AMID-UK
The African Men In the Diaspora- UK (AMID-UK)
ABOUT US
African Men in Diaspora (AMID- UK) is an African Men social welfare community organisation in the UK that works with like-minded African organisations to promote African welfare and well-being.
We support African men in enhancing their health and socio-economic well-being.
We are a membership organisation that aims to deal with different challenges such as family, health, housing, social and or financial difficulties.
We do this through several projects such as running self-help programmes, individual and group counselling, debt and legal advice sessions and provision of temporary accommodation and other related support programmes.
OBJECTIVES
- Promote health and well-being of African men in the UK.
- To initiate and support projects that promote and empower African men and their families financially.
- To initiate and support advocacy campaigns that include policy changes that promote welfare and well-being of african men in the UK.
- To engage in programmes that fight social vices that are associated with the black community e.g. gang crime
- Promoting cultural identity among African community.
- To work with like- minded organisations that promote health and wellbeing of African men in the UK
- To support other community organisations who work with African men in their projects that promote health and wellbeing of africans in the UK and across the globe.
- To promote and support any other projects that promote health, welfare and wellbeing of african men in the UK and other parts of the world.
MISSION
To promote wellbeing and eliminate suffering among members and families.
VISION
Live a life without social inequality.
OUR VALUES & ETHOS
- Respect for self and others
- Love for self and others
- Sharing with others
- personal growth
- self-awareness
- personal integrity
- community participation