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Member Charities that work in Children, Women & Families
In Sub-Saharan Africa, children are threatened daily by poverty, illness, and illiteracy. Rural women face high rates of death in childbirth and almost all the responsibility for family care. The family structure is fragile and weakening due to AIDS, war, and urbanization. Aid for Africa members support children in school, provide safe havens for orphans, advocate for funding for children’s issues. They prevent and treat fistula, work to prevent rape and trafficking, and help women start small businesses. Members help families build wells, create employment, and improve health. Click on the highlighted letters in the alphabet below to view members working on these issues.
A Self-Help Assistance Program
Helps communities in Zimbabwe affected by poverty, poor education, and HIV/AIDS improve their own lives through programs that teach self-reliance.
CFC# 10029
Action Africa
Supports rural villages in Nigeria and Sierra Leone by surrounding children with care, learning, and training; free medical clinics for families; micro-loans for entrepreneurial women.
CFC# 55633
Africa Classroom Connection
Builds and improves South African schools serving children—40 percent are AIDS orphans—ages five to 21. Provides programs and emergency funds to help students stay in school.
CFC# 58293
African Aid Organization
Supports and educates children in Africa with HIV/AIDS, meeting their special needs and bringing joy to them and their families. Provides prevention education to youth.
CFC# 23942
African Childrens Haven
Helps African orphans and children living in extreme poverty lead healthier, more productive lives. Priority programs emphasize the education, well-being, and safety of young girls.
CFC# 19142
African Services Committee
Conducts HIV testing, prevention, and AIDS support in Ethiopia. Provides health, legal, housing, and social services to African immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers in the US.
CFC# 11880
African Solutions to African Problems
Supports community-based programs and women’s networks to help them better deliver life-affirming care for orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS in South Africa.
CFC# 34002
A Glimmer of Hope Foundation
Eradicating poverty in rural Ethiopia through an innovative and integrated approach with community initiatives in microcredit, clean water, education, healthcare, irrigation and animal health.
CFC# 31756
Aid for Africa
Helps African children, families and communities through a network of charities providing healthcare (HIV/AIDS, malaria), education, food, economic improvement, conservation, wildlife protection, and arts programs.
CFC# 11069
Akilah Institute for Women
Transforming young women’s lives with practical and market-relevant skills to help them find meaningful employment. Classes include English, hospitality, tourism, leadership, and public speaking.
CFC# 80687
Alliance for African Assistance
Assists African refugees, immigrants, asylum seekers, and war and torture victims, particularly women and children in Uganda and the US, helping to restore their self-sufficiency, dignity, and respect.
CFC# 12364
American Friends of Guinea
Improves healthcare in Guinea, West Africa, with medical supplies, clean drinking water, disease prevention, and mobile laboratories. Saves children’s lives through surgeries/ treatment for hydrocephalus.
CFC# 44339
Arlington Academy of Hope
Provides education and healthcare to children in rural Uganda. Runs a model school and clinic for 300 children and families.Supports ten local elementary schools.
CFC# 11640