Agency for Economic Development & Empowerment (ÆDE)

Vision: To facilitate peace and prosperity in Liberia by providing economic development services and promote community level empowerment, especially of women and girls. 

Philosophy: We believe that it is better to empower grassroots communities to sustainably fend for themselves than to create a dependency on handouts. The best way to do this is by working with them through a participatory process to elicit their views and vision concerning the most critical needs and development priorities of their communities, businesses, or social enterprises. This approach generates commitment or “buy-in” to the processes leading to the achievement of the agreed upon objectives of the grassroots groups and fosters cooperation from them.