•  Encourage networking within local groups and non – governmental organizations and liaisons with governmental agency fields to better support community development activities from a holistic point of view.

•  Facilitate and encourage community members to take decision affecting their well being and assist them in drawing up action plans and participate in project interventions in their communities.

•  Provide service to support communities in the area of health related issues, literacy programs, childcare development , social mobilization, advocacy and promotion of unity within the society at large.

Primary Activities:

WOFAN has a number of core activities it pursues in support of its mission statement, goal and objectives. These are:

•  Sourcing credit funds and operating a micro-credit AND PROVIDE CREDIT IN KIND TO small scale farmers groups and affiliate groups in the rural areas.

•  Training for its target groups across a wide range of matters, including: leadership development, business management, food processing and preservation, improved agricultural technology, HIV/AIDS awareness, functional literacy programmes, Early childhood development programmes and socio= economic empowerment or the rural farmers groups and their communities.

Approach:

WOFAN is participatory and responsive in its approach. It works at the community level, with self – selection groups. WOFAN through the use of PRA/PLA exercise, assists rural groups to identify their needs and draw up action plans for intervention. Each group chooses its own leaders, including president, secretary and treasurer, and it is responsible for implementing WOFAN-assisted projects.

In each community, there are at least two committees as explained below under management and organizational structure.

Each WOFAN field staff manages at least two rural groups. They meet their groups twice a month during the PIC meeting. Where decisions taken at the community level are translated to projects and policies at the organizational level.

Management and Organization Structure

WOFAN has:
•  A Board,
•  A Management secretariat, and
•  The groups.

It has a six-member Board whose members are drawn from different sectors of the country. The Board meets two or three times annually to review the general activities of the organization provide both technical and advisory support for the smooth running of the organization. WOFAN's management secretariat is divided into

•  The Administration and
•  Program departments.

The Administration department handles the general day-to day running of the organization, including staff management, transportation and publicity.

The program department is divided into projects and consultancy. Four program officers and the Coordinator/founder are involved in the general projects in WOFAN.

WOFAN retains a number of professionals that it draws upon, in addition to its own staff, to provide consultancy services to other organizations.

WOFAN recognizes the community groups with which it works to be the main decision making body of the organization. The groups have their own leaders, who are elected every two years. Group members hold bi-weekly meetings on their activities and meet with WOFAN staff monthly. In each community there are at least two committees:

•  Project Advisory Committee (PAC) made up of a representative of the District head, the local government, women group, and WOFAN monitoring team. They meet quarterly to review projects or as the need arises.

•  Project Implementation Committee (PIC) made up of group preventatives, village head, and WOFAN monitoring team. They twice a month to track on-going projects and community members give feedback monthly on the progress of their projects.