Women

The Political Voices of Grassroots Women

Rwanda's first National Conference on Women in Local Government, cosponsored by Africare and the United Nations Fund for Women (UNIFEM), took place in late October 2001. Read more >>

The Dynamic Farmers of Boboye

Indi Zibo lives in the village of Kokitamu, in the Boboye district of Niger. As of the year 2000, her family, like most in Niger, was very poor. Read more >>

Women-Controlled Income Generation

Africare has carried out highly successful programs in edible oil production, beginning in about 1988 and reaching hundreds of villages in Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. In particular, women have benefited. 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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