Civil-Society Development & Governance

"Dawn of a New Era" in South Africa

With Nelson Mandela's 1990 release from prison, the repeal of the last apartheid laws, the unbanning of political parties in South Africa and, finally, the country's first free elections in April 1994, South Africa stood at the dawn of a new era. Read more >>

Toward Democracy in Rwanda

In the spring of 1999, Rwanda held its first-ever popular elections of local government officials. A grassroots leadership base, numbering 160,000 nationwide, thereby came into power. Read more >>

Democracy With a Small "d"

In Benin, from 1994 to 2001, Africare supported the development of indigenous non-governmental organizations (NGOs) into effective advocates of local interests. Read more >>

(Updated, Dec. 19, 2007)

Of every
Africare dollar ...

93¢ goes to program services in Africa

Just 7¢ goes to administration

Africare is a private, charitable organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Tax ID# 237116952.

Africare's Approach

Africare helps Africa. A leader among private, charitable U.S. organizations assisting Africa, Africare is also the oldest and largest African-American led organization in the field — and Africa is Africare's specialty. Africare programs are in the following broad areas: health and HIV/AIDS, food security and agriculture, water resource development, environmental management, literacy and vocational training, microenterprise development, civil society development, governance and emergency response.
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