Forty one years ago in the small town of Tikare, Burkina Faso, I woke up to my first day as a Peace Corps Volunteer to find a bucket of water outside my door. Since Tikare had no running water, that...
The Democratic Republic of Congo is situated in Central Africa and has a population of approximately 69 million, about 47% of which (32 million) are under the age of 14. Problems with the economy,...
Africare-Angola hosted American Idol winner Carrie Underwood for a special taping of "Idol Gives Back," a program which aims to raise money and awareness for children and families living in poverty...
Help Africare fight cholera in Zimbabwe by increasing communities' access to clean, safe water and proper sanitary facilities. Cholera cases and deaths are significantly increasing every day...
"The United Nations has described the situation in Darfur as a crisis of 'enormous proportions.' The survival of the hundreds of thousands of displaced is on a knife-edge" (BBC News, May 6, 2004)...
Mr. and Mrs. Bonde live in Chivhaku village in Zimbabwe, Southern Africa: the region that is the world epicenter of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Every day, this family battles HIV/AIDS and its effects...
Africare's Male Empowerment Project in Zimbabwe is challenging traditional by increasing male involvement in home-based care services given to rural people living with AIDS. The project equips men...
WASHINGTON, DC, September 10, 2007 ... November 11, 2005, was a landmark in African political history. It was the day the continent's first female head of state was elected. With 59.4 percent of the...
November, 2006-- Africare President Julius E. Coles traveled to Liberia late November to review Africare's program work in the Bong and Nimba Counties. His visit centered on the status and...
WASHINGTON, January 10, 2006--Africare is pleased to announce receipt of two generous grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation which will support responses to drought and food crises in...