is generally unaffordable for both teachers and the children. In most of the schools found in the rural communities, there are no extracurricular activities. For instance, children have no access to music, drama, games, and so on. There are also no skills training centers in most of these communities. There is also the question of the general lack of social security. It is only recently that the Sierra Leone Government has been trying to establish what it is calling the National Social Insurance Trust which, when fully established and functional, would provide care and social security for the country’s population. But considering the general problems of a poor country like Sierra Leone -- corrupt officials, government's lack of funds, a public that is largely illiterate, a country frequently placed at the bottom of the United Nation's list of human development index, etc., such efforts would take a very, very long time to materialize.

FARDA seeks to find sustainable and grassroots-friendly solutions to address the problems just outlined. Specifically, FARDA provides support for child-miners, ex-child soldiers, girl-child mothers, and children in other difficult circumstances.
 

Why must I support or join FARDA?
Human resource is unarguably the most important resource in any society, and the building blocks of any country or community are the families of that country or community. The most terrible thing that happened in Sierra Leone during the bloody civil war was the coercion by warring factions of children – the seeds and future of the country’s most valuable resource – into taking up arms. It is incumbent on any government and country to educate and protect its children, but the contrary obtained in Sierra Leone. Tens of thousands of children were separated from families and coerced into fighting; many grew to know neither love nor family member. The 11-year old insurgence added to the grinding hardship in the country in a very terrible way. Today, many basic facilities and services are yet to be fully restored to many parts of the country. During much of the war and even afterwards, international Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs) played vital roles in providing basic services in the country. However, many of the INGOs have already left the country, and many are in the process of leaving. Also donor interest in the country is dwindling, perhaps because the international community thinks the emergency situation in the country has subsided or is subsiding. International focus also now seems to be diverted to other regions whose conflicts seem, for various reasons, to overshadow those in the West African sub region.
 
 

What makes FARDA unique? Is FARDA the only non-organization of its type?
In Sierra Leone, FARDA is the only non-profit organization that was founded by displaced and refugee individuals to create awareness about and seek funding for displaced and refugee communities, and perhaps we are one of the very few of such organizations with such characteristic and mission around Africa and the world. Our target groups are the rural families. Because most of us at Friends of Africa are of and from these families, we believe that, given the necessary support, we can supplement government’s and other agencies’ and individuals’ efforts, as well as take these families the extra mile the INGOs would not or cannot go. Since peace-building activities are extremely important for sustained peace in regions recovering from war, our appeal is that we garner help and support for our target group, and be able to implement and sustain our programs.

Many services will collapse as INGOs gradually leave. Before this happens, local organizations (like Friends of Africa) must organize, support, and assist Community-Based Organizations (or CBOs) and grassroots movements and, ultimately, rural communities and families at risk. This is the premise on which Friends of Africa is striving to ensure sustenance. Friends of Africa will not replace INGOs – and this is not our aim, because INGOs have definitely played and can play significant roles in improving the lives of our country’s poor. However, we believe that Friends of Africa can accomplish many basic goals and programs by far cheaper ways than many INGOs.

A local NGO, Friends of Africa’s administrative and overhead costs are relatively low and, therefore, can to a large extent supplement the programs of INGOs that have Friends of Africa as partner. Friends of Africa can also continue these programs when the INGOs leave. Finally, FARDA works closely with local authorities as monitors and evaluators of programs administered in rural communities. This is a key component of FARDA’s organization management.
 

What are the benefits of becoming a member of FARDA?
The benefits of becoming a member of FARDA are many and varied. The benefit include the joy or satisfaction of being part of a group of friends who care about and love children and women in difficult circumstances, especially on the African continent, often described as a continent in crisis. Also when you join FARDA and satisfy all your financial and other obligations, you have the opportunity of recommending help or programs to a qualified community (on the African continent) of your choice. For instance, a community you recommend in Africa may receive materials or limited funding for a project of your choice. Certain conditions apply, however. You would have to check with branch or chapter leaders for more details. In instances where members view it deserving, FARDA may provide prudent assistance, in the form of minimal or voluntary contributions, in the event of bereavement of a member (such as on the occasion of the death of a family member), or other difficult circumstances a member may face.
 

Is FARDA a political or religious organization?

FARDA is neither a political nor religious organization. However, FARDA can seek, and accept, partnership with religious groups with similar interests and activities as those of FARDA.
 

How did FARDA begin, anyway?

To answer this question, please read what the founder of FARDA called the FARDA story: "In 1992, while working for the Seed Multiplication Project in the Bombali District in northern Sierra Leone, I registered a rural development project with the then Ministry of Rural Development. The project was called the Small Farmers Rehabilitation and Development Project (SFRDP). The project’s bank accounts were with the then Barclays Bank in the district capital city, Makeni. Two years later, I had an opportunity to travel to China to study. I left the project in the hands of a friend in Masongbo, about two miles away from Makeni. From China I sought asylum in Johannesburg in Republic of South Africa, because the then raging insurgence and the political climate in Sierra Leone would not permit my return. While a student in South Africa, I re-named the SFRDP to Friends Reach Us Now, or Friends RUN, to reflect my desire to appeal to individuals and groups who may wish to contribute to the mission of Friends RUN. With the urge to gather fellow volunteers to serve our ailing communities back home, I returned to Sierra Leone in August 2000. At home, I was blessed with fellow Sierra Leoneans who had been either displaced within the country or seeking refuge across the country’s borders during the country’s eleven years of bloody civil war. Together with these friends, we re-named Friends RUN to the current name, Friends of Africa Relief and Development Agency (or FARDA). FARDA was officially launched on September 5, 2001 at the Huntingdon Secondary School grounds in Jui, near Freetown.

Through all the changes, one thing has certainly never changed: the mission of the different names/organizations, from the SFRDP through Friends RUN to FARDA. This mission is what FARDA still commits itself today – engaging and assisting in seeking sustainable and compatible solutions to the problems faced by grassroots movements and survivors of the civil war that engulfed Sierra Leone for 11 years, to promote the rights of women and children, and to identify and strive to eliminate the causes of gender inequality in post-war rural Sierra Leone. We acknowledge that this mission is a hard and challenging one, and that every member especially those members and staff on the ground in the regions where we work must adopt a hard and basic lifestyle to accomplish it. In short, this is the FARDA spirit. Everywhere I have talked about FARDA, I have been blessed with numerous friends who have embraced with open arms the values for which FARDA stands. I pray that you will find the information in this booklet useful, and that through your care and nourishment, “baby” FARDA will grow into a giant organization, like a tree growing by stream, and living up to its values – helping the rural poor."
 

What has FARDA achieved over the years?
 

FARDASL has recently engaged in programs or activities ranging from women and children’s rights, health and welfare to youth development and adult and girl-child education in rural Sierra Leone. Among others, the following programs have been successfully completed:

Trauma Healing and Counseling Center for Street Children and Child Miners in the Kono District: funded by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) through the National Commission for War Affected Children (NACWAC)

Food-for-Work Program for women gardeners in 10 communities in Kailahun District. Supported by the World Food Program (WFP)

Garden Program for Women in three chiefdoms in the Kailahun District: tools and seeds provided by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the UN

Garden Program in the Kono District: tool and seeds provided by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)

Skills Training Program for youths in Mobai, Kailahun District: UNDP funding through NACWAC

Environmental Education for School Children in five chiefdoms in the Kono District: supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in collaboration with the Sierra Leone Conservation Society

Skills Development Training for Disadvantaged War Widows in Daru, Kailahun District. Supported by the German Ambassador’s Trust Fund.
 

Some remarkable progress has also been achieved from FARDA Canada and FARDA in the United States. While FARDA’s Founder had given several talks at major workshops and seminars in the US, FARDA Canada has organized several fundraisers with remarkable success. FARDA Canada has also launched several awareness campaigns, including articles in newspaper columns and collaborating with high school student organizations so that the members of these organizations could be educated about what happened in Sierra Leone during the war, and what is happening afterwards.
 

What are some of the challenges that FARDA faces in carrying out its programs?

The communities we serve need any- and every-thing. So that it can continue to provide service to regions in which it operates, FARDA appeals for help – in cash or in kind – especially in the areas of transportation equipment: truck, school bus, motor bikes or bicycles, books and other school materials, office equipment (computers, printers, photocopiers, etc.), furniture (for school, office, and home); clothing and building materials; and seeds and farm tools and equipment. Used but still usable forms of these materials would be most appreciated.
 

FARDA also faces challenges in paying stipends to the volunteers serving the organization and communities. For the next twelve months, FARDA would need about twenty-six thousand US dollars to pay stipends to the nearly forty volunteers serving in the communities the organization supports. Finally, FARDA needs resources to organize capacity-building workshops, to train its volunteers.
 

How do I become a member of FARDA?

To become a member of FARDA, you must request for, complete, and submit an application form. Upon approval of your application, you would be required to pay your registration fee and, later on, the annual subscription. You may request for an application form by writing to a FARDA branch or chapter near you, or by sending an e-mail to info@fardasl.org with the words “Requesting Membership Application Form” in the subject line.
 

More Questions
 

Is FARDA collaborating with other organizations?

Does FARDA keep financial and other statements?

How can I have FARDA in my region, or in a region of my choice?

Can I designate my donation to a specific community, program, or organization?

How do I distinguish between an impostor and a FARDA member authorized to seek and receive donations?

Does FARDA charge any fees on my donation to a community, program, or organization?

Is that extra work worth it, why not leave the work to larger organizations?

Aren’t  FARDA’s overhead costs rather very high?

Does FARDA pay its Board of Directors?

Does FARDA pay its volunteers and staff?

How else can I help if I do not have money, or if I want to give support other than money?
 
 

Is FARDA collaborating with other organizations?
FARDA Sierra Leone collaborates with Community –Based Organizations (or CBOs) in the communities the organization operates. The organization collaborates with farmers’ associations, women’s groups, as well as with schools and youth groups. FARDA Sierra Leone also collaborates with the National Commission for War-Affected Children (NACWAC), Sierra Leone Red Cross Society, and the Sierra Leone Conservation Society. In Canada, FARDA collaborates with the Canadian Red Cross, the Glen Lawn International Students Association, and the Mennonite Central Committee. Arrangements for collaboration with the Canadian International Development Agency (or CIDA) are also underway. In the United States, FARDA has frequently participated in programs and seminars organized by the Negro Business Women’s Association of the United States. Currently, talks are underway for collaboration with Africa Recovery in New York City.
 

Does FARDA prepare financial and other statements?

Yes. However, at the moment financial or audited account statements are available only upon request. Arrangements are underway to have financial statements posted on the web.
 
 

How can I have FARDA in my region, or in a region of my choice?

As stated elsewhere in this fact sheet, FARDA has serious constraints including but not limited to lack of transportation and consistent or definite funding and facilities. However, members of FARDA strive to do much with the little we contribute and/or receive. With your consistent contribution and/or generous donation, you have the opportunity of requesting that a legitimate project or activity of your choice be initiated in a community or group in a region that you suggest. For instance, you can begin a bakery (or gardening, reading, soccer or other sports, adult literacy, etc.) project in a small community or among a small group. Through support of your group or community and what FARDA, together with you can do and provide, we will achieve FARDA’s goal of improving life for the children and communities in difficult circumstances in our countries and on the African continent.
 

Can I designate my donation to a specific community or organization?

You may not designate your donation to be given to a specific charity or non-profit organization, but at the moment that charity organization must be operating in and serving a rural community in Sierra Leone. You may not directly designate your donation to a community in Sierra Leone. If there is no non-profit organization working with that community, then it is advisable that you donate to the community through FARDA. FARDA would do everything possible to provide the help and/or services you want for the community. Please provide specific outlines in writing, if your donation is restricted.
 

How do I distinguish between an impostor and a FARDA member that has been authorized to receive donations?

Donations to FARDA may be given to member(s) who must carry a valid FARDA photo-ID card to properly identify him/herself or themselves to the donor(s), and who must present to donor(s) a “Donation Form” (together with a covering letter) to complete and send directly to an address that will be stated on the form. The covering letter must carry a FARDA stamp, and must be signed by the Chairpersons of the Executive Committee and of the Board of Directors.
 
 

Does FARDA charge any fees on my donation to a community, project, or organization?

Yes, 15% of gifts and/or donations go to offset FARDA’s programmatic and administrative costs.
 

Is all that extra work worth it, why not leave the work to larger organizations?

FARDA works with poor people in rural communities: people who are in most cases not reached by larger NGOs, communities whose stories are not generally heard because very few organizations reach them. Founding members of FARDA, and members of FARDA Sierra Leone, are from and of these “forgotten or silent” families (if we may say so). FARDA goes the extra mile that larger NGOs can generally not. FARDA works with people who know how to solve their own problems at the community level. FARDA works with local and community leaders who know how to get things done. We appeal to individuals to entrust us to direct their donations to small communities in a timely and flexible way, and to larger organizations to entrust us to collaborate and partner in their efforts to help small communities.
 
 

Does FARDA pay its Board of Directors?
No, they volunteer their time. In fact some members of our Board of Directors actually pay monthly contributions to FARDA, just like other members of FARDA.
 
 

Does FARDA pay its volunteers and staff?

In ordinary circumstances, FARDA has not been able to pay its volunteers and staff. In Sierra Leone, stipends are paid during periods when FARDA implements a program or project awarded by the Government of Sierra Leone, or by other organizations. We are trying to come up with ways of providing permanent base stipend payments to volunteers and staff, as a way of keeping them because we will continually need their service.
 
 

How else can I help if I do not have money, or want to support other than donate money?

You can get involved in several ways, including but not limited to:

- Telling individuals and organizations about FARDA and its work and mission

- Educating your friends, family, individuals and organizations about the status of women and children in post-war Sierra Leone

- Do administrative tasks for FARDA, as well as field tasks (if you live in a region where FARDA is carrying out a project).

- Translate proposals or correspondence to and from prospective donors

- Bring innovations or your new ideas to enhance or improve FARDA's programs and operations
 
 
 

Further Questions

How do individuals or organizations find FARDA ?

How does FARDA pick the communities to support?

How does FARDA monitor the programs it implements with communities?

Is my donation to FARDA tax-exempt?

Why is FARDA focused on women and children? Why is FARDA not present in all regions of Sierra Leone?

What does FARDA do to prevent or fight corruption within its ranks and/or members?

How can I get FARDA’s constitution and byelaws of FARDA, or a fact sheet about FARDA?

How do I contact FARDA?
 
 

How do individuals or organizations find FARDA?

FARDA is on the world wide web at www.fardasl.org. Individuals and organizations can also know about FARDA through word-of-mouth (from people who care, like you) and from our members and staff when they travel around.
 
 

How does FARDA pick the communities/groups to support?

Members of FARDA’s general membership, Executive Committee, and Board of Directors are very dynamic. They are teachers, scholars, health care workers, community leaders, and other professionals who, in addition to their official jobs, are highly interested in the improvement of the lives of women, children, and youth in rural communities of developing countries. FARDA also works with local community leaders and target groups in identifying felt needs for any region where the organization directs its efforts and resources. FARDA’s Board of Directors is ever willing to review and advise any programs and activities we undertake, and would make follow-ups on all programs we implement.
 

How do you monitor the programs you implement?

Communities or groups that we work with have spokespersons on FARDA’s Monitoring and Evaluation Committee. Together with the respective spokespersons, project officials of FARDA prepare reports during and after the implementation of a program. Such reports must highlight and outline successes and challenges faced during program implementation, as well as any steps that were taken to reduce, prevent, or overcome difficulties. The reports are then sent to FARDA’s Board of Directors for review and then, finally, to FARDA’s Central Committee.
 

Is my donation to FARDA tax-exempt? Do I get any tax rebate on donations to FARDA?

Yes, but arrangements for this are only in progress at the moment. Contact us for any details.
 

Why is FARDA focused on women and children?

There is a saying that “when you educate a man, you educate an individual; but when you educate a woman, you educate a village”. Also the future of a country depends on the future of the children of that country. You may also believe that women and children bear the brunt of almost all the wars, diseases, and other problems in developing countries. In Sierra Leone particularly, and very likely in all of Africa and many parts of the world, we have seen that women would circulate their earnings (be it from the farm, office, or other business) within the family. In rural communities, where job opportunities are generally non-existent, women are the breadwinners, and the care providers. Children are more fond of women, because the latter bring them up. Yet women and children occupy lower positions in these communities: their opinions seldom count, they are generally expected to only listen to their male counterparts. Therefore, we believe that improving the lives of women and children is perhaps the single most effective way to combating the problems faced by members of many communities today, especially in the poorer countries. We must not underestimate the progress that would be made in health decision making processes in rural communities if the women of those communities are empowered to work as equals to their male counterparts, and if the children of those communities are taught to grow and develop as respected and responsible members in their respective communities.
 
 

Why is FARDA not operating in all regions of Sierra Leone? Why does it concentrate its efforts to only few regions of the country?

FARDA wants to, and will eventually, be operating in all regions of Sierra Leone. We even have a vision of extending all over Africa. However, any effort has a beginning point. As with any organization founded by poor people for poor people in a poor country, FARDA has very limited resources. Our spread to other areas of the country depends on the availability of resources -- human, economic, and infrastructure. We must also maintain what we may have begun in the few areas where we operate. For these reasons, we appeal to everyone, including you, to join FARDA and to take FARDA forward: to your community, to the communities you nominate, to higher heights, and to the whole world.
 

How does FARDA prevent or fight corruption to ensure that materials received go to intended target groups?

FARDA is aware of the possible existence, and fear in donors, of corrupt practices among government and other officials in developing countries – and we acknowledge the difficulties and challenges in eliminating these practices. However, FARDA has in place certain strategies that we hope can greatly reduce the possibility of any success from corrupt individuals both within and outside the organization.

We have spokespersons from FARDA’s beneficiaries (or target groups) to serve on the organization’s monitoring and evaluation committee. We hope that this can give FARDA’s target groups a greater say in ensuring that their felt needs are prioritized, that proper channels are followed in streamlining activities that affect them, and that they can blow a whistle on any practices that deter the successful coordination of activities that benefit the groups and communities they represent. FARDA also has a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Development and Economic Development (MODEP) of the Government of Sierra Leone. Representatives of this ministry, together with those of the Sierra Leone Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (SLANGO), the local spokespersons of communities FARDA serves, and FARDA’s officials work as a team to ensure that best practices are shared and implemented for the benefit of the organization’s target groups. Finally, we encourage donors to require of us actions, documents, and/or other facts or practices that can convince them that their donations are put to proper use. Such requests may include and go beyond visits by donors or donor’s representative(s), and other strategies donors might suggest.
 

Does FARDA undertake any other programs, apart from relief and development programs?

Yes, FARDA has and intends to have other programs. For instance, FARDA has a pen friend program called Sierra Pen Friends Club. To know more about the pen friends club, write to spfc@fardasl.org. FARDA is also mapping out strategies for a charity merchandise store. In this store, merchandise would be sold to the public at cost recovery prices. The aim of the program is to help residents of the rural areas, especially remote places where there are no stores, to buy goods at affordable prices. The program will be structured in such as way as to encourage other merchants so they do not feel as been pushed out of business, but to keep their prices within limits that villagers can afford.
 
 

What does FARDA need at the moment?
FARDA needs any and everything: from cash donations to help to carry the tons of books and other materials that have been donated by students, organizations and other individuals. However, while we appreciate anything, FARDA needs cash donations. This is not only easy to handle but also helps improve the economy in the communities where FARDA operates, especially when we pay for materials and services provided by people in the local communities. We need help in pay for costs for shipping donated items to Sierra Leone. Finally, we need one used truck, school bus, and several used bicycles, motorcycles and computers and printers.
 
 

What is the management structure of FARDA?

Every branch or chapter of FARDA has an Executive Committee and a Board of Directors. The duties and responsibilities of these bodies are spelt out in the appropriate sections of the non-profit’s constitution and byelaws. Responsibilities and rights of the general membership are also explained in the constitution. FARDA’s highest governing body is called the Central Committee, and consists of FARDA’s Founder and Executive Director, the organization’s Executive Secretary, and the Chairpersons of the non-profit’s respective Boards of Directors. The Executive Director is the Head of the Central Committee. The position of Secretary to the body is rotated among the other members. In the event that the Executive Director is unavoidably absent, a member of the committee members present at a meeting can appoint a head for the meeting in question. The Central Committee meets regularly – through Internet, video-telephone, or telephone conference at least once every two years, or in person at least once every 5 years – to discuss matters affecting the entire organization. The meeting also discusses the adoption in some branches of strategies that have proved successful in other branches or chapters.

What are FARDA's priorities regarding assistance sought or received?

FARDA supports and seeks assistance for women and children in difficult circumstances. Priority is given in the following order of beneficiaries: first to girl-child mothers, ex-child soldiers, and child miners. Women and other target groups then follow. In terms of materials or donations sought, FARDA’s prefers cash donations. Cash donations enhance faster means of help as well as improve the local or micro economy of the communities in which FARDA operates. Material donations, especially for food, education, clothing, and shelter are also most appreciated. Other donations in kind that are sought include assistance to ship donated items to FARDA's beneficiaries in Africa.

What are some of FARDA's current programs?
 
 

In Daru, Mobai, and Koidu in Sierra Leone, FARDA still runs skills training programs for girl-child mothers and ex-child soldiers. There is also a functional skills training center for girl-child mothers and for female school drop-outs in Freetown, Sierra Leone’s capital city. Specifically, FARDA Sierra Leone is currently:

- Running a trauma-healing center in Koidu, the diamondiferous district of Sierra Leone.

- Running skills training centers in Koidu, Mobai, and Daru. (Mobai and Daru are in the Kailahun District of Eastern Sierra Leone.

- Providing a “Drop-In” (or “A-Meal-A-Day”) Center for homeless or street children in Koidu.

- Collaborating with the Women’s Development Association (or WODA, a community-based organization) to run a school in Sierra Leone’s capital city, Freetown, for girl-child mothers and female school drop-outs.
In Canada and the United States, there are book, clothing, and scholarship drives to help FARDA’s programs in Sierra Leone. FARDA Canada is also undertaking a project aimed at completely roofing FARDA’s skills training center in Mobai and supporting the students to resume training as early (in September 2005) as possible. Youths of the Saint Mark’s Church in Winnipeg, Canada, have also talked about helping participants/trainees at FARDA Sierra Leone’s skills training center in Mobai to have materials so they can make furniture for their center. This would greatly help the trainees to put to practice what they have learned at the center.

What are some of FARDA's future programs?

FARDA has the following projects planned for the immediate future:

- Scholarship programs for school-going boys and girls in Kamabai (in northern Sierra Leone) and in the other regions where the non-profit currently operates.

- Providing support for girl-child mothers in several rural communities around the country.

- Building Day Care Centers for girl-child mothers around several rural communities in the country.

- Providing roofing for the skills training center in Mobai (Eastern Sierra Leone).

Aren't FARDA's overhead costs rather high?

No. A local NGO, FARDA’s staff use many simple ways or modes of transpotation to reach the communities we serve. Staff and volunteers go on motor cycles, bicycles as well as on foot. We even have volunteers and staff stationed right in villages where FARDA operates. Therefore, FARDA’s administrative and overhead costs are relatively low, making FARDA a good candidate for international and larger organizations to have as partner.
 
 

How can I get a copy of the constitution and byelaws, or a fact sheet about FARDA?

Copies of the constitution and byelaws of FARDA are available for a fee of twenty (20) United States Dollars (or the equivalent) per hard copy. A copy of “Fact Sheet About FARDA” is what you're reading now, and the hard copy is available for a fee of fifteen (15) US dollars, or its equivalent. However, soft copies are downloadable for free from here, or contact us today for your hard copy.

How do I contact FARDA?

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