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2013 Africare News Releases and Media Coverage
Africare Partners with Dreaming Out Loud for World Hunger Day
WASHINGTON, May 7, 2013— Africare, a non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. committed to improving the lives of people in Africa, has partnered with Dreaming Out Loud, a locally-based non-profit empowering under-served communities, to generate a greater awareness of food insecurity in the U.S. capital for World Hunger Day on Tuesday May 28, 2013.
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Africare To Host The #Fast4Hunger Challenge in Recognition of World Hunger Day
WASHINGTON, May 7, 2013— Africare, a non-profit organization committed to improving the lives of people in Africa, will host a #Fast4Hunger Challenge on World Hunger Day, Tuesday May 28, 2013, to raise awareness of the 868 million chronically hungry people world-wide, 98 percent of whom live in developing countries.
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Africare Honors President Obama and Dr. Mo Ibrahim at Bishop John T. Walker Gala
AMIP News, April 26, 2013—World Leaders Celebrate Legacy of African Leadership at Africare's 2013 Bishop John T. Walker Memorial Dinner.
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Africare Gala Puts Africa In Spotlight
The Washington Informer, April 24, 2013—These words – emblazoned on the front page of Africare's 2013 annual report – embody the organization's 40-year quest to present an African reality to the world that is fact not fiction. On Saturday, April 20, more than 1,500 guests at the Bishop John T. Walker Memorial Dinner heard from speakers as varied as President Barack Obama, former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, Africare President Darius Mans, corporate leaders and diplomats who lauded Africare for the work it has done on the continent.
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ExxonMobil Marks World Malaria Day with Renewed Commitment to Combatting Malaria
IRVING, Texas, April 24, 2013— On the eve of World Malaria Day, ExxonMobil announced its next round of ExxonMobil Foundation grants to organizations working hard to combat malaria. The new grants support the lifesaving malaria programs of leading global organizations, including Malaria No More, Africare, the United Nations Foundation, USAID, Jhpiego, Population Services International, UNICEF and the Medicines for Malaria Venture.
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Africa: United States Disengaging From Africa - Ibrahim
allAfrica.com, April 24, 2013— Although Africa is moving forward, the United States is pulling back, says Mo Ibrahim, the billionaire entrepreneur and father of Africa's mobile phone revolution.
"We are witnessing a gradual and continuous U.S. retreat from Africa," said Ibrahim, speaking at the Washington Hilton Hotel ballroom on Saturday at an event hosted by Africare. "We don't understand that. The U.S. has been a great friend all this years, but as soon as Africa found itself starting to move up, the U.S. is really disengaging, to be frank, and as friends we must be frank with each other."
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World Leaders Celebrate Legacy of African Leadership at Africare's 2013 Bishop John T. Walker Memorial Dinner: President Barack Obama and Dr. Mo Ibrahim Recognized for Contributions to Improve Quality of Life in Sub-Saharan Africa
WASHINGTON, April 23, 2013— Africare, the oldest and largest African-American led non-profit committed to advancing development in Africa, hosted more than 1,000 global leaders in government, business and international development on Friday at its annual Bishop John T. Walker Memorial Dinner and fundraiser at the Hilton Washington Hotel in Washington, D.C. The gala honored President Barack Obama and Dr. Mo Ibrahim for their outstanding accomplishments and life-changing impacts in Africa.
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Africare Partners with Japan to Construct Maternal Waiting Homes in Liberia
WASHINGTON, April 18, 2013—The Japanese government and Africare/Liberia signed a grant agreement on March 12, 2013, for the construction and full furnishing, including generators to supply electricity, of two maternal waiting homes (MWHs) in the Haindii and Fenutole localities of Bong County in Liberia. The grant is valued at more than $112,000.
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Africare Releases 2012 Annual Report, "Defying Expectations."
WASHINGTON, April 17, 2013—Africare, a non-profit organization committed to improving the lives of the people in Africa, releases its 2012 annual report, entitled, "Defying Expectations."
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CARE Visits Mwanzo Bora Nutrition Site in Tanzania
WASHINGTON, April 17, 2013—CARE, a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty, stopped by the Towero site of Africare’s Mwanzo Bora Nutrition Program (MBNP) in Morogoro, Tanzania during its CARE Learning Tour, on which a group of high-level U.S. government officials, corporate partners and the media visited different projects in Africa tackling food and nutrition security. Members of the delegation learned that Mwanzo Bora, which means, “good start,” teaches families farming techniques and provides nutrition advice to support the government of Tanzania’s goal to reduce childhood stunting and maternal anemia by 20% over a five-year period.
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Africare is highlighting its Clean Water Partnership with Coca-Cola and DEKA Research through an in-flight video
WASHINGTON, April 2, 2013—During the month of April, Africare is highlighting its Clean Water Partnership with Coca-Cola and DEKA Research through an in-flight video entitled “Innovator on the Move.” The video will be shown exclusively on 2,000 international American Airlines flights on the in-flight Business and Technology Report channel.
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Africare Partners With African Well Fund on “A Mile in Her Shoes” Campaign for World Water Day
WASHINGTON, March 13, 2013 – Africare, a non-profit organization committed to improving the lives of people in Africa, has partnered with the African Well Fund for a penny fundraiser in recognition of World Water Day on Friday, March 22.
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Africare Hosts Sold-Out Crowd for "Girl Rising" Screening
WASHINGTON, March 13, 2013 – On Thursday March 7, 2013, Africare hosted a sold-out crowd for a D.C. screening of 10x10’s feature film Girl Rising. This groundbreaking documentary is part of a global campaign to create awareness for girls’ education around the world including Afghanistan, Haiti and Sierra Leone.
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Africare to Celebrate International Women’s Day in Nigeria and in Tanzania
WASHINGTON, March 8, 2013 – Even as President Obama, signed the reauthorization of the 1994 Violence Against Women Act yesterday, March 7, Africare is raising awareness of violence against women and girls as we celebrate International Women’s Day. Of note are today’s activities in Nigeria and Tanzania.
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Africare Releases Video Celebrating Female Entrepreneurs in Chad for International Women’s Day
WASHINGTON, March 8, 2013 – As the world celebrates International Women’s Day today, Friday, March 8, Africare will highlight the achievements of its female beneficiaries in Chad with the release of the Initiative for the Economic Empowerment of Women Entrepreneurs (IEEWEP) video.
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Liberia: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is inducted as an Honorary member of Links, Inc.
allAfrica.com, March 3, 2013—Monrovia — At a members-only ceremony at the RLJ Kendeja Resort and Villas on Saturday evening, March 2, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was inducted as an Honorary Member of The Links, Incorporated, a non-profit organization of professional African-American women who are committed to enriching, sustaining and ensuring the culture and economic survival of African Americans and other persons of African ancestry.
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Africare to Host “Girl Rising” Film Screening in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, February 22, 2013—Africare is proud to host the screening of 10x10’s feature film Girl Rising about girls’ education around the world on Thursday March 7, 2013 at 8:30 p.m., at the Gallery Place Stadium 14 theatre in Washington, D.C.
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Africare will honor President Barack Obama (invited) and Dr. Mo Ibrahim at its 2013 Bishop John T. Walker Dinner
WASHINGTON, February 11, 2013—Africare will honor President Barack Obama and Dr. Mo Ibrahim for their outstanding accomplishments and life-changing impacts in Africa at its annual Bishop John T. Walker Memorial Dinner Gala on Saturday April 20, 2013 at the Hilton Washington Hotel in Washington, D.C., at 6 p.m.
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Refreshing Partnership: Coca-Cola Teams Up With Slingshot to Deliver Clean Water, January 2013
Diplomatic Pouch, January, 2013— Coca-Cola is taking its mission to quench the world’s thirst to a whole new level, supporting technology that could turn raw sewage into clean drinking water.
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Four more years: What the aid community expects from Obama now
Devex, January 24, 2013—Barack Obama’s second term as president of the United States officially began on Sunday, although he was sworn in again the next day at a public ceremony on the steps of the Capitol.
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Dear Mr. President Obama: Africa is Calling
Devex, January 11, 2013— Last June, President Barack Obama released his U.S. strategy toward sub-Saharan Africa, describing Africa as a “region of growing opportunity and promise, for Africa, for America.” Africare applauds the president’s focus on Africa, and we welcome his decision to further the proud tradition of America’s commitment to Africa.
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