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UNAMA United Nations - African Mothers Association
"Helping improve the socio-economic conditions of the women and children of Africa"
Mission Statement
-To work closely with United Nations agencies and related Funds, Non-Governmental
Organizations and Foundations for the advancement of women and children;
-To help improve the socioeconomic conditions of women and children in Africa;
-To promote the diverse and rich
African culture.
Main Activities
Day of the African Child - June
In memory of the massacre of innocent children in Soweto in 1976 by the racist apartheid regime then in power in South Africa, the Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), known today as African Union (AU), established through Resolution CMRes-1290 XL.) from July 1990, the Day of the African Child which is celebrated on June 16 of every year.
UNAMA marks the DAC in New York giving the importance that the day represents for African Children by organizing a significant activity to raise awareness, educate children about the achievements and
challenges of other African Children. It is also an annual opportunity for all of us, to reflect on our children.
Annual Fundraising Luncheon -December
The annual luncheon usually held on the first Friday in December is a follow
-up to the fundraiser concert organized by UNAMA in 1984
donating the proceeds to the Secretary General's Emergency Fund for Ethiopia.
The association later decided to hold annual fundraisers to support projects that benefit women and children in Africa. A member that had been with UNAMA for two years usually suggests a project that is recognized and in need of help, and submits a proposal to the committee that analyzes and approves it.
UNAMA's fund raising activities over the years have benefited:
- The Mahalapye day care center for children of low income mothers in Mahalapye, Botswana;
- An orphanage in Uganda; Women and children who survived the Lake Nyos disaster in Cameroon;
- Clinics in need of medical supplies in Angola Burundi, Liberia, and Sudan;
- A nutrition project for the elementary school children in Madagascar;
- An income-generating project tortefugee nomen based in Chifunga Camp in Malawi
-Income-generating project in Namibia and Somalia;
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- A shelter for women and chile Mauritius;
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- The Women's Self-Help Bakent
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-The Women's Village Dairy farm in
- The Cathedral school Rehabilitation Project in Sierra Leone
-A training center for illiterate handicapped women in Ain Cheggag, Morocco;
- The Mashai Women Development Sewing Project in Lesotho;
- The Kindergarten of Santana Village, island of Santiago, Cape Verde;
- empowering projects for women and girls in Pokuase Ghana though Women's Trust Organization;
-Income generating agricultural projects for the retrenched women's in Tanzania;
- School for orphaned girls in Maputo, Mozambique;
-Children victim of the earthquake in Haiti
The History
The United Nations African Mothers Association
(UNAMA) was formed in November 1984 at a time when famine and distress in Africa, emanating from both natural cause and political strife, was brought to the attention of the world.
African women in the United Nations system, mostly wives of African Ambassadors, came together to form an association which at the time was called the United African Mothers for the Crisis.
Out of concern for the Mothers and children, and with the help of friends of Africa around the world, UNAMA organized the "Concert of Africa" in 1985 and raised an amount of $50,000 which was donated to the United Nations Secretary Generals Emergency Fund to further its work in Ethiopia and other areas in crisis on the African continent. That was UNAMA's first commitment.
Today, as in the past, UNAMA is comprised of Ambassadors wives, Diplomats, United Nations staff, wives of UN personnel, and friends who share the same objectives. The Association is a non-profit, non-political and humanitarian organization whose objectives are to work towards alleviation of critical socioeconomic problems in Africa, project a positive image of Africa and its people, foster friendship and solidarity among its members and community at large.
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Contact Us
United Nations African Mothers
Association (UNAMA)
P.O. Box 781 Central Station New
York, NY 10163
Website: Coming soon
Email: Contact. [email protected]
President : H.E Mrs Thérèse Tommo MONTHE - H.E Mrs Luzia De Jesus Gaspar Martins
UNAMA Board Members
Executive Board Member : Génoveva F Wallach - Yiiling Li - Tas Dossal
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