African Women and Youth Action for Development

African women and Youth Action for Development (also known as AWYAD and pronounced as “award”) is a National Non-Government Organization. We are a humanitarian and development organization. We work to address immediate needs during disasters and conflicts while also implementing long-term strategies to improve social, economic, and environmental conditions of vulnerable women, youth and children. AWYAD is a Women- Led Organization (WLO) and we define ourselves as an organization that is 70% governed and managed by women. AWYAD is a women, youth and child rights organization. We advocate and promote the rights of women, youth and children. AWYAD is a women, youth and children service focused organization. Everything we do as AWYAD focuses on the empowerment of women, youth and children. Therefore, we are known as an organization that promotes the empowerment of women, youth and children in the development context and also known as an organization that promotes the protection of vulnerable persons in the emergency context. Our vision, mission, objectives and values further describe our identity as an organization.