Thursday, November 3, 2011

Happy Birthday Pearl of Africa

Hi all,

Today marks 8 years since Pearl of Africa Foundation was founded (3 November 2003) in Utrecht, Netherlands

Achievements to date:

  1. Mobilising over 1000 members
  2. Publishing a periodic magazine/newsletter, The Pearl (2004-2007)
  3. www.pearlofafrica.nl website
  4. Pearl of Africa Yahoo Group
  5. Annual General meetings since 2005
  6. Education, Integration, Employment, Insurance and Remittances workshops
  7. Kwakoe participation 2005 and 2007
  8. Support of Uganda Kobs football team 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2009
  9. Legal procedure of several asylum seekers
  10. Ugandan businessman - John Osapil, Josna Enterprises, Fraud case
  11. Uganda Artists in Netherlands
  12. Networking: African organisations; Afroneth, Nedas, The Voice, Kenya Platform, UKEA, DSOR, GLARO, Sudanese forum; Dutch organisationss; Oxfam-NOVIB, VON, SVO, Kerkinactie, NCDO, , SMS, NCDO, IICD, DFD, Een Procent
  1. Engaging the Dutch Parliament
  2. Wedding fundraisings
  3. Return of bodies and burial
  4. Participating in the Derde Kamer (Third chamber of Parliament)
  5. Ugandan Diaspora Organisations.; UNAA, UK, Denmark, Belgium, Sweden, Germany
  6. Hosting Ugandan visitors; ministers, MPs, RDCs musicians etc
  7. KIT; guest speaker on Uganda for KLM and Police consultants
  8. Organising the Gulu Walk in Amsterdam 2006, 2007 and 2008
  9. Setting up a Day Care Centre in Gulu 2008
  10. Setting up a tailoring School in Gulu 2010
  11. Setting up an ICT Centre in Gulu 2011
Past Performance:

Pearl of Africa has for the past five years been involved in the following activities:
  • Promoting the collective interests of Ugandans living in the Netherlands.
  • Providing a platform for sharing knowledge and experiences.
  • Supporting and advising Ugandans on integration into Dutch society
  • Lobbying for the promotion of good governance as well as political and economic reform in Uganda.
  • Promoting Ugandan culture, tourism and trade and advocating for the improvement of the position of vulnerable groups such as women and children.

Core values
People-centred partnerships – we believe in working in partnership with communities whose interests we serve and in alliance with like-minded organisations
Excellence – we seek to excel
Accountability Transparency – accountable to our membership, the communities we work with and to our financing partners.
Regionalism - value and foster the spirit of regionalism as a strategic alliance harnessing the strengths residing in countries of the region.
Looking out for Gender justice and diversity – we respect diversity and promote equity in our organisation and work.

Wish Pearl of Africa a Happy birthday.

Ali Balunywa
Chairman

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