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19-535: The organization is partnered with Africare , and is staffed entirely by volunteers to minimize overhead. In 2002, fans of the band U2 were inspired by Bono's visit to Uganda and began raising money for a well in Africa. By 2005, the nonprofit group had 135 members and raised more than $ 110,000. Funds donated to the African Well Fund are used by Africare, which works with local communities. Local communities that have

38-670: A $ 39,550 budget, a U.S. headquarters in the basement of Lucas's home and one project in Niger. Africare first concentrated on helping to alleviate the effects of severe drought in West Africa. By the mid-1970s, Africare had shifted its emphasis to development programs in the areas of food, water, the environment and health—expanding in the late 1980s to include microenterprise development, governance, basic education and, as it became necessary, HIV/AIDS response, as well as emergency humanitarian aid. The president and CEO of Africare since November, 2015,

57-671: A B.A. from Morehouse College (1964) and a Master's of Public Affairs from Princeton University 's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (1966). He has also studied at the University of Geneva and the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Switzerland, the U.S. Department of State Foreign Institute's Senior Seminar, the Federal Executive Institute, and Institut de Francais. Mr. Coles retired from

76-702: A position he previously held from 1997 to 2002. He served as the Director of Howard University's Ralph J. Bunche International Affairs Center from 1994 to 1997. Most of Mr. Coles' career of some 28 years in the foreign service has been spent as a senior official with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). While with USAID, Mr. Coles was Mission Director in Swaziland and Senegal and served in Vietnam, Morocco, Liberia, Nepal, and Washington, DC. He received

95-530: A well installed by the project select a water user committee to monitor and maintain the facility. The Africare-connected representatives who help set up the wells use that as an opportunity to also educate the community about the issues of HIV and AIDS. For Bono's 50th birthday, U2 fans attempted to raise 50,000 dollars for the Buhara District in Zimbabwe. This article about an international organization

114-502: Is Robert L. Mallett . He develops Africare's strategic vision in a new environment for development assistance. He articulates Africare's unique guiding philosophy and value proposition. Mr. Mallett has a diverse background in law, government, public policy, healthcare and international development. Before joining Africare in late 2015, Mr. Mallett served on the board of directors for seven years and as president and CEO at Accordia Global Health Foundation which has just merged with Africare. He

133-471: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Africare Africare is a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., which provides development aid for Africa . It was founded by Dr. Joseph Kennedy and C. Payne Lucas in 1970, former Peace Corps members who worked in eastern Niger . Africare is the largest and oldest African-American founded international NGO focused exclusively on

152-462: Is the former President of Africare and is Director of Morehouse College's Andrew Young Center for International Affairs. He has spent over four decades engaged in international development work in Africa or for the benefit of African countries. Julius E. Coles is the former President of Africare and since 2009 has served as Director of Morehouse College's Andrew Young Center for International Affairs,

171-512: The Andrew Young Center for International Affairs at Morehouse College . Dr. Darius Mans assumed the position of President of Africare on January 4, 2010. Prior to joining Africare, Dr. Mans served as acting chief executive officer of Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). Dr. Mans has over 30 years of development experience with a major focus on African countries. Prior to being tapped as acting chief executive officer for MCC, Dr. Mans

190-646: The Presidential Meritorious Service Award (1983-1986), and was decorated by President Abdou Diouf of Senegal as Commander in the Order of Lion (1994). He is a member of the boards of The African Development Foundation , Health and Development International , The Mountain Institute , Andrew Young Center for International Affairs at Morehouse College and Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School, Academy for Educational Development . In addition, he

209-627: The Republic of Niger, appealed to the United States on the effort's behalf, asking, "Why don't black Americans, whose ancestors came from the continent, respond to the needs in Africa?" C. Payne Lucas, then the director of the Peace Corps Office of Returned Volunteers in Washington, D.C. served previously in Niger and knew the president from that time. Lucas and others decided to form an organization to answer Hamani's appeal. In 1970, Africare

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228-497: The U.S. Department of Commerce. He is a graduate of Morehouse College and received a law degree from Harvard University. In mid-June 2002, C. Payne Lucas retired after 31 years as president and Africare hired its third president, Julius E. Coles , a 28-year veteran of the U.S. Agency for International Development , the first director of the Ralph J. Bunche International Affairs Center at Howard University and, most recently, director of

247-807: The U.S. Government Foreign Service in 1994 with the rank of Career Minister. Coles received numerous awards including the Global Citizen Award, International Youth Leadership Institute [2011], the Bennie Achievement Award, Morehouse College [2010], Princeton in Africa Lifetime Achievement Award [2009], the James Madison Medal, Princeton University [2007], Morehouse College National Alumnus of the Year [2006], Amistad Achievement Award [2003], Distinguished Career Service Award (1995),

266-623: The continent of Africa . Since 1970, Africare has been improving lives and building a better future by partnering with local communities, focusing on agriculture and food security , healthcare, maternal and child health, HIV/AIDS , access to potable water, and women's empowerment. In more than 40 years of building partnerships with local communities, NGOs, governments and the private sector , Africare has invested over $ 1 billion in more than 35 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The organization employs men and women who are largely indigenous to

285-891: The countries or to the areas where it works. More than 98% of the staff is of African descent and about 30 staff and volunteers work at the organization's headquarters in the Washington, D.C. Africare's programs address needs mostly in the areas of food security and agriculture, health and HIV/AIDS, water and sanitation , and emergency and humanitarian aid . Africare also supports water resource development, environmental resource management , basic education, microenterprise development, governance initiatives, and women's empowerment. Africare currently has active programs in Angola , Benin , Burkina Faso , Chad , Ghana , Liberia , Malawi , Mali , Mozambique , Niger , Nigeria , Senegal , South Africa , Tanzania , and Zimbabwe . In 1970, when Africare

304-624: Was a senior corporate executive at two of the world's largest companies. He was executive vice president and general counsel for the Public & Senior Markets Group at United Healthcare and at Pfizer Inc. he served as senior vice president of worldwide public affairs and policy and as president of the Pfizer Foundation. Mallett has been in private practice at international law firms in the United States, and served in former president Bill Clinton's administration as acting secretary and deputy secretary of

323-578: Was founded, West Africa was in the midst of one of the most severe droughts in its history. Among those providing help—medical aid to the Maine-Soroa town Hospital in Diffa , Niger —were 17 American volunteers, led by William O. Kirker, M.D., and Barbara Jean A. Kirker, who named their group "Africare". The Kirkers themselves had been working in Africa to improve African healthcare since 1966, but eventually they needed more support. Diori Hamani , then president of

342-527: Was incorporated in Hawaii, with Kirker as its founder and first president. In 1971, Africare was permanently reincorporated in Washington, D.C. Lucas became the executive director (later, that title changed to "president"), and Kirker joined the board. In addition to Kirker and Lucas, other incorporators were Oumarou G. Youssoufou, a Nigerian diplomat, and Joseph C. Kennedy, Ph.D., then in the Peace Corps. It began with

361-486: Was the organization's vice president of implementation where he oversaw the strategic and operational approaches of MCC's entire compact implementation portfolio of over $ 6.3 billion in 18 countries. Mans also served as MCC's managing director for Africa, where he drove an increase in commitments to Africa by $ 1.6 billion. Penelope Campbell, Africare, Black American Philanthropy in Africa. Transaction Publishers, 2011. Julius E. Coles Julius Earl Coles (born 1942)

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