Message from the Program Director
There is no better way to start my message than first recognizing those key stakeholders who make programming possible at DEN-L. The first here is the program team of DEN-L; it would be almost impossible to meet the complex, rigid and, perhaps, demanding timeline of our programs without the support of the hardworking members of the program team. Each one has been committed to our program designing and implementation, and the monitoring and evaluation processes. The next group to recognize is our valuable beneficiaries (communities, CSOs, CBOs, especially women, youth and the physically challenged and other groups facing intersecting forms of discrimination). Their trust and belief in DEN-L’s programs have been the secret to the success of our program delivery; hence, they have strengthened our networking across the 15 political subdivisions of Liberia. Finally, our partners and donors have strengthened and keep strengthening us from their constructive (negative and positive) feedbacks towards our programming. This has helped built our capacity and we are still open to more feedback to make us even stronger.”
“The hallmark of our programming is participation. While it may be true that this has a recipe for delay in decision making, those with like minds will agree with me that the results from participatory process bring ownership and accountability. So, DEN-L programming strives to promote our core values: transparency, accountability, collaboration, justice and impact focus through participatory processes. We encourage our stakeholders to feedback on where we slack on these values to help us reinvigorate, in pursuit of grassroots empowerment, economic justice, democratic development and gender equity for a just and peaceful Liberia”
“I would like to close with quotation from one of the affiliates of DEN-L, the Late Mr. Peter Y. Ballah, who in his motto for his Flomo Theater Production Organization said: “Let’s keep the touch of our heritage burning”. I would then say to our stakeholders: Let’s keep the touch of DEN-L’s programs burning. Thanks