Africa: Sunsetting of Africare, Sunrise of PanAfricare

Crowning an impressive fifty-year legacy of high-impact programming within Africa , the Africare Board of Directors and President & CEO Robert L. Mallett today announced both… Read more »

Africa: In Memoriam: Mr. C. Payne Lucas (1933-2018)

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Africa: Africare to Honor Amb. Linda Thomas-Greenfield for Distinguished Humanitarian Service

Four Additional Individuals and Organizations Will be Recognized for Their Service to Africa Read more »

Africa: Africare Introduces New Chief of Programs

Africare announced Franklin C. Moore, recently the Deputy Assistant Administrator in the Bureau of Africa at the United States Agency for International Development, the highest… Read more »

Africa: Africare Announces New President - New Africare Leader Robert L. Mallett to Lead NGO into its Second Half Century of Service to Africa

Africare, the nation's oldest and largest African-American founded organization providing assistance to Africa, announced Robert L. Mallett will become the fourth President in the… Read more »

Africa: Africare to Host Annual Bishop John T. Walker Memorial Dinner Gala on December 5

Africare's Bishop John T. Walker Memorial Dinner Gala, one of the nation's largest annual fundraising events for Africa, will be held on December 5, 2015, at the Marriott Wardman… Read more »

Benin: Africare Receives Benin Presidential Medal of Honor for Malaria Prevention Work

Children across the West African nation of Benin sleep safer at night and live healthier because a modest pilot program to decrease malaria-related deaths directed by Africare, a… Read more »

Africa: Africare Celebrates African-American Leadership At Its 2014 Bishop John T. Walker Memorial Dinner

Peace Corps Alumni C. Payne Lucas and Dr. Joseph C. Kennedy recognized for their pioneering leadership in international development. Read more »

Africa: Former Brazilian President Lula Joins Africare To Mark Renewed Investment And Development In a 'New Africa'

Vale To Receive Corporate Award On November 9, 2011, former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will join leaders from government, international… Read more »

Africa: Africare Celebrates 40 Years Of Development Assistance To Africa

Awards presented to Nelson Mandela, Dr. Nzozi N. Okonjo-Iweala and Rex Tillerson Read more »

Africa: Senior Vice President, Jeannine B. Scott to Leave Africare

After seven years of exemplary service as Senior Vice President, Jeannine B. Scott has announced her departure from Africare. Read more »

Africa: Africare Honors Grammy Award Winner John Legend at 2009 Africare Award Dinner

Every fall, more than 2,000 international, government and corporate leaders gather in Washington, DC, for what has become the largest annual event for Africa in the United States.… Read more »

Africa: Africare to Honor Grammy Award-Winner John Legend at 2009 Africare Dinner

The 2009 Africare Bishop John T. Walker Memorial Dinner saluting six-time Grammy Award-winner and humanitarian John Legend. Read more »

Africa: Africare Board Names Darius Mans as New President

Africare, a leading international development organization specializing in development assistance to Africa, has chosen Darius Mans, Acting Chief Executive Officer of Millennium… Read more »

Africa: Africare to Honor Grammy Award Winner John Legend at 2009 Africare Award Dinner -- Selection Underscores Voice of New Generation in Philanthropy

Every fall, more than 2,000 international, government and corporate leaders gather in Washington, DC, for what has become the largest annual event for Africa in the United States.… Read more »

Africa: Africare Among First NGOs to Develop iPhone App

Africare, the largest and oldest U.S. development organization focused solely on Africa, has launched an exciting new marketing campaign – Pass It On! – to highlight… Read more »

Africa: Julius E. Coles to Retire from Africare

True to his promise to himself and his family, Julius E. Coles has announced his retirement as President of Africare effective December 31, 2009.  Taking the reins in 2002,… Read more »

Africa: Africare Honors President George W. Bush at 2008 Africare Award Dinner

Every fall, more than 2,000 international, government and corporate leaders gather in Washington, DC, for what has become the largest annual event for Africa in the United States.… Read more »

Africa: Africare to Honor President George W. Bush at 2008 Africare Award Dinner

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South Africa: Africare to Host Young African- American's Documentary Preview - "A Positive Vision of Africa"

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Africa: A Night to Remember - Annual Dinner Honors President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia and Raises $1.2 million for Development Initiatives in Africa

The 2007 Bishop Walker Memorial Dinner, hosted by non-profit organization Africare, welcomed over 2-thousand leaders and distinguished guests from around the world to the Hilton… Read more »

Africa: Twenty Years Young, and Growing - Africare House Celebrates 20 Years

At first glance, the old boarded-up school house appeared to buckle under the weight of neglect.  Once a former elementary school, the building standing at 440 R. Street, NW… Read more »

Africa: From Bukalo to the Bishop Walker Dinner: Celebrating the Empowerment of Women in Africa

Since 2004, when her husband passed away from HIV, Jen Matapi has struggled to care for her two children and two grandchildren. Physically disabled, and living with HIV, she cannot… Read more »

Africa: An Africare Leadership Spotlight: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia and the Road to Reconstructing a Nation

On November 11, 2005, in the West African country of the Republic of Liberia, a pivotal moment in the history of African politics took place.   With an impressive 59.4 percent… Read more »

Africa: Edwina's Story: Celebrating the Empowerment of Women in Africa

In the village of Nyanga, in Ntungamo District, Uganda, 18-year-old Edwina gazes out the window of her family's small house, lost in big thoughts. Edwina, the third of nine… Read more »