The Assistant Director of CACD, with a background in social rehabilitation and a certification in counseling. Years of experience working with the Center of Social Promotions, utilized demographic information to ascertain social difficulties and lead projects targeting vulnerable groups in the community. Professional youth trainer with leadership experience on projects such as ESPACE SÛR and holds technical knowledge on measuring and evaluating of long term and short term initiatives.

Confirmée ADJAKIDJE-

The Assistant Director of CACD

Bachelor's degree in Geography with a concentration in Human and Economic Geography
9 years of experience in community activities including 7 in community monitoring and evaluating of educational institutions in the Plateau region of Benin.
Advocate of community engagement and sustainability with previous experience of mobilizing several youth organizations and cooperatives in the commune of Pobe.

Gilbert Tovizounkou

CACD-NGO Program Manager and Community Advisor to the Peace Corps Volunteer as part of the Amore & Vie Project.

Specialist in Community Development, with 15 years of experience in development, monitoring and evaluation of projects in national and international structures such as Care International Benin/Togo, Bornfonden, the NGO GBEWA, CERID-ONG, The Scouts Beinin, ADECOM, Center for Social Promotion of Pobè and Adja-Ouèrè, Management Unit of the Global Fund (UGFM-SEIB.sa), Training Center and Literacy of Populations for Health and Sustainable Development (CIAP/SDD), Cuso Volunteer International.7 years experience of consultations and training in sexual and reproductive health and facilitated community projects with focus on objectives such as: sports for personal development, cultural and artistic awareness, equitable health and gender practices and associative movements of youth in schools and universities; all of which reinforces the community’s capacity for sustainability and subsequently reduces educational and financial inequalities across all genders and spectrums.

Franck Serge Alokpowanou-
Executive Director of
CACD ONG

Experienced advocate and active participant in community initiative concerning health, education, literacy and financial independence in the Pobè municipality.
An experienced English professor, working voluntarily in schools and orphanages; and the broker of international relationships between CACD and Anglophone countries.

Brice Bamitèfa EgoudjobiCACD-NGOProgram Manager and Secretary

Financial advisor and accountant for CACD
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Audit and Management Control.
3 years of experience in project management and accounting practice in a company/structure.

Samuel Odoun-Ifa Akakpo-

Financial Advisor

and

Accountant for CACD

La Culture Au Cœur du Développement - CACD

CACD-ONG, or La Culture au Coeur de Developpment-is a non-profit foucsing on the community based engagments that target women, youth, and other vulnerable demographics.

Creativity- Endurance- Prosperity

“We have anchored ourselves to ways of thinking that are not compliant to our current realities; forgetting to put culture and history as the center concept of development. To become a change-agent, we must tap into our collective imagination and sense of identity that lies dormant within each transgression, to then further our community.”

Meet The Team

CACD-ONG

What Our Logo Means.

Its logo is a representation of United Men in the shape of a circle and in joy, in the middle of which is a “gong”. This symbolizes the importance of love and solidarity for the socio-economic and cultural well-being of Africans. The presence of the gong in the middle, testifies to the importance of the word, information, culture for an appropriate education in morals and ethics for a harmonious development of Benin.

At CACD-ONC we focus in 3 major domains:

Art & Culture, Education, and Tourism

Promoting endognous cultural values
Organize capacity building for the benefit of cultural actors
Carry out studies in the cultural field for better planning of activities
Promote African culinary art and African clothing fashion
Organizing festivals, cultural events around dancing, songs, proverbs, and tales
Create and manage cultural spaces
Organize thematic artistic and cultural events in schools
Promote the education of children and especially girls in rural areas through awareness raising and stimulation
Organize social and behavior change communication (SBCC) activities in communities, training venues and through the media
Carry out infection and dissease prevention activites including malaria, STIs, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and endemic diseases (EBOLA and LASSA)
Promote good governance, respect for the rights of men, women, and children
Promoting hygiene and sanitation in rural and urban areas
Promote good food and nutrition through the promotion of foods and high nutritional values in our communities
Have the directory of tourist sites at national level

Carry out studies to identify and enhance tourist sites that are not highlighted in the communities

Organize training for potential tourist guides

Organize turist outings