INTRODUCTION TO BAJITO ONDA
AFRICA FOUNDATION HISTORYBajito Onda Comunity Development foundation is
established as a registrated organization in the
Gambia (West Africa) on May, 2004.
The foundation is inspired on the model developed by
Del Hendrixson,the founder and chief executive officer
(CEO) of the Bajito Onda Movement,in the mid 1980’s in
Dallas city-Texas/USA. Hendrixson developed the model
of The Hope Reintegration Habitat, a gang prevention
and intervention program designed to reintegrate young
people and adults returning from prisons or
correctional institutions back into society.
The model was developed based on the philosophy that
persons who had been involved in criminal activities
and street gangs need positive alternatives in order
to improve their lives and become self-sufficient and
reliable in their community. The model was established
in an effort to break the cycle of recidivism by
helping to restore dignity and hope on the lives of
ex-offenders in order for these people to build or
regain dignity.
Bajito Onda gave street gang members and
ex-convicts/parolees an opportunity to turn in a new
life through work by creating products to earn
income.Thereby giving an alternative to those who have
fallen from the society so as to increase global
economy. Today, Bajito Onda serves as a community
US-based international organization, using Hendrixson
philosophy to empower women and children in Africa.
DEFINITIONBajito Onda Foundation appears in Africa as a Human
Rights, Peace, Justice and development oriented, non
profit, non discriminatory, charity organization
established to coordinate and promote non violent
practices and community development programmes and
services through offering positive educational
alternatives/choices for youths and communities, to
street life, crime, drugs addiction and dependence,
prison etc.
Thus we design creative hands on development
programmes for disadvantaged youths/young women, drug
addicts etc. And also offer trauma/stress counseling
to those individuals with dysfunctional family
circumstances. One of its main focuses is to advocate
for issues relating to the protection and development
of vulnerable group in the African Society. Paramount
among which are issues relating to Women, Children and
youths generally.
STRUCTUREBajito Onda Africa Staff consists of :
Mr Papa Mao Fall Ndiaye--Continent Director and Development Director.
The Staff is appointed,suspended and discharged by the
Board,which also supervises the policy pursued and
approves the Annual Accounts of the organization.
POLICYBajito Onda Africa empowers women and
children.Today many women and children in Africa are
the victims of rejects in the society.The main reasons
for this are the lack of access to and participation
in political decision-making and the lack of access to
education and health facilities.
Bajito Onda Africa can provide different forms of
assistance to fill the need of the targeted
community.When providing assistance it is the policy
of Bajito Onda Africa to directly involve in the
community need in finding ways to help solve it.It is
not the policy of Bajito Onda Africa to give funds to
any community based organizations. Nor to distribute
money to targeted groups.
MISSIONBajito Onda Africa believes…
Restoring the hope of vulnerable people - Breaking the
cycle of injustice in Africa.
Bajito Onda Africa focus currently is women and
children:
• Give women and children hope for the future so that
they are successful contributing citizens.
• Save women and children from begging, labor, sexual
risks, addiction, prison, and death.
• Provide women and children with educational
materials and program for prevention through
education.
VISIONBajito Onda Africa wants to be a tottally inclusive
nation wide in which the vulnerable women and children
can be included and treated with dignity in order to
save them from violence of any kind and to protect
them from the violation of the rights to shelter,
food, quality education and good health facilities, in
a listening, conducive learning and hospitable
environment towards rehabilitation.
Bajito Onda Africa tries to empower women and children
to fully and equally participate in social and
economic activities.
OBJECTIVEThe Foundations objectives are as follows:
• To provide a secure, non-corrupt environment that
creates awareness and educates the public on human
rights issues and empowerment programmes.
• To educate target beneficiaries on the pitfalls of
living the street life, e.g. drug abuse, HIV/AIDS,
irresponsible sexual patterns etc.
• To embark on community development programmes.
• To monitor, document and address human rights
violations/abuses.
• To identify donor Agencies for funding of community
development programmes and to guide targeted groups
for the rational utilization of provided funds.
• To identify, design and supervise the implementation
of community development project at grass root level.
PROGRAMS-Education
-Implementing Business Boot Camp
CURRENT ACTIVITIESThe current activities we are working in Bajito Onda
Africa consists of:
. Strengthening the knowledge and capacity of the
target group to act (empowerment)
. Enhancing the political influence of a target group
(advocacy)
. Improving organisational performance and
implementation (capacity building)
ISSUESAIDS prevention, Drugs, Mutilation, Abandoned street
children, Hunger and Housing for children and Women,
Women and Family farmers.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS• Over 1000 women and children in Africa are
benefiting annually in Bajito Onda Africa’s programs
• Chapters of Bajito Onda have been extended to
African countries such as Sierra- leonne,
Senegal,Liberia,Congo,Rwanda,Kenya,Tanzania.
RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS• Participation at the sensitization campaign on
children’s rights-Banjul/The Gambia
• Participation at the sensitization campaign on
children’s education-April 2005-Saint-Louis/Senegal
• Collection and distribution of donation to poor
women-May 2005-Saint-Louis/Senegal
• Participation at the sensitization campaign on
HIV/AIDS-June 2005-Saint-Louis/Senegal
• Participation at the sensitization Campaign on
female’s sexual exploitation-July 2005
-Saint-Louis/Senegal
• Participation at the sensitization campaign on child
labor-August 2005-Saint-Louis/Senegal
• Youth Reintegration Training and Education for
Peace/Peace Sensitization- April 2005-Sierra-Leone
• Victim–Offender Mediation and Victim–Offender
Reconciliation- August 2005-Freetown/Sierra-Leone
• Funding an Agricultural Project for the Women in
Pewulay-February 2005 Sierra Leone.
• Human Rights Advocacy, Monitoring and Reporting
workshop organize to train Human Rights
Defenders-August-September 2005/Sierra-Leone
PARTNERSHIPSBajito Onda Africa has established partnerships with :
• the African commission on human and people’s rights;
• the African centre for democraty and human rights
studies ;
• the department of social welfare in the Gambia ;
• the national youth council in the Gambia ;
• the national association for youths and children
organizations in the Gambia ;
• the national elections watch in Sierra-leonne ;
• the coalition of human rights defenders in
Sierra-leonne ;
• the international human rights educational
consortium in United States of America.
AWARDSMember in standing of The African Commission on Human
and peoples’ Rights. Have decision-making observer
status at annual hearings
NEAR-TERM FUTURE PLANS- Implementation of :
• An educational and rehabilitation center (A site run
by trained professionals where people in hard
situation can discuss freely, attend classes, receive
counseling and learn about how to better their life).
• An empowerment Agency (A site run by trained
professionals where Bajito Onda sells products and
services and train vulnerable people to marketing and
management)
• An exchange program (An internship program that
connects Bajito Onda Africa with others Bajito Onda
chapters as well as others organizations).
-Implementation of new projects such as
• Action for the girl-child
• Save the Talibe (Beggar Children)
• Secured future for children/youths
• Practical skills for effective women empowerment
• urban Media productions audio and visual recording
studio
• Capacity Building on Human Rights Advocacy -
Monitoring & Reporting for Civil Societies and
Community Based Organization
• Auditing the activities of organisations benefiting
from Hiv/Aids funds
• Advocacy and sensitization workshop on Female
Circumcision (FM)
CURRENT CHALLENGESBajito Onda Africa needs :
• New materials for the expansion of the Secretariat
in the Gambia
• Steady funding for operations
• Community partners and funding to implement new
projects.
MAJOR DUTIES• Raise funds for the headquarters
• Raise funds for the African chapters
• Acquire other needed resources for the achievement
of Bajito Onda Africa’s mission
• Create policies that Bajito Onda Africa’s staff will
implement
• Fulfill the mission of empowering women and children
in Africa
• Bring diverse experience, views, and suggestions to
guide program creation and delivery
SOURCES OF FUNDING AND SUPPORTBajito Onda Africa RECEIVES ALL funding and
the salary of PAPA MAO FALL NDIAYE IS MAINTAINED
WITH support from:
The GLOBAL Headquarters, MS. DEL HENDRIXSON in Dallas-Texas/USA
Donations through philanthropic agencies/institutions
and individuals.
Revenue from projects developed in the community.
