Causes: AIDS, Community Health Systems, Food, Health, Nutrition

Mission: The American Foundation for Children with AIDS (AFCA) is a non-profit organization providing critical comprehensive services to infected and affected HIV+ children and their caregivers. Our programs are efficient, promoting self-reliance and sustainability. Since 2005, in collaboration with our in-country partners, we have served tens of thousands of families in some of the most underserved and marginalized communities in Africa. Our areas of impact include: medical support, livelihoods, educational support and emergency relief. Currently, AFCA is transforming lives in Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Target demographics: Children from pre-birth to they turn 19 years old

Geographic areas served: Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, Uganda

Programs: We provide anti-retroviral and other life-saving medicines to HIV+ children and their guardians; medical supplies and equipment; nutritional support; school fees; livestock and seeds for livelihoods projects (goats, gardens, chickens, etc); sustainable food solutions for orphanages