What makes AAPDEP unique?
AAPDEP NEEDS
The most important features of AAPDEP that
distinguish us from other organizations are:
• We are spearheaded by Africans for Africans!
• We organize the highly trained sector of the
African population to use their skills for the
development of Africa and African communities
everywhere.
• We empower those who participate in our
programs! All of AAPDEP 's programs have a
strong community education component
designed to train communities to run and
duplicate the programs we develop.
•Our programs are not charity! They are
expressions of African self-reliance and self-
determination.
Why is AAPDEP necessary?
With an abundance of oil, mineral, agricultural, and
intellectual wealth, Africa is the richest continent
on Earth! However, African people worldwide -
from Brooklyn to Brazil, Guinea to Guyana - are
forced to live in abject poverty.
Wherever we have been forcibly dispersed, African
people suffer from a lack f health care, clean water,
sanitation, good housing and most other
necessities of life. In Africa itself, the average life
expectancy is only 54 years, almost 50% lack
access to clean water and millions die every year
from preventable and treatable diseases.
AAPDEP recognizes that this imposed poverty and
misery can only be overturned with Africa's
resources in African hands for our collective
benefit. Our programs represent the interests of
the majority of African people around the world
and places us on a positive trajectory toward
transforming our conditions and forwarding self-
determination.
YOUR SUPPORT!
Join AAPDEP!
AAPDEP invites Africans world-wide to join us in
our work to improve the quality of life for Africans
everywhere! Membe rship is $10/month or
All
$5/month for students and those who are
unemployed. Go to
developmentforafrica.org/join.shtml to read the
African
principles of unity and complete the online
membership form.
People's
Volunteer!
Development &
There are many ways you can volunteer your time
and skills with AAPDEP! Contact us at
volunteer@developmentforafrica.org to learn of
Empowerment
volunteer opportunities in your area.
Register your skills!
Project
Register your skills in the AAPDEP skills bank! Go to
developmentforafrica.org to let us know what your
area of expertise is and we will keep you informed
of opportunities to your use your specific skill in
current or future AAPDEP international projects.
Donate!
Make checks or money orders out to "AAPDEP"
and send to PO Box 17014, Huntsville, AL 35810.
Online donations can be made at
developmentforafrica.org.
In-kind donations are also welcome! To see our list
of equipment and supplies needs go to
developmentforafrica.org/donate-in-kind.shtml
DevelopmentForAfrica.org
 All African People's Development & AAPDEP Programs
Empowerment Project
Clean Water
AAPDEP works to increase the
amount of clean drinking water
African self-determination, available to African people by
building community rainwater
not charity! harvesting and water
purification systems.

AAPDEP is guided by
Community Health Workers Training
the understanding that
AAPDEP organizes community
ultimately, the future of health workers training in basic
African people medical care and the
prevention, identification and
everywhere is tied to treatment of waterborne
our ability to unite diseases.
Africa's people, resources
and skills.
Community Farming
In the US, AAPDEP brings farming
and gardening skills back to the
people by building networks of
backyard and community gardens.
In Sierra Leone, AAPDEP members
are engaged in cassava farming and
processing for community
economic development.

Infant and Maternal Health

AAPDEP's Infant and Maternal
What is AAPDEP? Health Project (IMHP) works to
reduce infant and maternal
AAPDEP is an African led non-profit organization established to engage in development projects that improve mortality in Sierra Leone, West
the quality of life in African communities worldwide by making use of the vast technical expertise of Africans Africa, where 1 in 8 women
everywhere. die in childbirth and 1 in 10
babies die before the age of
The activities of AAPDEP inclulde, but are not limited to, the construction of ecological sanitation facilities, one. The IMHP focuses on maternal nutrition, training
rainwater harvesting, community electrification through renewable energy technologies, farming, fishing and of traditional birth attendants and construction of a
community health workers training. community birthing center.

AAPDEP is guided by the understanding that ultimately, the future of African people everywhere is tied to our
ability to unite Africa's people, resources and skills.