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Click on the questions below to learn more about Africare, our work and how you can get involved. Does Africare work only in Africa? Only in Africa. While Africare participates in the broader international development community, our mission is specifically to assist Africa. As a part of that mission, we also work to build awareness … Read more

C. Payne Lucas was president of Africare from May 1971 to June 15, 2002. This article was written in October 1999. Six months after taking office, Nigeria’s President Olusegun Obasanjo is winning well-deserved praise at home and abroad for his bold and sincere leadership. Within a month of his inauguration on May 29 [1999], Obasanjo … Read more

Flash of Insight: Mobile App Tests for Anemia with Camera Flash Field Messages | 6-4-15 Do you remember your reaction when you learned a phone could access the internet or take pictures? Well, Africare/Tanzania is now researching if mobile phones can perform instant blood tests. [More] New Approaches to Nutrition Bear Fruit in Morogoro Field Messages | 4-30-15 Hadija … Read more

Africare began operating in Chad in 1973 and officially opened our country office in N’Djamena in 1983. Since beginning operations in the country, Africare has invested in Chadian communities through projects addressing… Agriculture & Food Security Community Capacity-Building Credit and Microcredit Health, HIV & AIDS Humanitarian and Emergency Relief Natural Resource Management Nutrition Private Sector Capacity Strengthening Surface Water Management … Read more

Sub-Saharan Africa has the lowest sanitation coverage on Earth, and roughly 70% of the population, approximately 600 million people, has no access to an improved sanitation source. In many rural areas, open defecation is still common and water-related illnesses cause incalculable suffering, often undermining many development efforts. Preventable water-related diseases claim the lives of thousands … Read more

Transferring stock is an excellent way to support Africare’s work. You may donate stock electronically or transfer the physical securities to Africare. A gift of securities may provide significant benefits, such as: Increased value for your gift to Africare and decreased cost to you. A charitable income tax deduction for the fair market value of the gifted securities. Elimination … Read more

Africare’s Bishop John T. Walker Dinner was held on October 12, 2017, at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. It was an elegant night shared by our board, partners, donors, supporters, old and new friends, including,  U.S. Congressman Ed Royce and U.S. Congresswoman Karen Bass.  Our guests were welcomed by Mr. … Read more