DADOUA
(Ah
bli younh, ah kpa DADOUA ah ye Grand Gedeh poh)
National Campaign Headquarters
6760 Linmore St. Philadelphia,
PA 19142
Preamble
We the sons and
daughters of Grand Gedeh County, in order to implement needed Reforms and develop an Inclusive structure that will augment
the process of Unification in the Grand Gedeh Association in the Americas, help
promote the general welfare of all Grandeans home and abroad and provide a sound leadership that will be Accountable, Transparent and abide our own
rule of law we have organized ourselves as group to be called “DADOUA”.
Accountability, Transparency,
believing in the rule of law and developing and implementing an efficient
service delivery system will be our focus
We believe that a
totally accountable and transparent entity that operates within the confines of
our constitution is bound to succeed at all levels. We will stop at nothing to
incorporate views of every sector of community to help carve a sustainable path
to peace unity and harmony amongst us. It is in this regard fellow Grand
Gedeans that team “DADOUA” is
Holding firm to the true
meaning of “DADOUA” which means
togetherness and inclusiveness in the Krahn language, we have banded
together to reform this noble organization of ours to a new height where all
Grand Gedeans will be respected
irrespective of district, clans, section or social/birth year group. We
will work to create that environment that will promote the idea of ONE GRAND GEDEH ASSOCIATION in the
minds of all our members.
We
will form a common patrimony among all of our people and join forces with other
Liberian county associations and the
Union of Liberian Associations in the Americas, ULAA and other social groups to
work for real peace and harmony amongst ourselves in the Diaspora.
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We
will provide a simple, but effective financial management system that will
insure financial accountability and transparency by making sure the quarterly
comprehensive financial report is made to our chapter leaders within the time
frame set forth by the constitution and on our website. And the reports will be
backed by financial bank statements.
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We
will Establish and implement an internal annual financial review of our accounting
system and make the findings public.
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We
will observe and do proper reporting and filing consistent with internal
revenue requirements for a non-profit organization like ours.
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We
will make the requirement of the constitution that calls for independent audits
mandatory for our administration and all bodies that fall under the umbrella of
the association and those audits will be part of the president’s report to the
national conference.
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Our
administration will be Transparent to her members, for we
clearly understand that it our membership that
is our bread winner.
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In
first sixty (60) days, we will
conduct a complete review
of the activities from contracts
to finished and unfinish projects and
make those public.
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Rule of law
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Team
Dadoua promise our noble organization, districts organizations i.e.: Gbarzon,
Tchien and Konobo, sectional and our Social/birth year organizations to commit
ourselves to abiding by the rule of law. Our leadership will lead by example,
understanding that we do not have prosecutorial power. We will hold supreme to
every phrase of our constitution and govern from that stand point.
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We
will make the understanding of our constitution a priority.
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We
will provide where it is neccessary tools
for chapters and our communities to make available copies of the
constituion to our members.
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Chapters
territorial bounbaries will respected by our administration, and members who
move from one chapter to another will be given 60 days to regularize the
membership with their new chapter.
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Our
administration will propose a committee
of Eminent persons , to be comprise of former presidents and elders.
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We
will take a closer look at the way we elect our leaders, our aims are to
propose a voting system to the board of directors that is smart, economical and
unifying in nature, we will argue for a system that will allow Grand Gedeans to
vote in their chapters and localities.
Sound Leadership
Understanding that the
success of any efficiently run organization is based on how sound and organized
its leadership team is, Team Dadoua being a group of dedicated Grand Gedeans
with an impeccable record of long service to this organization promised to lead
this organization in a sound and professional manner; we will lead from a
corporate perspective which in our belief is based on productivity, growth and
expansion.
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We
will provide a sound and efficient leadership that can meet the challenges and
service needs of our membership and develop sound policies that will draw
members closer in a consistent manner. Our strength lies in our proven record
of service to our beloved GGAA and knowing how to co-exist with every facet of
our community.
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Our
administration’s administrative policies will be sent to the board for approval
in the first 100 days of our tenure.
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We
will put together a strong membership committee that will be well funded budget
wise. The chairman or members of the committee will be able to visit every
chapter and all localities to familiarize themselves with activities in those
areas. The Administration will mandate the committee to raise the membership
fee for all members to $10. 00 annually. This fee will be paid by every Grand
Gedean in every locality. Our
administration will propose an elimination of the $300.00 chapter dues that is
been paid presently by every chapter.
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We
will allocates funds in our annual budget to be used for chapters, districts
organizations, sectional and social organizations to implement project in the
county
Efficient Service
delivery systems
Team Dadoua promise to create three service
delivery systems namely Education services, health and sanitation services and
social services.
Education
We
are fully aware of our place in the country when it comes to education; we are
at the bottom of the pile. We need to be aggressive at all levels to encourage
our young boys and girls to make learning to read and write a priority. We at
Dadoua will focus our resources mostly on providing the needed foundation for
our kids, we will invest heavily in
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Early
childhood education, it is our belief that the foundation that each child
gained at the beginning of their educational sojourn is vital to their overall
development.
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We
will make sure that each student from 6 grades down in the county will get at
least the necessities that will encourage them to stay in school, things like
exercise books, pencil sharpener and a back pack.
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We
will work with our districts officials to obtain basic data on every elementary
school in the district. Those data will be used by our Ways and Means and the
Education and training committees to do proper planning and come up with ideas
as to how can provide needed services to
those schools.
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We
will provide incentives for teachers to remain in their areas of assignments in
the county especially teachers who reside in the remote areas of the county.
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As
a long term goal we will study the possibility of a school lunch programs for
our kindergarten and elementary schools kids in the county.
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For
our college students we will propose to the board directors of GGAA to stripe
our present scholarship program and replace it with a blanket tuition payment
at public universities in the country.
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We
will scout smart students in all Junior and Senior high schools in the country
from Grand Gedeh to encourage them through aggressive incentives and
scholarships programs to go in the field of nursing, medicine, engineering and
law.
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Provide
allotment in our budget and collaborate with county officials to provide
basic training for skilled and unskilled labor for
Grand Gedeans back home. It is our beliefs that for Grand Gedeans to be
competitive in acquiring those jobs that will be created from the logging and
the mining industries in the county they must have the basic trainings that
employers will need.
Health and
Sanitation
We are
cognizant of the fact that our health care delivery facilities in the county
are in shambles, we wouldn’t be in the position to fix everything overnight. We
have to be realistic in our approach. We will be as consultative as we can be
with our officials on the ground in finding ways to alleviate the suffering of
our people health wise. Team Dadaoua will begin work starting on the first day
of her administration with international philanthropic organizations; some of
our citizens who we feel have the capacity and donor organization to bring to
light the terrible conditions of our hospital and other healthcare facilities
in the county.
We will
after consulting with partners establish a long term goal of totally
revitalizing of our health care delivery systems, those goals will include but
not limited to establishing a presidential commission of 12 healthcare
professionals that will in 3 months time do feasibility study of the hospital.
Their works will include visitation to the hospital to produce a documentary
and interviews of health of local health officials. Based on their findings and
recommendations, the administration will embark on an aggressive fund raising
campaign to start renovation by the summer of 2041.
In the
interim we will work along with county officials in order to provide basic
sanitation services to the city of Zwedru, and its environs. Our immediate short term goals will include
the followings:
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We
pledge to provide continuous electricity at the hospital; our administration
will open a direct line of communication with the hospital where the president
in consultation with his advisors on health matters will have a conference call
with hospital administrators once a month.
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We
will build three public toilets in designated area in the county for sanitation
purposes.We will make sure that there is running water at the hospital at all
times
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Working
with the established presidential commission on health and sanitations the
administration will carryout 2 basic drugs drive twice a year to help the
hospital with needed over the counter drugs
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Provide
incentives for at least 3 trained nurses
to remain the county at all time.
Social services
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We
will identify resources and opportunities that will improve, develop, and
enhance the living condition of Grand Gedeans in the Diasporas. Whether it is
in the area of education, health, and social welfare. Our website will be used
as a resourceful tool where our members can go to search for jobs
opportunities, help in filing out
applications for school, financial aid help, providing basic information on
available scholarships programs and articles on adult illiteracy programhed
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We
establish a technical committee in our first
60 days to work with city officials and
our law makers to revisit agreement on the operation of the Putu
mountain. Our focus will be on the social funds , job creation and the
environmental impact on the surrounding communities.
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We will empower all our committees, especially
our Membership and the Education and Training committee to work with all of our
chapters and localities to create a transition for new comers coming in to the
US for smooth transition and integration into the American society by
orientating them and identifying resources and opportunity to make life easy.
Such as identifying and referring them to resource centers and facilities such
as Immigration office, government centers, or health care facilities.
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We
will work with the Ways and Means committee to
aggressively engage the leaders
of the Pennsylvania chapter in the city of Philadelphia our headquarter to secure a property to be use as our
community center. Our short tterm goal
will be to get an office space in first 100 days.
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We
will encourage and award Grand Gedeans for outstanding achievements and
accomplishments so as to create an atmosphere of positive competition and
meaningful progress in the live of Grand Gedeans. Areas of accomplishment
include but not limited to academic achievements, humanitarian services, and
voluntary services, among others
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In
the short term we will collaborate with Zwedru city government to provide us
with an office space that will be use as our point of contact and a resource
center. This office will be furnished with
computers, a fax machines and an internet system. There will be a staff
that will be compensated by the union. This office and resource center will be
the face of Grand Gedeh association in the Americas in the county
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In
the near future it is our hope to secure a piece of land in Zwedru, where a
modern office complex will be erected to house the Grand Gedeh Associations in
the Americas.
This is the vision of TEAM DADOUA, we are committing ourselves to the total Reformation of the Grand Gedeh Association in the Americas, it is our pledge that we will stop at nothing in the achievement of these service oriented goals for our county and people. We believe that now is the time to step up to the plate to provide our expertise using our long record of service and using what we have we learned from working at all level with past administrations to make GGAA the best she can be. TEAM DADOUA has been there, she understands GGAA and knows how to make things happen. All we ask of you is to give us that chance and we will promise you will not regret it, for we firmly believe that we are ready and we are well nurtured for the task. Also we want to stress that it behooves everyone of us to demand from those that are aspiring to lead this noble body to provide a vision that is clear and concise, this is ours to you the people of Grand Gedeh.
“Building
an Accountable, Transparent and an Efficient Service Delivery GGAA as well as
adheres to the rule of law of our institution”
Gwyan/Gee
Gwyan/Gee…
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