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Map for Change - Africa (AF)
Djibouti
Organization name: American Employee and Recreation Association (AERA)
Office location: U.S. Embassy Djibouti
Country: Djibouti
Region: AF
Size: Small (1-10 employees)
Year founded: 1982
Service area(s): Adults, Financial Management, Skills Training
Beneficiaries: American embassy employees and family members.
Volunteer history: The AERA commissary is a true focal point for the community and the line out the door on the days it is open is a testament to its importance to us all. In addition to being a shop, the commissary is a social gathering place where people can touch base with others, interact with community members they don’t see regularly, and meet someone new. A 2022 SOSA nominee conducted an audit and discovered anomalies in anticpated shipping fees. Working with the board and personnel at the military base, they developed an accurate picture of the commisary's accounts. **SOSA= AAFSW's Secretary of State Award for Outstanding Volunteerism Abroad. Visit https://www.aafsw.org/sosa/ to learn more.
Ghana
Organization name: Days for Girls, Ghana
Office location: Accra
Country: Ghana
Region: AF
Website:
Contact person: Ghana@daysforgirls.org
Size: Small (1-10 employees)
Year founded: 2008
Service area(s): Education, Public Health/Medicine, Gender Issues
Beneficiaries: We increase access to menstrual care and education by developing global partnerships, cultivating Social Entrepreneurs, mobilizing volunteers and innovating sustainable solutions that shatter stigma and limitations for women and girls.
Volunteer history: 2021 SOSA Honorable Mention, Jennie Linton volunteered with this organization remotely. While posted in China, she led a volunteer group of Consulate employees and EFMs to create durable, reusable feminine hygiene kits for young women and girls. The kits were given to girls in Africa and India. **Days for Girls supports girls and partner organizations around the globe. Visit https://www.daysforgirls.org/contact-us/ or https://www.daysforgirls.org/where-we-operate/ for more locations ** Remote volunteering **SOSA= AAFSW's Secretary of State Award for Outstanding Volunteerism Abroad. Visit https://www.aafsw.org/sosa/ to learn more.
Guinea
Organization name: Corpovertice
Office location: Conakry
Country: Guinea
Region: AF
Website: https://corpovertice.org
Contact person: Sonia Carolina Torres Lopez, sctorresL@corpovertice.org
Size: Small (1-10 employees)
Year founded: 2020
Service area(s): Children, Underprivileged Communities, Fundraising
Beneficiaries: Children of the women who live and work in a local open-air market. 80 of these children from the market and the surrounding community receive food assistance, education support and annual health check ups. Food is sourced from a farmers group in Kindia, a rural area 70 miles from Conakry. The project benefit local women farmers making business under the fair trade model.
Volunteer history: In 2018, family member and 2022 SOSA Honorable Mention, Sonia Carolina Lopez Torres, established a feeding program for over 80 children in a low-income neighborhood in Conakry with members of the Embassy community. Volunteers worked with host government, partnering with a local NGO and local businesses, founded a business to fund the activities, and training local employees. **SOSA= AAFSW's Secretary of State Award for Outstanding Volunteerism Abroad. Visit https://www.aafsw.org/sosa/ to learn more
Mali
Organization name: Pensons A Demain (PAD)
Office location: Lafiabougou area of Bamako, not far from ACI-2000. Located behind the cemetary
Country: Mali
Region: AF
Website: https://kaderkeita.org/
Contact person: supton2005 @ yahoo.co.uk
Size: Small (1-10 employees)
Year founded: 2004
Service area(s): Children, Underprivileged Communities
Beneficiaries: PAD provides training and support for at-risk youth. Their core program for young, unwed new mothers provides literacy, seamstress and bogolan-making training, and arranges for jobs at the end of the program. PAD also provides food and post-natal care for the mothers and babies during the program. The young mothers start the program with no good prospects and finish with options for the future.
Volunteer history: US Embassy community members have volunteered at PAD in the past. PAD has also done bogolan-making workshops for the embassy and expat communities, including at the American Club.
Namibia
Organization name: SCORE
Office location: 5th Floor, NIDA Building, 11 Goethe Street , Windhoek, Namibia
Country: Namibia
Region: AF
Website: https://www.facebook.com/NGOScoreNamibia
Contact person: info.namibia@score.org.za
Size: Small (1-10 employees)
Year founded: 2000
Service area(s): Children
Beneficiaries: Our Mission SCORE uses sport to provide children and youth with valuable skills and opportunities that they need to succeed in life and contribute to their communities.
Volunteer history: A 2012 SOSA nominee and FSO volunteered here. The FSO enhanced the sports program and ran a weekly sports program where they worked with 32 students aged 4- 14 and each week introduces a new sport or skill. They also worked with the children on the concept of teamwork, something they often have a hard time displaying. **SOSA= AAFSW's Secretary of State Award for Outstanding Volunteerism Abroad. Visit https://www.aafsw.org/sosa/ to learn more.
Nigeria
Organization name: Cat Spaying Project
Office location: Abuja
Country: Nigeria
Region: AF
Contact person: Dr. Bala Abubakar Muhammad
Size: Small (1-10 employees)
Year founded: 2022
Service area(s): Animal Welfare
Beneficiaries: Stray cats, veterinary college students.
Volunteer history: A 2022 SOSA nominee worked with a local veterinarian, Dr. Bala Abubakar Muhammad, to create a program to capture, spay, vaccinate, and release stray cats. Reduction in the stray cat population and a reduction in rabies incidents. Veterinary colleges benefit by affording students hands-on experience conducting delicate surgery under the skilled tutelage of their professors. **SOSA= AAFSW's Secretary of State Award for Outstanding Volunteerism Abroad. Visit https://www.aafsw.org/sosa/ to learn more.
Rwanda
Organization name: Bridge2Rwanda
Office location: KK 737 St, Kigali, Rwanda
Country: Rwanda
Region: AF
Website: https://www.bridge2rwanda.org/
Contact person: Fonda at volunteer@bridge2rwanda.org
Size: Large (>100 employees)
Year founded: 2007
Service area(s): Adults, Children, Education
Beneficiaries: Students and Young Leaders in Rwanda and East Africa B2R runs the Bridge to Rwanda Scholars, a college transition program to help High Achieving Low Income students from Rwanda and East Africa prepare for and attend university abroad. Almost 100% of the students earn full tuition, room, board and cost of attendance scholarships to their future university and are supported while in school and then upon transitioning back to their home country through summer and post-graduation internships, business incubation, etc. They also have recently opened Isomo Academy a broader summer program to help all eligible students in Rwanda prepare for international college applications via an intensive advanced English training academy. Finally, B2R has an agricultural development program to boost efficient production in the region and provide career opportunities in agriculture, engineering and other technical fields.
Volunteer history: Volunteers can participate in teaching English itself, or a variety of other classes that will help students prepare for higher education, including freshman level college courses, personal development, critical thinking, history, test prep and more. You can also support their efforts to place graduates in careers throughout East Africa by helping with resume and interview preparation and other post-baccalaureate support. EFM and 2022 CCE-EFM winner, Lauren Steed volunteered with Bridge2Rwanda
Tanzania
Organization name: Diplomatic Spouses Association
Country: Tanzania
Region: AF
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1633960506674613
Contact person: CLO Dar es Salaam, Jennifer Ezell: EzellJG@state.gov
Size: Small (1-10 employees)
Year founded: 2017
Service area(s): Underprivileged Communities, Fundraising
Beneficiaries: DSA partners with many charities in our community through donations and volunteering.
Volunteer history: Family Member and 2022 SOSA nominee volunteered with DSA. Fundraising events led by this volunteer directly supported Dar-ul-Muslimeen orphanage **SOSA= AAFSW's Secretary of State Award for Outstanding Volunteerism Abroad. Visit https://www.aafsw.org/sosa/ to learn more.
Organization name: Women Empowering and Entrepreneurship Development Organization (WEEDO)
Office location: Kigamboni, Dar-es-Salaam
Country: Tanzania
Region: AF
Website: https://www.facebook.com/weedo.womenempowering/, https://weedo-tanzania.org/
Contact person: Rehema Konza, info@weedo-tanzania.com
Size: Medium (11-99 employees)
Year founded: 2019
Service area(s): Adults, Skills Training, Women in Development
Beneficiaries: Adolescent girls and young women aged 13 to 22
Volunteer history: January 2021, volunteers hosted a virtual fundraising event and raised funds to purchase two sewing machines. Embassy community donated two printers for WEEDO. In June 2021, volunteers applied for, and were awarded, a J. Kirby Simon Foreign Service Trust grant. Volunteers work with WEEDO’s Executive Director to explore options for the NGO to become sustainable. A 2022 SOSA nominee was actively involved with these activities. **SOSA= AAFSW's Secretary of State Award for Outstanding Volunteerism Abroad. Visit https://www.aafsw.org/sosa/ to learn more.
Organization name: Dar-ul-Muslimeen orphanage
Office location: Dar-es-Salaam
Country: Tanzania
Region: AF
Contact person: dmorphanage95@gmail.com
Size: Small (1-10 employees)
Year founded: 1982
Service area(s): Children, Underprivileged Communities
Beneficiaries: Orphans in a village four hours driving from Dar es Salaam
Volunteer history: March 2020, volunteers organized a large fundraising event with the Diplomatic Spouses Association of Dar es Salaam to supply groceries for the orphanage’s 40 children for one month and allow the orphanage to purchase additional furniture that they had urgently needed but could not afford. A 2022 SOSA nominee was actively involved with this endeavor. **SOSA= AAFSW's Secretary of State Award for Outstanding Volunteerism Abroad. Visit https://www.aafsw.org/sosa/ to learn more.
Uganda
Organization name: Days for Girls, Uganda
Office location: Kampala
Country: Uganda
Region: AF:
Contact person: Uganda@daysforgirls.org
Size: Small (1-10 employees)
Year founded: 2008
Service area(s): Education, Public Health/Medicine, Gender Issues
Beneficiaries: We increase access to menstrual care and education by developing global partnerships, cultivating Social Entrepreneurs, mobilizing volunteers and innovating sustainable solutions that shatter stigma and limitations for women and girls.
Volunteer history: 2021 SOSA Honorable Mention, Jennie Linton volunteered with this organization remotely. While posted in China, she led a volunteer group of Consulate employees and EFMs to create durable, reusable feminine hygiene kits for young women and girls. The kits were given to girls in Africa and India. **Days for Girls supports girls and partner organizations around the globe. Visit https://www.daysforgirls.org/contact-us/ or https://www.daysforgirls.org/where-we-operate/ for more locations ** Remote volunteering **SOSA= AAFSW's Secretary of State Award for Outstanding Volunteerism Abroad. Visit https://www.aafsw.org/sosa/ to learn more.
Organization name: Raising Up Hope Uganda
Office location: 8G3R+C9 Kampala, Uganda
Country: Uganda
Region: AF
Website: http://www.beautifulresponse.org
Contact person: raisinguphope@gmail.com
Size: Small (1-10 employees)
Year founded: 2007
Service area(s): Children, Underprivileged Communities
Beneficiaries: RUHU supports street children in Kampala. They provide education and an orphanage home for children who have been living on the streets. Additional website and facebook infor: www.raisinguphopeforuganda.org and Raising Up Hope for Uganda on Facebook
Volunteer history: embassy personnel and family members volunteer here
Zambia
Organization name: Appleseed Community Center
Office location: Bauleni Township, Lusaka
Country: Zambia
Region: AF
Website: https://www.rhoappleseed.org
Contact person: Ken and Joy Hoffman info@rhoa.us
Size: Small (1-10 employees)
Year founded: 2011
Service area(s): Adults, Children, Underprivileged Communities
Beneficiaries: A self-sufficient social enterprise offerong a safe and nurturing place off the streets of the Bauleni Township. It provides a place for children and adults to read, study, socialize, play games, learn on computers and have a free lunch 5 days a week. They also provide entrepreneurial opportunities for the young adults from the community
Volunteer history: embassy personnel and family members volunteer here regularly
Organization name: Chikumbuso Women and Orphans Project
Office location: Ngombe Compound, Lusaka
Country: Zambia
Region: AF
Website: https://www.chikumbuso.com
Contact person: Trudy Banda trudybanda2012@gmail.com in Zambia Linda Wilkinsonchikumbuso@liorg.net in the US
Size: Small (1-10 employees)
Year founded: 2005
Service area(s): Adults, Children, Other
Beneficiaries: Chikumbuso is a collective of individuals forming a grassroots community project in Ng'ombe, Zambia. We are all members of the community-students, single mothers, widows, grandmothers, volunteeers, and employees. There is also a school that educates 500 students in grades k-7 and they serve lunches to the students every school day.
Volunteer history: Embassy family members volunteer here
Organization name: Sisters of Charity
Office location: Lusaka
Country: Zambia
Region: AF
Website: https://www.rsccaritas.com/sp-zambia
Contact person: CLOLusaka@state.gov
Size: Small (1-10 employees)
Year founded: 1982
Service area(s): Children
Beneficiaries: orphanage
Volunteer history: volunteers from the embassy helped assist with the babies
Organization name: Chance4All
Office location: G9XG+QC Lusaka, Zambia
Country: Zambia
Region: AF
Website: https://www.chance4all.org
Contact person: Sandra Ngulube info@chance4all.org
Size: Small (1-10 employees)
Year founded: 2017
Service area(s): Children, Education
Beneficiaries: Chance4All aims to be the facilitator between children with educational needs and sponsors, including local companies, willing to help reduce the number of children who are out of school in Lusaka.They offer educational support and mentorship to students they sponsor.
Volunteer history: Embassy personnel and family members have volunteered in the past