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As senior vice president, Dr. Joseph C. Kennedy directed Africare’s international programs from the founding in 1971 until his retirement in early 1999; currently, Kennedy is secretary of the Africare Board of Directors. The following are excerpts from a speech delivered in February 1986, Black History Month, before black employees of the National Air and … Read more

C. Payne Lucas is President Emeritus of Africare. This editorial was first published in Newsday on July 4, 2003. As President George W. Bush leaves on his first trip to Africa Monday, I am reminded of a trip I made to the continent in 1985 with his father, then-Vice President George H.W. Bush. Massive drought … Read more

Kevin G. Lowther is Africare’s regional director for Southern Africa. This article was first published in the returned Peace Corps volunteers publication, RPCV Writers & Readers (January 1994). Editor’s note: In July 1965, having just completed two years of Peace Corps service in Sierra Leone, Lowther traveled extensively throughout Africa. The following article recounts his introduction to … Read more

NEWS RELEASE Africare Assists CAR, Sudanese Refugees in Chad CHAD, February 23, 2007 — January 2007 saw a new surge of violence into wartorn Sudan, despite increased efforts to bring peace to the region. The United Nations estimates that, in the past six months, an additional 250,000 people have fled Darfur and taken refuge in … Read more

Former Congressman J.C. Watts, Jr., International Human Rights Lawyer Gay J. McDougall Are Among Appointments Washington , D.C. (January 12, 2005) …Africare announces the recent appointment of the following six individuals to its Board of Directors. The new Africare Board members are: Mr. Stephen D. Cashin, the Honorable Howard F. Jeter, Ms. Gay J. McDougall, … Read more

On Friday, July 22, Africare received a very special visitor: His Majesty Mahamat Ourada II, Sultan of Dar – Ouaddai. This distinguished guest is not only the ruler of the Ouaddai region in eastern Chad; he also previously was an Africare staff member in Chad, working with local communities on developing food programs to assist … Read more

WASHINGTON, DC, December 14, 2006 — Africare hosted the launch of a new nonprofit, the Sierra Leone Fund, on Thursday, December 14, and opened the doors for discussion of past and present efforts to deliver aid to Sierra Leone. The event took place one week after the release of the feature film, Blood Diamond, and served as an … Read more

From the President I am honored and pleased to accept my appointment, by the Board of Directors, to the presidency of Africare. Over the years, I have had nothing but admiration for the development work that has been carried out by Africare’s dedicated staff in Africa and for Africare’s efforts to raise awareness of Africa … Read more

Africare’s International Headquarters Building and “Washington’s House of Africa” Commemorates Its Opening in October 1987 WASHINGTON, D.C., October 8, 2007 — Back in 1981, the disused, boarded-up D.C. public school at 440 R Street, N.W., showed all the signs of neglect. That same year, the District of Columbia government offered the 20,000-square-foot building and its … Read more