Health

Malaria Control at the Grassroots

Malaria is Africa's third-leading cause of death and the number-one killer of African children under five. Africare is extending malaria control to rural areas of Benin, where the disease is widespread. Read more >>

Child Survival

One of every six African children will die before his or her fifth birthday. What's so striking is that almost all of those deaths are preventable. Read more >>

Public/Private Partnerships for African Health

Working together, Africare, African governments and American companies achieved results ― getting essential medicines to rural African clinics ― that none could have achieved alone. Read more >>

(Updated, Jan. 4, 2008)

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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