Africare House
Africa: Sunsetting of Africare, Sunrise of PanAfricare
Africare, 3 August 2020
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 »
On October 8, 1987 Africare House opened its doors at 440 R Street, N.W. in Washington, DC, and served as home to Africare for 32 years.
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C. Payne Lucas, co-founder and longtime CEO of Africare and leading voice on U.S. Africa relations for more than four decades, died September 15, one day after his 85th birthday. A native of North Carolina and an Air Force veteran, Lucas served as Peace Corps country director for Niger and then Africa director before leaving to create the first major African American-led NGO, which is focused on promoting development across
Read more »In 1971, Mr. C. Payne Lucas was appointed executive director of Africare, and Dr. Joseph C. Kennedy served as the director of international programs. Together they expanded Africare's reach from an organization providing disaster relief in Niger into a leading international development organization providing food security and agriculture, environmental management, civil society development and governance, health and HIV/AIDS, and emergency humanitarian aid in 26 African countries over the span
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Dr. Joseph C Kennedy, co-founder and longtime director of International Development and vice president of Africare, who died in December, is remembered for his dedication to improving the quality of life for people across Africa. "It was my privilege to work with one of the African-American giants in the field of international development," former regional director of South Africa at Africare Kevin Lowther observed in a 2014 tribute to Kennedy.
Read more »Africare honored Mr. C. Payne Lucas and Dr. Joseph C. Kennedy with the 2014 Africare Lifetime Achievement Award at the Bishop John T. Walker Memorial Dinner for the tremendous contributions they have each made to Africare over more than four decades. Their relentless commitment to advancing development across the continent, by providing life-changing training, tools and services to African men, women and children, has made a tangible and sustainable difference in the lives of millions of Africans.
see more »A 35 year recap of Africare's work on the continent of Africa to develop strong communities and improve the standard of living for its people. Africare is the largest African American led nonprofit organization in the U.S., delivering more than $580 million in assistance through over 2,000 projects since 1970.
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