OUR STRUCTURE

THE ORGANS OF BARAKABAHO

The organs of Barakabaho are as follows:

The General assembly
The executive committee
The reconciler committee
The supervision committee

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

The General assembly consist of all effective members of Barakabaho. The General assembly meets in regular session once a year.

However, it can hold special sessions at the request of half of the members of executive committee or at the written request of one third of the effective members of Barakabaho.

For theGeneral Assembly to meet officially there must be at least more than half of the effective members. The powers of the General Assembly are;

*To adopt and revise rules and regulations or general procedures of Barakabaho;
*To elect and remove members of the office of the presidency of the General assembly and members of the executive committee
*Approve the action program, the budget and the reports of Barakabaho;
*To approve annual budget
*To accept and recognize new members.
*To decide on suspension and expulsion of a member
*Determine the amount of membership fee.
*To approve the acts of disposition
*Appointment and change of members oft he supervising committee
*To dissolve the foundation and take decision on the fate of its property.

THE RECONCILER COMMITTEE

The reconciler committee is made up of the 3 members of Barakabaho;

*President
*Vice president
*Secretary

They are elected for a term of five years by the General Assembly and the term can be renewed once.

The committee is in charge of:

*To resolve all conflicts that arise in Barakabaho
*To give written and analyzed conclusions on the conflicts that took place and to point out who was involved.
*Those who are not satisfied with resolutions by the reconciler committee can take their case to court.
*Reporting to the general assembly

THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The executive committee is the governing body of Barakabaho. It works for the General Assembly.

The executive committee is made up by seven members and they are: The president of the General assembly who is also the president of the committee, both vice-presidents of the general assembly who are also the vice-president of the committee.

The general secretary, the treasurer and two auditors. All of them are voted every five years by the General assembly.
They can be voted more than once.
They can be discharged by the General assembly in its meeting, normally or abnormally, if there is an unacceptable reason. In such case, the general assembly appoints new officials who replace them.

The executive committee meets once in 3 months and whenever necessary, in extraordinary session when convened by the president or at written request of at least two thirds of its members.

Decision is officially made if at least 2/3of its members are present. Decisions are taken by simple majority. The executive committee is responsible for the daily management of Barakabaho.

This includes:

*The temporary admission of new members.
*To implement the decisions made by the general assembly and to give it a feed-back of what was accomplished.
*To propose the General assembly the amendment of the constitution.
*To submit to the general assembly action programs for different projects and reports for the management of the budget.
*To recruit new staff members, to decide their salaries, and to dismiss them.
*To submit to the general assembly the donations and grants given to the Barakabaho so that it can approve them.
*To protect the interests and rights of Barakabaho.

THE SUPERVISION COMMITTEE

The supervision of material and financial resources of Barakabaho is done by 3 members of the supervision committee who are chosen and dismissed by the general assembly.

They have the duty to control the use of Barakabaho’s material and financial resources. They are elected for a term of five years by the general assembly and the term can be renewed once. They have unlimited access to all books of accounts and reports but without moving them. They report to the executive committee.