Africare Fact Sheet

Organization name:

Africare

Not >> AFRICARE (i.e., not acronym and/or full caps)
Not >> AfriCare (i.e., not capital "C")

International headquarters:

Washington, D.C. (contact info here)

Other offices:

Field offices in some 25 African countries (contact info here)
European office in Paris, France (contact info here)

Geographic focus:

Africa

Brief description:

Africare works to improve the quality of life in Africa by assisting families, villages and nations in three principal areas ― food security and agriculture, health and HIV/AIDS, and emergency response ― as well as water resource development, environmental management, literacy and vocational training, microenterprise development, civil-society development and governance. In the United States, Africare builds understanding of African development through public education and outreach.

Africare is a leader among private, charitable U.S. organizations assisting Africa: it is the oldest and largest African-American led organization in that field. And Africa is Africare's specialty.

Founded:

• Incorporated in September 1970 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
• Permanently reincorporated in May 1971 in Washington, D.C.

Charity status:

Africare is a private, charitable organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of the United States. Africare is a grant-seeking ― not a grant-making ― organization. Gifts to Africare are tax-deductible to the extent provided by law.

Countries assisted:

Since its founding in 1970, Africare has assisted 36 countries in every major region of Africa: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde (past), Central African Republic (past), Chad, Cote d'Ivoire/Ivory Coast (past), DR Congo, Egypt (past), Eritrea (past), Ethiopia (past), The Gambia (past), Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau (past), Kenya (past), Lesotho (past), Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania (past), Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia (past), South Africa, Sudan (currently assisting Darfur refugees in Chad), Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Assistance delivered:

Since its founding in 1970, Africare has carried out more than 2,000 assistance projects in Africa ― valued at more than $710 million.

Leadership:

• W. Frank Fountain, Chairman of the Board
• Board of Directors: complete list
• Dr. Darius Mans, President
• Senior Staff: complete list

Media contact:

Shom Shamapande
202-328-5322, sshamapande@africare.org

 

 

 

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