01/01/2025
NGO PROFILE
Name: HUMANITARIAN DEVELOPMENT AID-HDA
Address: Paynesville, Montserrado County, Liberia
Chief Functionaries: 1. Mr. Emmanuel Edwin Sharpolu-CEO +231779034461
2. Mr. Isaiah Tulo Chea-Program Director-+231776641611
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: Not yet
Legal Status: TIN-501897450 4th August 2024
(Registered as NGO under Societies Activities 8890)
Income Tax Exemption: Activity-Social Work Activities Without Accommodation (8890)
Target Areas: Paynesville
Thinker’s Village & ELWA Areas
Target Group: Private School teachers
I. Organization Background:
Humanitarian Development Aid-HDA is a Non-Governmental Organization registered in August 2024 with an objective of improving the educational sector of Liberia through the training of private school teachers as Guidance Counselors. Over the time, the organization had trained ten (10) Guidance Counselors from five (5) private schools.
The NGO has a five-member Board of Directors that consists of individuals with established expertise in supporting education and real passion for the educational advancement of children and youth. The Board is committed to a gender balanced, representative of people from diverse backgrounds (tribe, region, religion, culture, gender, age, and occupation), as well as a Board that can help meet the administrative needs of running the organization, which includes expertise related to accounting, development and philanthropy, government relations, human relations, human rights, the law and legal matters, and children/youth advocacy.
Mission Vision
Train teachers and other school personnel to provide counseling and academic support to children and youth in Liberian KI-12 grade schools.
We envision a nation in which all children and youth receive adequate counseling and academic support in Liberian KI-12 grade schools.
There are some organizational values that Humanitarian Development Aid is adhering to. These values are:
• Unity
• Transparency
• Mutual Respect
II. Areas of Concerns
• Youth empowerment
• Creating conducive learning environments
• Promoting academic Excellence for students
• Providing Counseling services to children and youth
III. Strategy
• Participatory planning and intervention
• Capacity building through training and workshops
• Research
• Networking with likeminded organizations
IV. Past Experiences
-Running Project:
1. Currently monitoring and following up on the first batch of Guidance Counselors trained in November 2024.
2. Working with Guidance Counselors to create a smooth working relationships with school administrators.
3. Ten Guidance Counselors are trained and placed in Five schools who are currently rendering counselling services to 706 students
V. Programmed Implemented
1. Conducted workshop for teachers and administrators of Destined Christian Academy. The Workshop focused on the following topics: Lesson Planning, Classroom Management & Teachers’ Professional ethics.
VI. Partnership with:
HDA is seeking partnerships
