EL-MAMUN CENTRE IS A SOCIO-ECONOMIC,EDUCATIONAL AND HEALTH FOCUSE NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION FOUNDED IN 1992 AND REGISTERED IN 2002 AT THE REGISTRAR GENERAL DEPARTMENT.THE WORD"MAMUN" IS AN ARABIC WORD WHICH MEANS"TRUSWORTHY".THE (NGO),THEN A (CBO) WAS ORIGINALY FOUNDED BY MUHAMMAD MAMUN JAFAR AND LATER JOINED BY WALLEE IBRAHIM WHO IS CURRENTLY THE DEPUTY CEO AND ADMINITRATIVE SECRETARY OF THE ORGANISATION.IN THE YEAR 2002,EL-MAMUN CENTRE WAS AMONG THE FIRST BATCH OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS TO BE FUNDED BY THE GHANA AIDS COMMISSION (GAC) TO CARRY OUT HIV/AIDS PREVENTION AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGN IN THE ABOABO AND DAGOBALINE COMMUNITIES OF THE KUMASI METROPOLIS.THE NGO WAS AGAIN FUNDED BY THE KUMASI METROPOLITAN ASSEMBLY TO CARRY OUT ANOTHER HIV/AIDS CAMPAIGN.IT HAS ALSO CARRIED OUT ADULT LITERACY PROGRAM FOR THE COMPLETE ILETERATE MEN AND WOMEN IN THE ZONGO COMMUNITIES.IN 2005, EL-MAMUN CENTRE WAS THE ONLY FIRST NGO IN ASHANTI AND ONE OF 18 IN GHANA TO BE SELECTED AND FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL MALARIA CONTROL PROGRAM WITH SPONSORSHIP FROM THE UN GLOBAL FUND,WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION AND THE GHANA HEALTH SERVICE..