Food Security

World Food Crisis: Africa's Story

The global food crisis has reached every corner of the world, pushing millions of people living in poverty to the edge of disaster. Africa has taken one of the hardest hists. Read more >>

Tara Village: "Well Fed, Healthy, Prosperous"

Africare's pioneering "integrated rural development" program. The goal was to strengthen all types of food production; but irrigation, rural roads, health, literacy, credit and marketing also had to be addressed ... with remarkable results. Read more >>

"All People, at All Times"

A major group of programs, initiated in 1989, follows Africare's three-faceted "food security" model ― combating hunger in a comprehensive way. Read more >>

Farmer Innovations

In Zvishavane, Zimbabwe, Africare helped local farmers, not by importing scientific discoveries from academia or abroad, but by supporting the promotion of ingenious, simple and affordable techniques created by Zvishavane's own farmers. Read more >>

(Updated, May 30, 2008)

Of every
Africare dollar ...

91¢ goes to program services in Africa

Just 9¢ 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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