News Archive

Animal Planet: Great Ape Trust Celebrates Rare Bonobo Birth

June 3, 2010–Teco, the first bonobo to be born at the Great Ape Trust, is a rare gift. Read more

Aid for Africa Member Orphans of Rwanda Featured in Miller-McCune Magazine

Thursday, February 26, 2009: Orphans of Rwanda helps create a new Rwanda, made by orphans. Read more

Op-Ed in New York Times by Aid for Africa Member Africa Fighting Malaria

November 15, 2008: The wrong message in a bottle–In late September, the authorities in Belgium seized more than two million counterfeit painkillers and antimalarial drugs that had been manufactured in India and were en route to Africa. Read more

Op-Ed in Washington Post by Aid for Africa Member Partners in Health

May 11, 2008: Keeping New Mothers Alive in Haiti and Rwanda– “Obscene” is still the word that comes to mind when we think of maternal mortality — and it has been almost 25 years since we first witnessed death in childbirth. Read more

The Boston Globe Features Aid for Africa Member Partners in Health

April 13, 2008: In Rwanda, Visionary Doctor is Moving Mountains Again– It was November 2004, and Dr. Paul Farmer had agreed to bring his world-renowned Partners in Health model to Rwanda, which was still reeling from the aftershocks of the genocide a decade earlier. Read more

NBC Nightly News Story on Aid for Africa Member PlayPumps International

January 28, 2008: NBC Nightly News and MSNBC feature PlayPump water systems in their “Making a Difference” segment that features the water pumps in action, along with efforts by U.S. school children to help raise funds for the water pumps. Learn more

New York Times Letter to the Editor

September 17, 2007: Aid for Africa Executive Director responds to article on pain and suffering at the end of life, calling for more hospice-care programs in Africa. Read more

CNN Broadcast of Where Have All The Parents Gone Featuring Aid for Africa Member Africa Infectious Disease Village Clinics

September 23, 2006: CNN documentary, “Where Have All The Parents Gone?” reported by Christiane Amanpour, focuses on the impact of the AIDS epidemic on children in Africa and includes a visit by Ms. Amanpour to AID Village Clinics in May 2006. View story

The Washington Post Magazine Features Aid for Africa Member Arlington Academy of Hope

May 21, 2006: After building a life in Arlington, Ugandan immigrant and John Wanda decided to build something more ambitious — a school for his native village. John Wanda is the president of Arlington Academy of Hope. Read more