About Us
Founded in 2009 by mind driven scholars and development practitioners who were concerned the need of refugee communities in the US and humanitarian deepening vulnerabilities and huge development gap in East Africa regions, Pan-African Community Development Aid (PACDA) has been Missouri’s go-to agency serving in East Africa as well as Kansas City’s refugee and Immigrant communities. We provide services aimed at promoting and building self-sufficiency and equity in Kansas City and East Africa region.
In the US, we help Students struggling with low-incomes or poverty face daily barriers to school success. These barriers include – food insecurity, lack of transportation, unsafe housing and unmet health needs. Our primary purpose is help children’s, youth and families to overcome the social and economic obstacles that impede growth while maintaining our cultural heritage. PACDA’s youth programming helps the refugee and Immigrant youth, whether they were born in the US or arrived this year, catch up, keep up, and get ahead. Through cooperation and collaboration with our partners (US Federal Government/Missouri State) and sponsors, we help connect individual’s wraparound resources and assistance on: after school programs (tutoring, helping home works), enrichment programs, housing, jobs and training, health services, legal advice, domestic services, immigration assistance and more. PACDA is registered as a nonprofit, tax-exempt charitable organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Donations are tax-deductible as allowed by the US IRS code.
In East Africa, Pan-African Community Development Aid (PACDA) provides development and empowers communities through sustainable community-driven development interventions. The organization’s ‘theory of change’ is anchored on working with our target communities to identify challenges, design interventions and mobilize resources to address them. We strive to pursue long-term self-relicenses and sustainable development in collaboration with the beneficiary communities, development actors and other stakeholders.
PACDA’s work is hinged on five key thematic/outcome areas:
- Sustainable Livelihoods Development
- Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
- Education
- Peace and Conflict Management
- Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Change Adaptation (DRR & CCA)
- Malaria & TB prevention.
In our work, we remain non-sectarian and apolitical. We respect strict political and religious impartiality and operates according to principles of non-discrimination and transparency. We also fully adhere to Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS).
Our Vision
A peaceful, progressively prosperous and empowering resilient community.
Our Mission
To improve the well-being of vulnerable communities through sustainable development as well as to strengthen their capacity and become contributing members of society, while keeping their culture. Our Mission is also to work directly with communities to end poverty, hunger and disease while addressing the most pressing challenges affecting the local communities. Pan-African Community Development Aid improves the social, emotional, physical, and educational well-being of our communities by enriching the knowledge of families, teachers, and caregivers.
PACDA envisions a future where all communities achieve their life of success.
Who We are
Our Objectives
- To contribute and increased access, equity and quality of education for children in Kansas City (Education Outcome Area including After School Tutoring).
- Youth Sports and Enrichment youth Programs in Kansas City.
- To enhance livelihoods of target community through increased agriculture and livestock development and marketing, as well as micro-enterprise development in East Africa (Livelihood development and diversification Outcome Area).
- To contribute towards improved health and quality of life and reduce poverty levels through provision of water and sanitation services on a sustainable basis in East Africa (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Outcome Area).
- To strengthen peaceful co-existence and cohesion of East African Border communities and enhance citizen participation in local governance (Peace, Governance and Conflict management Outcome Area).
- To build disaster resilience of the East African Border community through climate change adaptations and responding to emergencies (DRR & CCA Outcome Area).
- To develop the institutional capacity of PACDA to ensure organizational sustainability (Institutional development and strengthening).
