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About Us
African Aid
Organization, Inc. (AFAID) is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit
organization located in Washington, DC. Its mission is to provide youth
with the tools, knowledge and resources to protect themselves against
HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections, and alleviate
poverty. We currently focus our intervention in three countries in
sub-Saharan Africa: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Uganda, but we intend to
expand into more countries in the near future. We are entirely
self-funding through donations from private individuals, foundations,
and businesses both large and small. All public donations fund our
programs, while corporate donations fund our operating and fundraising
costs. Your donation allows us to continue helping these vulnerable
children.
More than two decades into the
AIDS epidemic, Children/youth in its path remain at grave risk. The
risks are many, as children affected by HIV/AIDS may experience
poverty, homelessness, hopelessness, school drop-out, discrimination,
loss of life opportunity and early death.
Bringing Real and Lasting Change
Our
objectives are intended to address the very factors that contribute to
the spread of HIV/AIDS infection. We are looking to provide 2,500 HIV
affected children and an estimated 15,000 family members with
high-quality home-based care and counseling services. We will also
provide a package of social support services to at least 25% of these
2,500 children.
Due to the
extreme poverty among the youth we serve, priority is given to basic
needs, such as food and school supplies. We will continue to help
educate these children so that they can overcome illiteracy. We know
that too many children live in silence with the harsh reality of
poverty, hunger, and HIV/AIDS, and we work to help to restore hope and
joy to these children’s lives. We will continue to invest all that we
can in these children in order to help build a brighter future for
them.
By providing impoverished children
with a chance for a better future, you help to reduce
their daily struggles, invest in their potential, and provide them with
the opportunity to grow up healthy and prepared to succeed in life.
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