The African Hebrew Development Agency (AHDA) is a registered, non-governmental organization (NGO) operating across Africa and organized by the African Hebrew Israelite Community of Dimona, Israel. AHDA specializes in providing technical assistance, training and consultancy in essential areas of human development and capacity building such as health, agriculture, rural development, environmental maintenance and related fields.

Operating in Ghana since 1995, AHDA, known originally as the Israelite Development Agency (IDA) has taken part in several vital projects.
 

• 1995 – Sponsored a joint medical and dental delegation to Ghana providing free treatment and services in both rural and urban areas

• 1997 – Digging of water wells in the Volta region of  Ghana

• 1998 – Sponsored the production and distribution of anti-smoking campaign materials to senior secondary school children

• 1998 – Training in organic farming and milling techniques in partnership with the  establishing of rice and flour mills in the Volta region

• 2002 – Conducted nutritional seminars on benefits of soya and designing of school feeding programs

• 2003 – Training in soy bean cultivation in the Northern Region of Ghana.

• 2006 – Regenerative Health and Nutrition Program operating in Ghana in conjunction with the Ghanaian Ministry of Health.

 

Other AHDA projects across Africa include:

• Constructing and training in the use of bio-gas digesters to provide electricity in rural Liberia.

• 2006 – Food Security and Agriculture Project in the West Pokot District of Kenya

• It is the position of the AHDA that the most valuable resources Africa has to offer, are its human resources and that by investing in its development, we will insure a future of strength, vitality and productivity for the continent.