Who We Are

Acaf members at a meeting in September07 The African & Caribbean Association of Foyle is a community organisation within a changing community. The organisation’s voluntary work covers the Derry City Council area. In this locality, it is estimated that there just under 80 people of the Afro-Caribbean background. This number is an approximation but a more definite demographic analysis which will include measurements such as age, nationality and other variables will be made available on this website. The organisation also has many energetic members who are not from Africa & the Caribbean.They genuinely give their time and resource to support the voluntary work of ACAF.

Being a member of ACAF gives you access and possible linkages with other like-minded organisations and institutions that promote diversity and community mobilisation or change for the better. For those who join, especially the youth, there will be networking opportunities with organisations in other parts of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. ACAF is committed to being part of the on-going multi-cultural diversity aims of the Derry City Council. Newly arrived residents of Derry will especially benefit from the cross-community aims and objectives of the African & Caribbean Association of Foyle. People of common decent from the Caribbean and Africa and those who are members from other nations can attend our monthly meetings which review the work we are doing.

Committee Members

In accordance with the constitution of The African & Caribbean Association of Foyle, there is a committee of 7 members. The current team members are:
Secretary: Ms Ainne Mccaron
Vice Sectretary: Irvine Doherty
Chair: Elly Omondi Odhiambo
Vice Chair: Ayman Abdullah
Treasurer: Grainne O’Neill
Web: Maria Angela Ferrario
Liaison & Publicity Officer: -Sipho Sebela

The committee members are collectively charged with the responsibility of implementing decisions taken at seasonal and Annual General Meetings. The committee has the responsibility to promote the objectives of the Association as pointed out in the Constitution. The responsibilities of each position in the committee are as stated in the Constitution of ACAF.