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Africare receives support from donors of all ages, organizations of all types and places all around the world! Our work in Africa is made possible by generous donors like you. We offer many different ways to support Africare.
Below, we have the special pleasure of sharing stories, updates and other feedback as just one way of saying ― "thank you, supporters!"
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New Major Donors
Africare thanks the following recent private-sector donors of $500 or more:
American Institute for Research
Dwight Anderson
Rita Campbell
Christian Children's Fund
Frances and Clarence Cooper
Gregory Fergin
Julia Kelly
Mary Beth Kostyk
Zehra Manji
Rainbow World Fund
The UPS Foundation
Learn more about supporting Africare here >>
New Africare Life Members
Africare is pleased to welcome the following new Life Members:
Ernestine Brown
William H. and Miriam R. Dockery
Jean Fairfax
Arnoldo and Snehal Medina
Jan Neal Roberts
Learn more about Africare Life Membership here >>
Donor News
The UPS Foundation Partners with Africare in Chad: $100,000 Grant to Support Darfur Refugees
Origami Cranes Flock West for Annual Tree of Hope Fundraiser
Got Water? Online Auction Raises Money for Water Projects in Africa
Fat Barrel Wine Company Exports Goodwill
Dreaming Big: Pennsylvania Girl, 11, Organized Walkathon to Help African Children
Spotlight: Elsha Gives Back
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One of the Christmas cards designed by Elsha Stockseth. |
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Another of Elsha's beautiful designs. |
For the past two years, 24-year-old Elsha Stockseth of South Weber, Utah, has used her tech-savvy talents to design and sell holiday cards to her friends and family. All the proceeds from her sales are then donated to support a cause Elsha feels passionately about: clean water in Africa. While many of Elsha's peers share this passion, very few have gone to the lengths Elsha has gone to in creating each card. Below, Elsha tells her story.
I am writing to you about a project I did this year and last year to raise money for the African Well Fund (via Africare).
I am 24 years old but only weigh 34 pounds because I have muscular dystrophy. When I was in high school I was able to paint and draw, but in the past few years my arms quit working. My family was able to find a head mouse for me, which is a device that looks like a digital camera that hooks to the top of my notebook computer screen and picks up signal from a reflective dot that I wear on my forehead. I have been able to do my artwork using this device and the Photoshop software.
For the past two years I have designed Christmas cards and sold them to friends and family. Part of the proceeds I collect have been sent to the African Well Fund so I can help people who are less fortunate than me. I believe water is essential in sustaining life and everyone should have access to clean useable water.I hope my small efforts will aid those who don't have water close by, in obtaining renewable sources of water to make their lives better.
Last year I sold about 1,000 cards and was able to contribute $105 to the African Well Fund. This year I did a little better and sold about 1,600 cards and will be contributing about $450 to the fund. When the printer who is making my cards this year found out about the purpose of my project, he helped by contributing to the cost of the cards and I was able to contribute more money.
I hope to continue this project next year and raise even more money for the people of Africa. My hopes and prayers are that someday we won't have to do this because everyone in the world will have the necessary fresh water they need to sustain life.
— Elsha Stockseth
"The Biggest Little U2 Fan in the World"
Donor Trips
East and Southern Africa: March 21 - April 6, 2008. Africare is leading a group of 10 major donors to East and Southern Africa. The two-week trip will include stops in South Africa, Uganda and Tanzania to take an in-depth look at Africare’s development projects in each of these countries. In addition, the group will have a chance to see — in those same countries — some of the world's most dazzling tourist attractions. Trip highlights and photos will be available on this Web site in late April. If you would like to join Africare's next donor trip to Africa, contact Africare's Office of Development and Marketing (contact info below).
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(Updated, March 17, 2008)
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