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Blog: Blog Archive
Fighting the World Water Crisis One School at a Time
June 27th, 2017Imagine going to school and having to get your drinking water from a dirty pond? Imagine needing to use the lavatory, but all the stalls were missing doors. Imagine there […]
Children in Africa Draw their Dreams
June 14th, 2017Do you remember when someone asked you what you wanted to be when you grew up? What did you say? A police officer, a teacher, a pilot? Poor children in […]
When a Maasai Girl Graduates, Her Community Benefits
October 5th, 2016When Abigael Simaloi Pertet finished fifth grade in 2003, she was faced with the possibility that she would not be able to return to school. Her grandparents, who were a […]
Redesigning African Student Thinking to Solve African Problems
July 29th, 2016Think innovative startups are the domain of Silicon Valley and other “high tech” areas in the United States? How about Ashesi University near Accra, Ghana? Since Ashesi began offering a […]
Two African Women Beat the Education Odds
September 1st, 2015It’s back to a new school year for children throughout much of the world this month. In many countries in Africa, students lucky enough to attend school are in the […]
Mobile Phones Mean Success for Female Students in Tanzania
March 31st, 2015At a rural girls’ school in northern Tanzania, staff know that education is the first step to empowering their students. Ask them what the second step is, and they will […]
Paying it Forward through Education
March 4th, 2015Humphrey Luora grew up in the Kibera slums outside of Nairobi, Kenya. Something his father often repeated when he was growing up, has informed his life. That was: “No education, […]
Expressing Love for Others on Valentine’s Day
February 11th, 2015In Bantu, a language spoken in southern Africa, the word “ubuntu” means humanness or human kindness. It also represents a philosophy that implies human connectedness, which was articulated by Archbishop […]
It’s Time to Invest in Girls and End the Cycle of Violence
October 10th, 2014It’s been two years since the United Nations declared October 11 the International Day of the Girl in response to the problem of neglect and devaluation of girls around the […]
A Country Emerging from the Shadows
April 8th, 2014What African country lacking oil or diamonds experienced economic growth of 8 percent since 2010? Reduced the percentage of people living below the poverty line in the last ten years […]
Bill and Melinda Gates Bust Myths about Development in Africa with Discovery Channel’s “MythBusters” and the Science Guy
January 24th, 2014In the past, Aid for Africa has written optimistically about Africa’s future. Others share our passion, particularly Bill and Malinda Gates. In the 2014 Gates Annual Letter, the couple discusses […]
Five Reasons to Educate an African Girl—And Change Everything!
October 11th, 2013For most of us, the idea of not being able to attend school because of one’s gender is unthinkable. But in developing countries, particularly in Africa, it’s all too common […]
Aid for Africa Girls Education Fund Spotlight – Josephine Sabina Lekuton
August 21st, 2013Josephine Sabina Lekuton – Helping Herself, Helping Her Family Josephine Sabina Lekuton grew up in Karare, a small drought-threatened village in rural northern Kenya, where people historically relied on livestock […]
Will President Obama Find a Rising Africa on his Upcoming Trip?
June 24th, 2013As U.S. President Barack Obama and his family head out to Sub Saharan Africa this week, they will find a continent many thoughtful economists believe is on the rise. A […]
Aid for Africa Girls Education Spotlight–Phoebe Amoako
March 29th, 2013Phoebe Amoako– A Passion for Education Realized Phoebe Amoako grew up in Tema, Ghana, a port city in the southeast of the West African country. One of three children raised […]
Ending AIDS Begins with Africa
December 1st, 2012Can AIDS be eliminated in our lifetime? US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton thinks so. Just in time for World AIDS Day, December 1, Secretary Clinton has unveiled a blueprint […]
Today is A Day to Recognize Girls
October 11th, 2012A global campaign to support the empowerment of girls has led to the United Nations designating October 11th as the very first International Day of the Girl. Aid for Africa […]
Building Literacy–Libraries are Changing Lives in Africa
September 7th, 2012Imagine you picked up a book and couldn’t read the words, went to take a medication but couldn’t read the instructions, or visited a new city and couldn’t read the […]
Ritah’s Story– Defeating Adversity through Education, Fighting HIV/AIDs by Giving Back
July 29th, 2012As the 19th International AIDS Conference ended this week, the delegates packed up, said their goodbyes and caught jets back to their home countries. One of those delegates was Ritah […]
Trash is Not Trash Until It Is Wasted
January 26th, 2012Many of us recycle our bottles and waste without ever seeing the tangible benefits. Although recycling is practiced far less commonly in Sub Sahara Africa, the recycling efforts of two […]
Looking to a Brighter Future in Africa
January 3rd, 2012When thinking about Africa, the facts that come to mind are often not good. Most Africans live on less than $2 a day. The average life span in many countries […]
Overcoming Barriers to Graduating from High School
November 15th, 2011In Kenya, where three quarters of all high school students never graduate, Aid for Africa member Kenya Education Fund (KEF) helps disadvantaged students beat the odds. There are a number […]
Eliminating the Obstacles Keeping African Children Out of School
September 14th, 2011This September throughout the United States, school-age children picked up their books and lunch money and headed off to school. They look forward to doing that every year through their […]
Education on Overdrive—Creating Sustainable Schools
August 26th, 2011In Uganda and Tanzania, students supported by Aid for Africa members are learning more than reading, science, and math. They are learning how to make their schools sustainable. For the […]
Turning the Millennium Goals into Reality: Goal 4—Reduce Child Mortality
August 15th, 2011In the fourth blog post in our series about the UN’s Millennium Development Goals we focus on Millennium Goal 4: Reduce Child Mortality. The UN goal is to reduce child mortality by two thirds between 2009 and 2015.
Africa's Newest Country – The Republic of South Sudan
July 11th, 2011On July 9 the world welcomed its newest country and the 54th in Africa—the Republic of South Sudan.
Africa’s Newest Country – The Republic of South Sudan
July 11th, 2011On July 9 the world welcomed its newest country and the 54th in Africa—the Republic of South Sudan.
Turning the Millennium Development Goals Into Reality: Part 2
June 8th, 2011In the second blog post in our series about the UN’s Millennium Development Goals we focus on Millennium Goal 2: Ensure that by 2015, children everywhere are able to complete […]
Fostering Development from within a Community—The Value of Small Nonprofits
May 13th, 2011Most people who view the Kibera slum of 1 million–with its burgeoning youth population–on the outskirts of Nairobi see a powder keg waiting to explode. A few others, like Rye […]
For the Love of Soccer
July 8th, 2010As the World Cup winds down this week, we are left with images of the best teams in the world competing for the top honor in soccer in vibrant and […]
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