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Rockefeller Foundation: Aid for Africa Member Village Enterprise Recognized as One of 100 Next Century Innovators
Tuesday, May 21, 2013: The Rockefeller Foundation has recognized Aid for Africa member Village Enterprise as one of its 100 Next Century Innovators. Read more
Chemisty World: Aid for Africa Executive Director Comments on GSK’s Health Partnership in Africa
Thursday, May 16, 2012: Pharma giant GSK has partnered with Save the Children to provide health care, vaccines, and nutrition to 1 million children in five years in Kenya and Democratic Republic of Congo. Will this controversial partnership be successful? Read more
NPR News: Lewa Wildlife Conservancy Fighting Rhino Poaching Military Style
Tuesday, May 14, 2013: Mike Watson, CEO of Aid for Africa member Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, discusses the loss of its sixth rhino in four weeks to poachers. Read more
New York Times: Museum for African Art’s Exhibition of Jane Alexander’s Work Praised
Thursday, April 25, 2013: Aid for Africa member Museum for African Art‘s exhibition by South African artist Jane Alexander highlights the beast in the human and human in the beast. Read more
Agence France Presse: Article on Cheetahs in the Race to Survive Cite Panthera
Wednesday, April 24, 2013: Agence France Presse article on the survival of the cheetah cites Aid for Africa member Panthera. According to Panthera experts, cheetahs have disappeared from 77 percent of their original territory in Africa. Read more
New York Times: Rhino Guardian and Force Behind Creation of Lewa Wildlife Conservancy Lauded
Monday, April 22, 2013: Story of the life of Anna Merz, guardian and champion of Africa’s black rhino, tells of her unwavering commitment to the black rhino and her role in founding Aid for Africa member Lewa Wildlife Conservancy. Read more
allAfrica.com: Boma Project and Founder Recognized On Floor of U.S. Senate for Work With Women in Extreme Poverty in Northern Kenya
Thursday, April 18, 2013: Senator Patrick Leahy took to the floor of the U.S. Senate recently to praise the work of Aid for Africa member The BOMA Project. Read more
Washington Post: Invisible Children’s CEO Ben Keesey Comments on U.S. Suspension of Search for Kony
Thursday, April 4, 2013: Aid for Africa member Invisible Children‘s CEO comments on political turmoil in central Africa that led to the suspension of the hunt for Joseph Kony. Read more
The Daily Beast: Akilah Institute for Women’s CEO Named One of 125 Women of Impact
Monday, April 1, 2013: Elizabeth Dearborn Davis, CEO of Aid for Africa member Akilah Institute for Women, named one of the 125 women of impact. Read more
CBS 60 Minutes: Amazing 12-Year Journey with Sudan’s Lost Boys and RefugePoint
Sunday, March 31, 2013: Aid for Africa member RefugePoint is featured in this story that follows up on Sudan’s lost boys, who left refugee camps in Kenya for resettlement in the U.S. twelve years ago. Learn more
The Boston Globe: Op-Ed on How the Lost Girls Became the Forgotten Girls by RefugePoint’s Founder Sasha Chanoff
Wednesday, March 27, 2013: In his op-ed, Sasha Chanoff, founder of Aid for Africa member RefugePoint, describes how thousands of South Sudanese orphaned children, mostly “lost boys,” made a 1,000-mile trek through East Africa and what became of the “lost girls.” Read more
New York Times: African Services Committee’s Legal Support of Young Immigrants in New York Featured
Friday, March 23, 2013: Aid for Africa member African Services Committee is featured in a story about young immigrants in New York seeking legal assistance for deferred action. Read more
Stanford Social Innovation Review: Village Enterprise Featured for Its Local Leadership
Wednesday, March 20, 2013: Aid for Africa member Village Enterprise, based in San Carlos, California, is featured for its commitment to employing East Africans as country directors and other senior positions. Read more
TakePart.com: Lewa Wildlife Conservancy’s U.S. Director on Rising Poaching of Africa’s Black Rhino
Friday, March 8, 2013: Ginger Thomson, U. S. executive director of Aid for Africa member Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, discusses the poaching threat to 3,000 black rhino remaining in the African wild. Read more
New York Times: President of American Leprosy Missions Excited About New Test To Detect Disease
Wednesday, February 20, 2013: A new simple and inexpensive test to detect leprosy at an early stage has American Leprosy Missions President Bill Simmons excited about preventing those who have the disease from becoming disfigured and disabled. Read more
New York Times: The Fistula Foundation Featured In Game Drawing Attention to Women’s Issues
Sunday, February 17, 2013: The New York Times mentions The Fistula Foundation as one of seven non-profits that will be featured in a social media game to be released on March 3, 2013 that will draw attention to women’s Issues. Read more
Time Life for Kids: Beads for Education Helps Girls in Kenya Go to School and Create Brighter Futures
Friday, February 1, 2013: Time Life for Kids profiles Beads for Education which helps Kenyan girls attend school. The organization matches girls with sponsors and helps Kenyan women sell hand-crafted beaded necklaces, bracelets and baskets to the U.S. market to help pay for girls’ education. Learn more
WGN Channel 9: Report on Partnership Between American Chamber Opera Company and Aid for Africa
Thursday, January 17, 2013: WGN 9 News reports from the American Chamber Opera Company in Chicago which will be performing Madam Butterfly set in Mombasa, Kenya. Fifteen percent of the tickets proceeds will be donated to Aid for Africa. Read More
Huffington Post: Charity:Water to Get Help From Tech Innovators To Inspire New Philanthropy
Thursday, December 27, 2012: The Huffington Post reports that Google’s $5 million Global Impact Award given to charity: water will be used to install sensors in 4,000 of its water wells across Africa. The sensors will send back real-time data on the water flow at each site. Read more
Forbes: charity: water Named One of Five Most Impactful Charities for Holiday Giving by Bill and Melinda Gates
Tuesday, December 11, 2012: Forbes Magazine article highlights Bill and Melinda Gates’ choice of Aid for Africa member charity: water as one of the five charities they believe have the most impact. Read more
The Washington Post: Google Gives Innovation Grant to charity: water and Six Other Nonprofits
Monday, December 10, 2012: Washington Post article reports on Google’s $23 million in innovation grants, including to Aid for Africa member charity: water. Read more
The Daily News: African Childrens Haven Pairs Students in Galveston with Students in Kenya
Thursday, December 6, 2012: The Daily News of Galveston reports on Aid for Africa member African Childrens Haven‘s project to pair students at the the Ambassadors Preparatory Academy with students at St. Philips School Mathare in Nairobi, Kenya. Read more
The Washington Post: Panthera President Comments on New Study on Declining Lion Population in Africa
Wednesday, December 5, 2012: The Washington Post article on a new study by Duke University researchers finds that habitat in Africa that supports lions has declined by 75 percent. Luke Hunter, president of Aid for Africa member Panthera comments. Read more
Change Magazine: Story on the Founders and Work of African Childrens Haven
Friday, November 30, 2012: Change Magazine features the work of Aid for Africa member African Childrens Haven and its founders in Galveston, Texas. Read more
ABC7 News: Ashesi University’s Founder Patrick Awuah Receives Prestigious Leadership Award for Founding Ghanaian University
Friday, November 9, 2012: ABC7 News affiliate KGO-TV in San Francisco interviewed Patrick Awuah, founder of Ashesi University, an Aid for Africa member, as he received the prestigious Innovation Award from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. Read more
District of Columbia Library Association: The Lubuto Library Project Wins Grant for Early Grade Reading in Developing World
Friday, September 21, 2012: The Lubuto Library Project wins grant for helping children in Zambia learn to read using low cost digital platforms. Read more
The Atlantic: Story on Africa’s Coming Agriculture Revolution Highlights KickStart’s Irrigation Technology
Wednesday, August 8, 2012: Story in The Atlantic on “Africa’s Coming Agriculture Revolution” highlights Aid for Africa’s member KickStart International‘s irrigation technology. Read more
The Huffington Post: The Cradle Project Sponsored by Firelight Foundation and Aid for Africa Featured
Tuesday, July 24, 2012: The Huffington Post features The Cradle Project exhibit in Washington, DC, through August 3, which is cosponsored by Aid for Africa member Firelight Foundation, Aid for Africa, and the Washington Studio School during the 2012 International AIDS Conference. Read more
People: Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith Work with Charity Water in Ethiopian Village
Tuesday, July 10, 2012: Actor Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith traveled to Ethiopia with Aid for Africa member charity: water to inaugurate a village well. Read more
Gazette: Women’s Microfinance Initiative Provides Opportunities for High School and College Interns
Wednesday, June 27, 2012: Aid for Africa member Women’s Microfinance Initiative, which provides loans to women in East Africa, is providing opportunities for high school and college interns travel to Buyobo, Uganda. Read More
ABC News: Tostan’s Founder Featured for Empowering Communities to End Female Genital Cutting
Thursday, February 16, 2012: Aid for Africa Member Tostan featured on ABC News with Diane Sawyer for its success in West Africa to end female genital cutting; Sec of State Clinton Calls for an end to the practice. Read more
New York Times: Comedian Louis C.K. Donates $110,000 to Two Aid for Africa Members
Thursday, December 22, 2011: Appearing on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, comedian Louis C.K. announced that he was donating $250,00 to five charities — $110,000 of which is going to Aid for Africa members The Fistula Foundation and charity: water! Read more
Stanford Social Innovation Review: An Innovative and Financially Sustainable Nonprofit Model
Tuesday, October 18, 2011: Regina Ridley, Publishing Director of Stanford Social Innovation Review, highlights Aid for Africa for building an alliance that promotes collaboration among its members and helps them benefit from the U.S. government’s Combined Federal Campaign. Read more
New York Times: Green Belt Movement Founder Wangari Maathai Dies
Tuesday, September 27, 2011: Professor Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace laureate, Kenyan environmentalist, and founder of the Green Belt Movement died in Nairobi, Kenya, Sunday, September 25. She was the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize. Read more
CNN: Panthera Scientists Film First Known Footage of Elusive and Rare African Golden Cat in Gabon
Monday, August 29, 2011: In this report, CNN provides an exclusive look and investigates Aid for Africa member Panthera‘s release of the first known footage of one of the least-known and most elusive wild cats on earth–the African golden cat. Read more
Seattle Times: Ashesi University Opens New Campus in Accra, Ghana
Monday, August 22, 2011: As Aid for Africa member Ashesi University prepares to move to its 100-acre campus in the suburbs of Accra, Ghana, this article tracks founder Patrick Awauh’s dream from Microsoft to Africa and how the university was built from the ground up. Read more
CNN: Panthera’s Munyawana Leopard Project Featured on Inside Africa
Saturday, August 13, 2011: CNN Inside Africa visits Aid for Africa member Panthera’s Munyawana Leopard Project in South Africa’s Phinda Game Reserve to report on the project’s innovative leopard conservation work, the benefits of wild leopard populations to humans, the threats facing Africa’s dwindling leopard populations, and much more. Read more
NPR: Green Belt Movement Founder Discusses East African Famine
Wednesday, August 3, 2011: Nobel Laureate and Green Belt Movement founder Wangari Maathai explains what must be done to assist Africa’s drought-ridden zones. Read more
Huffington Post: A New Home for the Museum for African Art
Wednesday, July 27, 2011: Aid for Africa member Museum for Africa Art is scheduled to open in its new building in 2012 at the top of museum mile in Harlem. Read more
New York Times: Panthera’s Snow Leopard Program Highlighted
Tuesday, July 26, 2011: Aid for Africa member Panthera is highlighted for its snow leopard program, directed by Thomas McCarthy, in Science Times section. Read more
CNN: World Hope International Helps Sierra Leone With First Export Market Since Civil War Ended
Wednesday, June 29, 2011: Aid for Africa member World Hope International is helping Sierra Leone set-up its first export market since its civil war ended nine years ago by converting wasted fruit into juice. Read more
Financial Times: Tostan Founder Molly Melching Discusses Success of Organization
Friday, June 24, 2011: Tostan founder Molly Melching talks with the The Financial Times about why she founded the organization and the reasons for its success. Read more
ELLE: mothers2mothers Founder Robin Smalley Named One of Nine Inspirational Women of 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011: Robin Smalley, founder of Aid for Africa member mothers2mothers International, selected as one of nine women who are educating, rebuilding, doctoring, employing, and sustaining the world in the article, “The Fixers: 9 for All Mankind.” Read more
New York Times: Carolina for Kibera Founder Blogs about Making a Difference
Wednesday, May 18, 2011: Guest Blogger and Carolina for Kibera Founder Rye Barcott addresses how young people can make a difference in the world. Read more
Wall Street Journal: Letter to the Editor
Wednesday, May 4, 2011: Aid for Africa Executive Director Writes a Letter to the WSJ about the Important Differences in Financial Accountability between Greg Mortenson’s Central Asia Institute and Rye Barcott’s Carolina for Kibera. Read more
BBC News: World Bicycle Relief Program Protects Zimbabwe’s Girls
Saturday, April 23, 2011: In rural Zimbabwe, many young girls have to walk miles through the bush to school each day, running the risk of falling victim to sexual abuse and prostitution. World Bicycle Relief is providing hundreds of orphans and vulnerable children with bicycles to shorten the journey and make it safer for them to travel to school. Learn more
TIME:Great Ape Trust Scientist Named One of the 2011 TIME 100
Thursday, April 21, 2011: TIME names Great Ape Trust scientist, Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, to the 2011 TIME 100, the magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Learn more
PRI’s The World: Carolina for Kibera’s Rye Barcott Describes Fighting War and Waging Peace
Wednesday, March 30, 2011: Founder of Carolina for Kibera Rye Barcott talks with the World’s anchor Lisa Mullins about his memoir, “It Happened on the Way to War: A Marine’s Path to Peace.” Read more
New York Times: Museum for African Art Receives $3 Million Gift
Wednesday, March 9, 2011: The Museum for African Art in New York received a $3 million gift from the Ford Foundation toward the construction of its new home on Fifth Avenue. Read more
CBS 60 Minutes: Panthera Featured for its Groundbreaking Work on Big Cats
Sunday, January 30, 2011: Aid for Africa member Panthera is featured for its work on the Pantanal Jaguar Project in Brazil. Learn more
New York Times: Ashesi University Transforming Africa through Higher Education
Sunday, January 16, 2011: When Patrick Awuah left his native Ghana in 1985 to study abroad, he had little notion of the opportunities that would await him back home 13 years later. In 2002, Mr. Awuah founded Ashesi University College, a private, liberal arts college in Labone, a suburb of Accra, Ghana’s capital, with a small class of 30 and big dreams of transforming the continent. Read more
ABC News 20/20: charity: water’s Founder Discusses Why Africa?
Friday, December 15, 2010: Scott Harrison, the founder of charity: water, discusses why the organization works to provide clean water in Africa, citing their partnerships with communities and their ten-year monitoring program. Learn more
Parade Magazine: Partners In Health Founders Named Personalities of the Year
Sunday, December 12, 2010: As 2010 draws to a close, Parade Magazine recognizes Partners In Health‘s founders Paul Farmer and Ophelia Dahl among its outstanding Personalities of the Year. Read more
Barron’s: 25 Best Givers for 2010 includes Two Aid for Africa Members
Saturday, December 4, 2010: Barron’s list of 25 Best Givers for 2010 is out and includes founders of two Aid for Africa members—A Glimmer of Hope Foundation and World Bicycle Relief! Created with Global Philanthropy Group, the list highlights giving efforts that have strong ripple effects or are magnified with alliances with other groups. Read more
USA Today: Aid for Africa Says Education Key for Girls in Africa
Friday, September 17, 2010: Educating girls in Africa helps them earn income, avoid HIV/AIDS, marry later, have fewer and healthier children, and contribute to the development of their communities. Read more
New York Times: Nicholas Kristof’s Column Focuses on World Bicycle Relief
Thursday, September 16, 2010: In his New York Times op-ed column, Nicholas Kristof highlights the work of Aid for Africa member World Bicycle Relief in Zimbabwe, where a sustainable aid project is taking hold. Read more
CNN’s Inside Africa: World Bicycle Relief Provides a Lifeline in Rural Zambia
Wednesday, September 8, 2010: When World Bicycle Relief provided bicycles to students in rural Zambia, enrollment increased from 300 to 867. Many students able to attend because of the bikes were girls, who are now able to do their morning chores and get to school safely and on time. Learn more
New York Times: Letter to the Editor
Tuesday, July 22, 2010: Aid for Africa Executive Director writes a letter to the editor asking that as research on promising HIV/AIDS prevention moves forward, effective programs already in place not be shortchanged. Read more
Newsweek: Trees for the Future’s Work in Haiti Suggests Trees are Key to Recovery
Friday: July 16, 2010: Trees for the Future has been helping people living on degraded land to improve their lives through environmentally sound development projects in Africa and throughout the world. Nowhere is the need greater than in Haiti. Read more
CNN: Invisible Children Volunteer Killed in Uganda Was Dedicated to Service
Tuesday, July 13, 2010: Nate Henn, the 25-year-old former University of Delaware rugby player who died in the Kampala, Uganda, bomb blast on Sunday, July 11, joined the nonprofit Invisible Children last year and spent much of his time as an unpaid volunteer, traveling with the group around the United States. Learn more
New York Times: Museum for African Art Will Be Only Second Devoted to African Art in US
Sunday, June 20, 2010: When the Museum for African Art opens its new building at 110th and Broadway in New York in 2011, it will be only the second museum in the US devoted solely to African art. The first is the National Museum of Art in Washington, DC. Read more
Rwanda Times: Books For Africa Donates 22,000 Books in English and Kinjanwanda
Wednesday, June 9, 2010: Forty one schools are set to benefit from Books for Africa project by receiving 22,000 textbooks published in both English and Kinjanwanda for pre-primary and primary school children. Read more.
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
Time: Panthera’s Lion Guardian Program Part of the Solution for Protecting Lions and People
Friday, May 21, 2010: In efforts to save declining lion populations in East Africa, solutions, such as Panthera‘s Lion Guardians program, are being tested. Read more
Forbes: Can this Bicycle Save Lives? World Bicycle Relief Delivers Better Lives through Bicycles
May 10, 2010, New York: World Bicycle Relief’s founder F. K.Day is working to get millions of people in Sub Saharan Africa onto heavy-duty bikes designed to withstand rough roads and carry up to 200 pounds of cargo. Read More
Fast Company Magazine: Ashesi University Founder Named one of 100 Most Creative People in 2010
May 2010: Ashesi University founder Patrick Awuah was named one of 100 most creative people in business for 2010 by New York’s Fast Company magazine. Read more
Wall Street Journal: Op-Ed by Aid for Africa Member Africa Fighting Malaria
April 8, 2010: About those malaria goals–Modern science, including insecticides, saves lives. Too bad environmentalists and regulators, from Washington to Brussels, are so eager to stop it. Read more
Financial Times: Patrick Awuah’s Ashesi University Sets High Standards to Mold Africa’s Future Leaders
Thursday, January 28, 2010: Some say that the most powerful way to change the world is to educate its future leaders. This is certainly the view of Patrick Awuah, founder and president of Ghana’s Ashesi University. Read More
CNN Story on Aid for Africa Member Solar Light for Africa
Thursday, November 5, 2009: A family-run charity is making life a little bit brighter in Eastern Africa. CNN’s T.J. Holmes reports. Learn more
Channel 8 News in Austin, Texas, Story on Aid for Africa Member A Glimmer of Hope
Friday, July 31, 2009: A Glimmer of Hope Foundation and students from the Austin Tennis Academy visit northern Ethiopia to meet with villagers and see two schools and eight water wells built with donations from the Austin Tennis Academy. Learn more
Aid for Africa Member Earth Institute, Merck Launch Program to Strengthen Rural Africa Health Systems
Monday, June 22, 2009: The Earth Institute at Columbia University with the Merck Company Foundation announces program to train 800 community health workers to serve 400,000 people in ten African countries. Read more
CNN Story on Aid for Africa Member Books for Africa
Friday, June 19, 2009: “Feeding kids’ minds: a moral obligation?” by John Blake looks at a recent trip to bring books to Tanzania though Aid for Africa member Books for Africa. Learn more
Aid for Africa Member Global Action for Children Speaks Out on the Day of the African Child
Tuesday, June 16, 2009: Global Action for Children says that 12 million AIDS orphans and 38 million children out of school in sub-Saharan Africa need a Children’s Advocate. Read more
Aid for Africa Member Livestock Research Institute Issues Study
Wednesday, June 3, 2009: Researchers in Nairobi find that while crop farming for the areas where 35 million Africans currently live will likely disappear by 2050, livestock production may still be viable. Read more
New York Times Letter to the Editor
Sunday, March 8, 2009: Aid for Africa Executive Director writes a letter to the editor of The New York Times calling for aid that provides micro-finance and other local-level support for Africa. Read more