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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