About FAST
The Foundation for Agric and Social Transformation (FAST) is a community rights-based NGO which aims at promoting improved and sustainable livelihood through food security and nutritional sufficiency. As a social transformation and research organisation, FAST’s strategy includes institutional capacity building, organisational development, and participatory agricultural field practices through enhanced natural attenuation and modern farming processes. The activities of FAST are targeted at the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, institutional capacity building, gender equality and women empowerment, protecting the rights of vulnerable groups (children and women) and Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), advocacy and awareness creation for HIV/AIDS, and strategic partnership for environmental sustainability.
THE FOUNDATION
The Foundation for Agric and Social Transformation (FAST) is a non-profit making, non-religious, non-political, philanthropic and rural-oriented non-governmental organisation (NGO) set up to facilitate and promote gradual but, steady positive agricultural and social changes in target communities of Nigeria. The strategy and instrument for change is participatory innovations resulting in the identification and development of untapped non-oil resources (otherwise known as renewable natural resources). Thus, ensuring the right behavioural changes in the communities through social learning. There are three broad departments namely: Agriculture, Community Development, and Research & Training. The social transformation activities involve access to good information by the less-privileged and most vulnerable groups as well as enlightenment of stakeholders with regard to children, women, youths, men, pensioners and community leaders, as they are considered vital for the development of rural community.
Transforming people through participatory innovations
Mission
To facilitate sustainable development through adequate community participation.
Values
Working with our partners to bring about desired economic, social and psychological transformations in communities that feel deprived, marginalised and traumatised, while upholding the virtues of “NO VIOLENCE.”
Vision
A socially transformed world with improved sustainable livelihood, food security, and nutritional sufficiency.
Key Competence of FAST
Expertise
Field-based development expertise with strong grassroots linkage Participatory methodologies
Experience
▪ Experience in working on similar projects and familiarity with the Niger Delta
region’s socio-cultural settings.
▪ Field-based development expertise with strong grassroots linkage.
▪ Participatory methodologies and tools that are demand-driven and innovation-
motivated approaches to development.
Participatory methodologies
Participatory methodologies and tools that are demand-driven approaches to development.
A peaceful and, socially, transformed society with improved sustainable livelihood, food, sovereignty and nutritional sufficiency.
- Frankness; open and truthful to stakeholders.
- Accountability; answerable and responsible to stakeholders always.
- Selflessness; ensuring social justice for the most benefit of humanity.
- Transparency; making transactions clear and simple for stakeholders.
- Leadership; creating loyalty and showing the way to go.
1) Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger in communities.
2) Engage in evidence-based advocacy and institutional capacity building in food
sovereignty and nutritional sufficiency for communities through appropriate
bottom-up agricultural interventions.
3) Support gender equality and women empowerment.
4) Promote, protect and respect child and women's rights by upholding the principles
of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
5) Create awareness for HIV/AIDS and similar diseases prevention, protection and
control as well as care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and
similar diseases, orphans, and vulnerable children.
6) Strategic partnership for environmental protection and sustainable development.
To facilitate sustainable development through adequate community participation.
The target beneficiaries of FAST are the less-privileged and vulnerable children, women, youths, pensioners and community leaders who dominate the community environment.
Working with our partners to bring about desired economic, social and psychological transformations in communities that feel deprived, marginalised and traumatised, while upholding the virtues of “NO VIOLENCE.”
Our Team
Transforming people through participatory innovations
Individuals, governments, private and public organizations, corporate bodies, and donor groups are encouraged to raise funds, make donations, and award contracts to support our activities.
