Global Affiliations

Our Partners

AFFED’s credibility is built through meaningful institutional relationships, not conference attendance alone: real partnerships that inform and strengthen our work.

Institutional Relationships

Who We Work Alongside

Two affiliations, each chosen deliberately for how they strengthen AFFED’s mission on the ground and on the global stage.

CSO-NET
Civil Society Network

CSO-NET

Member of UN-CSO NET.

ANZMA
Mental Health Partnership

ANZMA

AFFED collaborates with the Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Association to bring mental health awareness and support into our community development and human rights work, recognizing mental wellbeing as essential to sustainable development and resilient communities.

Why Partnerships Matter

Grassroots Work Needs Global Rooms

AFFED’s mission has always connected two worlds: the communities where our programs happen, and the institutions where policy is shaped. Partnerships are the bridge between them.

Each relationship AFFED builds is chosen for what it adds: a network for civil-society advocacy, a lens on wellbeing that strengthens how we design programs, a channel for African voices to reach forums they wouldn’t otherwise enter. We treat partnership as a discipline, not a checkbox: fewer relationships, held deeply, rather than many held thinly.

AFFED representatives at a CHOGM summit alongside fellow delegates

Lasting change is never a solo effort. It takes partnership across borders, sectors, and beliefs.

On Collaboration
Looking Ahead

A Growing Network

AFFED continues to build relationships with institutions who share our commitment to community-driven development, deepening the ones we have, and opening new ones as they align with our mission.

Interested in Partnering With Us?

Whether you represent an institution, a network, or a cause aligned with ours, we’d welcome the conversation.