Africare-assisted countries since 1970
Africare specializes in Africa. We address a wide range of core problems faced by the African people. And we've worked in 36 countries, in all the major regions of the continent.
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Eritrea
In 1994, Africare began assisting this dry, drought-prone country to meet pressing needs for increased food production, water resource development, and health care. Africare focused much of its effort on Eritrea's Northern Red Sea zone: one of the poorest, least served and hardest-to-reach areas of the country, located along the edge of the Danakil Desert. There, months of extremely hot, dry weather alternate with flooding so severe that roads are wiped out and tiny rural communities are effectively cut off from the outside. One of the Africare projects entailed irrigation and farmer training to grow more food, benefiting 6,000 residents. That project came to a close in 2005.
Currently, Africare has no programs in Eritrea.
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.
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