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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

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