Who Are We?
Our Mission
To promote-youth, CSO’s, and educational institutions through capacity building to realize their full potential for community development.
Our Core Values
An-Nahl Trust is a community development Trusteeship established in 2002 with Registration number 2455. It is established to empower youth, civil society organizations (CSOs) and educational institutions in contributing to the development of the community to attain global acceptable levels of living values.
Being aware of other organizations operating in similar objectives, An-Nahl Trust doesn’t aim to duplicate, but to compliment and synergize the efforts towards community development. An-Nahl Trust works closely with local and international partners in implementing its projects and programmes.
Purpose of The Organisation
To empower – Youth, CSO’s and educational institutions in contributing to development of the community to attain globally acceptable levels of living values.
Mission Objectives
- Increase the % of high academic performance of the students.
- Increase the number of students joining higher learning institutions.
- Increase the number of youth employed.
- Increase the number of youth starting their own ventures.
- Increase the number of youth volunteers.
- Increase the number of CSO’s that are trained in managing CSO Business.
- Increase the number of training modules to CSO’s, youth and educational institutions for capacity building.
Goals
- To empower Youth, CSO’s, and Education Institutions through quality education and capacity building to enable them to assume leadership roles in our communities with relevance to emerging challenges.
- To Promotes growth of micro finance institutions for poverty alleviation.
- Sustain An-Nahl as role model and a centre of excellence in organizational management in the country.
- To be financially sustainable so as to maintain and expand our programs.
- Expand our local and international network of stakeholders to create awareness and promote relationships.
Our History
The word An Nahl is an Arabic word that simply means “the bees”. In coming up with the name, An Nahl founders and members drew inspiration from bees way of life. Bees are known to have strong leadership, efficiency, solidarity and perfect teamwork. As such, they produce honey as a wonderful product and other by-products, whose quality and usefulness baffle the minds of scientists throughout history.
An Nahl started in mid 1980s. It started just as a group formed by friends, likeminded students (from Higher learning institutions). These friends or colleagues initially aimed at exchanging ideas on how to deal with social challenges while enjoying a cup of coffee/tea. Within few years of its establishment, the group expanded by including founders’ family members (Wives and children). The move aimed at ensuring sustainability and cohesion of the group and expansion of its mission.
From that point, the group organized merely family gatherings and festivities especially during Eid and Ramadhan. In addition, using funds contributed by its members, the group organized quiz competitions and galas to reward and support students who excelled in Education (in particular,” O” level and “A”Level exams).
It was on 7th January 2002 that group decided to shift from a group doing social work as a hobby to a formal organization. It acquired registration as a trusteeship known as An-Nahl Trust. At this point, the organization expanded its membership base and activities too.
From that moment on, the organization started supporting “youth empowerment” by organizing training on life skills and self-entrepreneurship. Quite a number of youth have benefited from these kinds of training.
The organization has also continued to support the education sector by annually facilitating scholarships to a handful of students from less privileged background in order to enable them pursue education. A number of youth are still benefitting from this program.
Furthermore, An Nahl also conducted research on private-owned schools and trained teachers and school owners. The trainings have been on the best practices in managing private owned schools.As an organization with a purpose, An-Nahl Trust members are of the mindset that giving is superior to receiving.
This value has enabled An-Nahl Trust to conduct most of its activities from members’ contributions. Since its inception, An-Nahl Trust has been a dynamic, flexible, learning organization that has been growing and changing in order to remain relevant, practical, efficient and sustainable.
