On December 16, 2015, the All African People’s Development and Empowerment Project (AAPDEP) held a Facebook Town Hall entitled “What does sustainable development in Africa look like”. The panelist were Dr. Aisha Fields, International Director of AAPDEP; Omowale Kefing, Chair of Houston AAPDEP and Yejide Orunmila, Information and Education Director of AAPDEP.
We asked questions about China in Africa, charity and foreign aid, and about some setbacks we've experienced as an organization.
The panelist gave phenomenal answers which speaks to why having an African-led development organization is so powerful. We won’t ever give up; not on our people.
Check out the posts and speak your mind! Support Zenzele Consignment, which is AAPDEP’s economic initiative to fund our projects by going to http://gofund.me/aapdepstore
See our posts below…
Q1: Direct colonialism has ended in Africa and yet the situations for many Africans have not improved. In fact in many… Posted by All African People's Development & Empowerment Project (AAPDEP) on Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Q2: China has been an increasing presence in Africa. They have been able to broker infrastructure deals with many… Posted by All African People's Development & Empowerment Project (AAPDEP) on Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Q3: In her book “Dead Aid” Dambisa Moyo advocates for African leaders to end their dependency on foreign aid distributed… Posted by All African People's Development & Empowerment Project (AAPDEP) on Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Q4: AAPDEP has three focuses to our projects, which are education, agriculture, and healthcare. We have done work in… Posted by All African People's Development & Empowerment Project (AAPDEP) on Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Q5: Why is it so important for AAPDEP to have a funding strategy that is not tied to government or foundations? What … Posted by All African People's Development & Empowerment Project (AAPDEP) on Tuesday, December 15, 2015
**Bonus Question**Q6: What’s the difference in AAPDEP’s model when compared to say the model of Unicef, OxFam or Red Cross? #AfricanDevelopment Posted by All African People's Development & Empowerment Project (AAPDEP) on Tuesday, December 15, 2015
