About us
Domestic Helpers Organization (DHO) is now Informal Workers Organisation (IWO), a women-led organization founded in 2015 by Madam Chelcy Alma Aminata Heroe but formerly launched in July 2017.
The founder was raised by her mother through informal work as domestic worker and as a result experienced abuses but was unable to seek redress. She was deeply concerned about the poor quality of services rendered by informal workers (Domestic workers) on one hand, and equally poor working conditions of the workers on the other. In order to address the situation, Madam Heroe decided to set up and registered an Organization aimed at strengthening the capacity of persons to be able to deliver efficient and quality services and at the same time possess the ability to negotiate for improved wages and working conditions....
Our Geographical Scope
We are commited to helping informal workers in this geographic scope.
West Africa (Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Nigeria).
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Core Values
We work with desire and urgency to solve problems.
We act with empathy, honesty, transparency, and integrity by treating others the way we want to be treated.
We welcome new ideas and opinions, especially if they challenge our beliefs.
We encourage an employment environment that respect, attracts and supports a diverse informal workers.
We commit and dedicate at all times to promote the interest of vulnerable informal workers.
We do whatever it takes to delight our partners. We support and share responsibility with the members of our team.
We work smartly, take care of our team, and have fun in order to ensure the sustainability and success of our organization.
Programmes
✔ Business Development Training
✔ Informal Workers’ Saving and Loan Scheme
✔ Technical Skills Training
✔ Legal Education
✔ Community organizing
✔ Complaint and Redress
✔ Litigation
✔ Social protection
✔ Tracing and Reunification
Informal Workers Organisation (IWO) is a regional, labour rights based non-governmental organisation that advocacy for the protection, provision and promotion of the rights, dignity and welfare of informal workers in West Africa through public education, research, lobbying, case management and litigation.
IWO envisage a dignify world where informal workers are free from all forms of violation and abuses including economic inequality, discrimination, trafficking, cruelty and the profession and rights are respected and protected.
The aim is to set up a group of commercial entities that will contribute towards efficient service delivery and our overall goal to provide decent work for informal workers in West Africa.
IWO is a Regional Civil Society, Human Rights, Advocacy and Research Organization whose main thrust is to empower and restore dignity to deprive and marginalized groups of informal workers especially in West Africa.
Our events are geared towards education, empowerment, protection and advocacy for Informal Workers.
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