charities working in africa
Our member charities below are absolutely tiny compared to those you will be familiar with, yet their involvement is deep and highly targeted. They often were set up after a trip to Africa that left their founders profoundly touched by the poverty they witnessed and may be even more by the resilience they encountered. They are involved in all the issues that make poverty so rooted and difficult to get out of on your own. Lack of education and training, bad health, remoteness, degrading environment, exodus of the young to the towns, the list goes on and on. But there is hope, progress and for millions it comes through the growing number of partnerships they develop with small charities, their volunteers, with you. Go and find out what our members are up to, get inspired, get involved.
Act4Africa delivers effective HIV/AIDS prevention education by challenging cultural norms and encouraging change in attitudes and behaviours. We empower women to take control of their sexual health and help reduce stigmatisation of those living with HIV/AIDS. We also deliver HIV Counselling and Testing programmes through our local teams. We work in partnership with local organisations…
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African Promise is dedicated to developing a handful of primary and nursery schools in the rural community of Kasigau in South-East Kenya. Our current focus is on wide-ranging infrastructure developments that enhance both direct learning environments and other wider facilities. We also assist in the provision of learning resources and, in the future, will support…
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Breakthrough Foundation is an organisation that specialises in bringing hope to people affected by HIV/Aids in Kenya. We partner local groups in providing food, fees for a secondary school education. We also provide general health education and HIV specific training through seminars and workshops.
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Buriton’s Village-to-Village Group (aka Dominase Development) exists to empower the rural community of Dominase in the far north of the Central Region of Ghana. We work in partnership with local people to reduce poverty and improve everyday lives by helping with clean water, sanitation, education and health care. The whole community of Buriton in Hampshire…
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Founded in February 2003, The Friends of Kadzinuni exists solely to help transform the village of Kadzinuni in Kenya into a self sufficient wealth generating community.Based in the village of Keyworth, a few miles south of Nottingham, our Hon. Patron is Joanna Lumley OBE. Our logo, the walking giraffe, sums up our aspirations, moving forward,…
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Charity supports health related projects in the area of Luwero in Uganda. Because poor people benefit significantly from the delivery of appropriate and targeted health education we are developing, in partnership with communities, a sustainable health education program that includes the provision of some infrastructure to reduce the impact of preventable disease and to encourage…
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works with rural Kenyan communities to improve educational standards and opportunities by funding and managing construction projects and providing educational materials for primary and secondary schools in the area around Gilgil, in the Rift Valley.
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Kiota supports KIWOHEDE, a grassroots organisation working across Tanzania for the rights, health and development of vulnerable women and children. Kiota is the Swahili word for nest, representing the save haven that the KIWOHEDE centres provide.
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Livingstone Tanzania Trust is a grassroots charity that alleviates poverty through education, at both the school and community level. We are guided by community needs and ongoing sustainability and have developed a variety of programmes to address these issues in the short and long term.
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Mustard Seed Project is working with the community of Mgongeni, an urban slum in Mombasa, Kenya to empower the people to take action to improve their environment and basic facilities. Through training, education, improved healthcare and better services they will take control and provide a better future for their families.
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Network for Africa helps people rebuild their lives and communities after the devastation of war and genocide in Rwanda, Uganda and Chad. We train people with skills to help them get work, and to help themselves. We respond to what locals tell us they need to break the cycle of poverty. We partner with small…
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Osiligi Charity Projects works with the Maasai of Southern Kenya to help relieve the effects of poverty through clean water, building schools, child education sponsorship, micro-finance and starting sustainable businesses. The two cornerstones of the charity are to not change the long standing Maasai culture and to help Africa help itself, through education and technology transfer. Every penny donated goes to Kenya.
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The Pastoral and Environmental Network in the Horn of Africa (PENHA) is a non-governmental organization led, inspired and founded by Africans. Our mission is to reduce poverty among pastoralists in the Horn of Africa. We empower pastoralist communities and their institutions so they can play a full role in their own development. We influence development…
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PEPAIDS supports SAPEP, an NGO alleviating poverty and HIV/AIDS in Zambia. Working in rural areas, where poverty is compounded by people too ill to work or provide for their families, AIDS Action Clubs empower communities to pull together and help the vulnerable prosper.
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Seeds for Africa helps African families and communities by providing locally sourced seeds, plants, agricultural equipment and advice. Much of our work is with primary school children, helping them to establish kitchen vegetable gardens and fruit tree orchards. Our projects offer dignity and independence. By producing nutritious food in this way, secure, reliable food sources…
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The Kanga Project supports the Rural Women Development Association, a grassroots organisation in Tanzania that focuses on rural women’s empowerment. We fund training in issues prioritized by the women. We offer micro-loans for economic opportunities. We fund hostels for girls so that they can get a secondary education. Our overall aim is to help rural women and girls overcome their social, cultural, economic and political marginalisation.
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Tops Learning Systems is an international charity providing support with education to children, especially girls. We develop creative and innovative hands-on science and math programs for children to enjoy learning through play and using simple local materials. Working with primary schools in Ghana, we provide quality educational opportunities like training for teachers, learning clubs and holiday science clinics for children.
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Village-to-Village supports positive and sustainable livelihoods, helping two grassroots organisations in Tanzania and Uganda. We work with people living with and orphaned by HIV/AIDS, facilitate programmes aimed at improving education and sponsoring and expanding knowledge on sustainable agriculture.
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Water For Africa has developed a successful model of providing communities in ‘West Africa’ with water, sanitation and health provision by putting long-term sustainability at its forefront. Our model and core philosophies of employing local people enable us to overcome the many culturally based challenges that have often hindered other organisations engaged in development activities.
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