A Self-Help Assistance Program
A Self-help Assistance Program, known as ASAP Africa, helps communities in Zimbabwe and Malawi affected by poverty, poor education, and HIV/AIDS improve their own lives through programs that teach self-reliance.ASAP Africa empowers disadvantaged rural communities in Southern Africa to bring about sustainable improvements. Tom Arsenault and Elizabeth Bara, who met and married as Peace Corps Volunteers in Swaziland, created ASAP Africa in 1992 to recognize and harness the enormous potential and energy that exists in rural Africa.
Some of our accomplishments include
- More than 25,000 people educated in rural microfinance, becoming better able to provide for their families independently.
- 9,000 people have access to locally grown medicinal herbs
- 46,000 students engaged in educational math clubs
- 145 new classrooms built
- 8,600 Jatropha trees planted
Today, ASAP Africa’s programs are managed and implemented by local citizens from Zimbabwe and Malawi with the active participation from the communities served. People with a genuine understanding of the problems, workable solutions, and most importantly, people with a vested interest in seeing projects succeed.
Contact Information
A Self-Help Assistance Program
58 Dover Trail
Peachtree City, GA 30269
U.S.A.
T: (770) 632-7451
F: (770) 632-7215
E: asapafrica@bellsouth.net
www.asapafrica.org
Financial Information
A Self-Help Assistance Program is classified as a 501(c)(3) organization. Click below to view our most recent independent audit and IRS Form 990.
Banner photo: ASAP Africa works to improve the lives of hardworking women in rural Africa.
Photo right: Young women discover independence and empowerment through ASAP Africa's rural microfinance project.
Photo left: Children are the ultimate beneficiaries of ASAP Africa's work.
Donate Now to A Self-Help Assistance Program
Your donation will bring dignity and hope to families in rural Zimbabwe and Malawi.
- $10 will supply seed packs for two families in rural Africa.
- $20 will provide SHOES* for a rural woman, through village savings and lending rural microfinance training. * Self-help Opportunity for Education & Success – creating self- reliance, dignity and independence.
- $100 will give the gift of year-round food security via a Drip Irrigation Security Kit.
- $500 will enable 5 village leaders to gain agricultural skills training and bring new knowledge and techniques back to share in her village.
To donate to this member charity by check, please print our designation form and mail it with your check to
Aid for Africa
P.O. Box 8734
Topeka, KS 66608
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