African Solutions to African Problems
Supports community-based programs and women’s networks, to help them better deliver life-affirming care for orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS in South Africa.South Africa has the highest number of HIV-positive people in all of Africa. As the pandemic matures, the number of children infected with or affected by HIV/AIDS rises to staggering heights, placing an ever-increasing burden on the poorest of communities.
African Solutions to African Problems (ASAP) supports local organizations of women who provide care for these orphans and vulnerable children caught up in this crisis. Since 2003 we have partnered with organizations that focus on community drop-in and daycare center models of child care, rather than orphanages and institutions. By 2008, we supported nearly 600 women caring for 8,500 children, in deeply rural communities from the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, and Qwa Qwa regions, to the townships of Cape Town, South Africa.
The local groups we support work to ensure that the children stay in school, have access to nutritious food and health care services, and take part in programs that enhance their psycho-social well-being. ASAP supports these groups by providing a variety of services and resources. For example, we provide school fees, learning materials, school uniforms, shoes, sports fees and access to technical colleges. We provide training in organic agriculture, gardening supplies, and water harvesting equipment to ensure good nutrition. We facilitate access to government healthcare, clinics, and hospitals and support home-based care. ASAP provides art therapy, kids clubs, and training for staff to support social welfare needs.
Key to our work is helping our partner organizations build their own capacity to develop their organizations, improve their services, and attain their own development goals, thus creating a sustainable system that best benefits the children in need.
Contact Information
African Solutions to African Problems
306 Warren Street
Hudson, NY 12534
U.S.A.
T: (518) 828-0005
F: (518) 784-2251
African Solutions to African Problems
17 Hansen Road Muizenberg
7945 Cape Town, South Africa
T: +27 (0)21 788 2642
F: +27 (0)21 788 2705
E: priscilla@africansolutions.org
www.africansolutions.org
Financial Information
African Solutions to African Problems is classified as a 501(c)(3) organization. Click below to view our most recent independent audit and IRS Form 990.
Banner photo: Five days a week, 19 orphans and vulnerable children visit village health worker, Letticia Tshalana, who gives them home-cooked meals of organic vegetables from her garden.
Photo: After attending ASAP-funded permaculture training funded by ASAP, Eunice Langa and village women harvest fresh garden produce that provides nutritious meals for 52 children.
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How your donation will help these children:
- $20 will buy three fruit trees for new orchards.
- $50 will buy six blankets to keep children warm this winter.
- $100 provides ten children with school uniforms and shoes, which are necessary to attend school.
- $200 buys seven months of emergency nutrition and supplies (such as mealie-meal, beans, soup, oil, candles, matches and soap) for a child-headed orphaned family of five to ten children.
- $500 supplies gardening tools and fencing for two village health workers, allowing them to establish gardens and keep wandering goats away from the food.
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