PRESENTATION OF AFRICAN DIASPORA EDUCATION SOCIETY (ADES)

African Diaspora Society Education is a non-profit organization based in New York in the United State of America.  Created by a group of young professionals of various nationalities, ADES aims to participate in the development of Africa and the Caribbean and to contribute to the well-being of Africans and those of African Diaspora.

In order to carry out its objectives, ADES has developed various programs.

Miss Africa And Scholarship Program: - ADES believes in education and the importance of promoting young Africans and those of African descent who are pursuing their studies.  This program will solicit funds to finance, through scholarships, the education of youth Africans.  ADES will organize each year a great festival of beauty, education and culture, gathering African women and its Diaspora to crown the Queen of Africa.

Awards Program: - ADES will organize each year a celebration called Excellence Awards to honor and encourage all those who contribute to the development of Africa and the Caribbean and help to improve the life in the larger African community.

Village Development project in Africa: - In order to experience successful village community development, A.D.E.S a not for profit organization with the mission to rebuild new infrastructures capable to support the demands from a growing population in a rural setting.

Public Health & HIV/AIDS Program: - ADES will educate African youth and youth of the African Diaspora about HIV/AIDS prevention though various actions. 

Magazine: - ADES, through its magazine, will carry Africa to the external world so that it will be known and appreciated better.

A.   Mission:

The ADES mission is to instill a sense of community on a local and national and international level by giving Africans an overall view of what it means to be African, and how the welfare of each community contributes to the care, wellness, and pride of Africa as a whole.  This mission is to be carried out in Africa, but also as our people migrate around the globe, that they still reflect the positive nature, awareness, and education of their African heritage.  By doing so, individual Africans give back to Africa’s individual nations, educate non-Africans, and help bring Africa into the 21st century as a fully participatory country by virtue of the education of its people.

Further, ADES strives to achieve these ends by providing equal opportunity for education, information, and prevention to the African youth wherever they live, regardless of their ethnicity, religion, race, or social status.

B.   Objectives:

In order to educate our young Africans to participate in a changing world that demands increasingly more of its constituents, ADES outlines the following objectives to help achieve its mission:

F Establish the first Miss Africa Pageant that will provide scholarship monies for education for the young women who show the most promise for educational advancement, achievement, and public service.  This will also unite all African nations under one banner, while still emphasizing their own uniqueness.

F Recognize that Africans have spread around the globe, and that our duty to Africans must include uniting Africa with its Diaspora.

F Educate African youth and youth of the African Diaspora about HIV/AIDS prevention.  HIV/AIDS remains one of the greatest threats to our communities and society as a whole.  Our youth can become one of our greatest forces of education and prevention in this area by helping themselves and other youth in their community.

F Education is a necessity, not a commodity.  We need to support disadvantaged African youth and youth of the African Diaspora in their educational goals.

F In order to be fully participatory in the 21st century, Africans must encounter and engage in a global economy and marketplace.  It is not the objective of ADES to encourage the homogenization of Africans into any other dominant culture.  In order to accomplish a move forward without compromising Africa’s heritage and past, we need to celebrate the African culture, art, and spirit.