Guinean Alliance for Education and Development

The Guinean Alliance for Education and Development (GAED) is a tax exempt organization under section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code incorporated in Washington, District of Columbia. It is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes. The Alliance believes by investing in human capital, a nation ensures future quality leadership, a skilled workforce, and sustainable economic development. It is our belief that children, regardless of their sex, religion, race, ethnicity or socio-economic background be educated, empowering him/her with better opportunities and choices in life.

Our Mission

Our Mission is to provide educational resources and opportunities to students of Guinean descent by providing them with financial and material support. Our special focus is to provide scholarships to high performing and promising students to attend schools and universities in Guinea and around the world.

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Our Vision

Our vision is to invest in human capital through education and in the process inspire future leaders to pay forward the benefits that they have received by helping others in order to create sustainable development in their communities.

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Our Values

Our values are Honesty, Integrity and Professionalism. It is our pledge to support, treat and or deal with each stakeholder including the student beneficiaries of our programs fairly and with honesty, integrity and professionalism without any distinction of race, ethnicity, gender or religion and manage all funds with honesty, integrity, and professionalism.

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Scholarship

Raised: $115.00 / Goals: $35,000.00

The Guinean Alliance for Education and development (GAED) will provide two categories of scholarships to high performing and promising students to attend schools and universities in Guinea and around the world: 1) Scholarship to study abroad will be awarded to eligible: a) Students who score among the top 10% in Guinea’s national high school exam in the different field options. b) Students of Guinean Descent living abroad, enrolled in an accredited institution of higher education 2) Scholarships to study within Guinea, will be awarded to eligible high performing and promising students.

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Youth Career Navigator

Raised: $40.00 / Goals: $5,000.00

The YCN aims to coach, inform, motivate, support, and remove barriers in connecting youth to necessary resources and information to help them prepare for a successful career. Objectives: 1. To expose youth to various careers and experienced professionals 2. To get them engaged and prepared to explore career options 3. To provide resources about fields of interest to youth 4. To equip them with enough information to help them in their career decision making

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Business and Professionals Network

Raised: $0.00 / Goals: $5,000.00

The Guinean Diaspora Business and Professionals Network was established in order to connect and provide resources for the Guinean Diaspora and Businesses serving the Guinean Community across the globe. Objectives: 1. To facilitate the location of resources for businesses intending to serve the Guinean Community 2. To facilitate the location of qualified Guinean Professionals for various roles and services 3. To build an active and resourceful network of Businesses and Professionals across various sectors of the economy and around the globe

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At GAED, We Help Voluntarily

ADVOCATE

We welcome individuals to join our organization as public advocates for education and development within Guinea and around the world to bring attention and interest to our mission and the overall need for support of Guinean education and students as they strive to seek academic excellence and to become better world citizens.

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SPONSORSHIP

We need and welcome sponsorship from schools, non-governmental organizations, government agencies, private and public corporations, as well as individuals. lf you and/or your organization or business are interested in sponsoring our organization or supporting any of our programs and need additional information from our organization, we welcome your interest and would be happy to provide you with additional information.
Please visit our “contact us” page and provide your contact information and our administration will be happy to speak with you personally to discuss sponsorship possibilities.

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Become a Volunteer

The Alliance is currently launching several drives and initiatives, which require volunteer support here in the US as well as in Guinea. If you would like to serve as a volunteer or know someone who does on one or more of the programs mentioned below, please visit our “contact us” page and include your contact information, and the program that you are interested in volunteering on: Scholarship Fund, Bike Drive, Library Project, School supply Drive...

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Impact Stories

“My name is Bah Mamadou a scholarship recipient from the NGO GAED since 2014 in Guinea. Currently I’m a student in Russia majoring in Telecommunications. The grant from the NGO GAED played a very important role in my studies I benefited from GAED the material and financial supports which I in my turn used rationally, through these supports I could have access to teaching materials and do professional training alongside my university studies. GAED’s support is not only financial or material but also emotional and encouraging (as for example last year my Dad had a serious accident while I was preparing for the exams) thanks to GAED with its support I was able to focus on my studies and in the end I passed all my exams. Finally, I express my sincere gratitude for the work you do.”

Mamadou Bah GAED Scholar