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Lessons Learned from Pilot Testisng VitaGoat Technology in Guinea Technical Papers | 12-12-08 One objective of Africare’s Title II Institutional Capacity Building (ICB) grant (2003-2008) from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was to pilot test the introduction of community-based soybean processing equipment as a component of its existing and new Title II programs. Africare’s … Read more

Below you will find a list of speakers and performers from the 2005 Africare Dinner, held on Thursday, October 13, in Washington, D.C. The first section provides video of the entire evening — view the video by selecting the appropriate bandwidth speed for your computer. All other videos will automatically provide the appropriate video quality … Read more

Africare Tanzania’s Mwanzo Bora Nutrition Program participated in “White Ribbon Day” organized by the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood in Tanzania.  The day marked the launch of the “Zero Tolerance to Maternal Deaths” campaign. The Mwanzo Bora team participated in the exhibition by providing materials on the nutrition program, its goals and objectives of … Read more

Africare believes in the power of religious communities to affect change. Congregations across the United States, especially African-American-led churches, provided crucial support to Africare in the early years after our founding, and support from faith-based organizations has helped sustain Africare’s operations to this day. On Saturday, September 27, Africare House in Washington, D.C. served as … Read more

Together we’re learning how to tell our stories without words. They say if a picture could talk, it would speak a thousand words. That is the goal in Dodoma, Tanzania, where a group of young artists have been given new tools to express themselves when words have failed. Through drawings and paintings, these young children … Read more

“Eco-friendly” strategies are becoming a top priority around the globe — International Development is no exception to the rule.  Africare President Julius E. Coles spoke at Princeton University April 11 on the new solutions demanded of some of Africa’s most challenging questions in development. Princeton Colloquium on Public and International Affairs “The Grand Challenges: Energy, Development, … Read more

“How grateful we are for the work Africare is doing! I know I speak on behalf of millions of human lives hung in the ballance.” In 1970, West Africa was in the midst of one of the most severe droughts in its history. Animals were dying. Crops could not grow. Villagers were fleeing their homes … Read more

Africare Online Media Kit Africare Backgrounder (pdf) Africare History Board of Directors Senior Staff What People are saying about Africare (pdf) Africare Notable Awards and Honors Office Contacts Financial Info Africare Events Africare’s Bishop Walker Memorial Dinner 2014 Bishop Walker Memorial Dinner Press Kit (pdf) Read Africare’s press release here. Contacts For information on Africa generally … Read more