Women

In addition to community-wide assistance in all areas, Africare provides targeted development support to African women. Examples of such programs include:

Women in government
Development of women's co-ops, associations and businesses
Access to credit
Vocational training
Functional literacy training
Provision of labor-saving technologies, such as mechanical millet grinders
Maternal pre- and postnatal care
Comprehensive family health care
Nutrition education
Prevention of gender-based violence
All Africare programs: inclusion or prioritization of women

(Updated, Dec. 19, 2007)

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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Women

Of every Africare dollar ...

Africare's Approach

Of every
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