Listing Details
| Charity name | AfricAid |
|---|---|
| Address |
25958 Genesee Trail Road, PMB 234 Golden, CO 80401 |
| Contact name | Ashley Shuyler |
| Phone | 720 746 1792 |
| ashley@africaid.com | |
| Website | www.africaid.com |
| Description | AfricAid is a nonprofit organization that supports girls’ education in Africa in order to provide young women with the opportunity to transform their own lives and the futures of their communities. The vision for AfricAid has its roots in the experiences of its founder, Ashley Shuyler, who journeyed to Tanzania for the first time with her family in 1996 at the age of eleven. Struck by the poverty she saw while there, particularly among children her own age, she became determined to do something to help. She soon learned that, in contrast to her own educational experiences in the United States, only a small fraction of girls in Tanzania are able to obtain an education beyond the primary school level. Because of her strong belief that education is the most crucial component of any long-term solution to the many challenges facing East Africa, particularly in the areas of health and inequality, she formed AfricAid. Since its inception in 2001, AfricAid has raised over $600,000 in its mission to support girls’ education in Africa. |
| Supporting agents | JIDE ABE (LAGOS, XX) |
