October 2007:
20th Anniversary of Africare House

In October 2007, Africare celebrated a milestone: two decades of residency in Washington, D.C.'s Shaw community and, specifically, the 20th anniversary of the establishment of Africare House. A former elementary school, Africare House now serves as Africare's international headquarters as well as Washington's "House of Africa." The building's location in Washington's Shaw area ― a center of African-American intellectual and cultural life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries — symbolizes Africare's deep roots within the African-American community and affirms the historical bonds between African Americans and Africa. We moved into Africare House in the spring of 1987, and the building's official opening celebration was on October 8 of that same year. Twenty years later, in October 2007, Africare hosted an anniversary block party for our neighbors and friends in Shaw.

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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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October 2007: 20th Anniversary of Africare House

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Africare's Approach

October 2007:
20th Anniversary of Africare House

PHOTO GALLERY
October 2007: 20th Anniversary of Africare House

Of every
Africare dollar ...