Karley Friend Beth Krauza Megan Delagatti
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Karley FriendBeth Krauza
Megan Delagatti
Together 4 Africa is a combination of many charities coming together to help and support the struggling communities in Africa and its people.
What’s it about?
Eradicate extreme poverty and hungerAchieve universal primary educationPromote gender equality and empower
womenReduce child mortality Improve maternal healthCombat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseasesEnsure environmental sustainabilityGlobal partnership for development
Development Goals
Mustard Seed ProjectMustard Seed Project
is working with the community of Mgongeni, in Mombasa, Kenya to empower the people to take action to improve their environment and basic facilities.
There’s a school that is in an apartment building.
There’s 125 students and the school is quickly outgrowing the building
Act 4 AfricaAct4Africa delivers
effective HIV/AIDS prevention education by challenging cultural norms and encouraging change in attitudes and behaviors. They encourage women to take control of their sexual health.
Network For Africa
Network for Africa helps people rebuild their lives and communities after the devastation of war and genocide in Rwanda, Uganda and Chad.
42% of Africans still have no access to improved sources of water
About 700,000 children die before their 5th birthday from being sick from the water
Since they do not have toilets, millions of people practice “open defecation”
Water and sanitation
To raise the profile of the development activities that are needed in Africa and of ones we are familiar with
To build strong, equally valued relationships to inspire and boost motivation
To increase fund raising opportunitiesTo create working partnerships
Objectives of Together 4 Africa
This organization is empathetic because they see how people in Africa are suffering and some have even gone to Africa to see what is actually going on.
They want to help in any way they canEmpathy begins with awareness“Put yourself in someone else’s shoes”Charities succeed because of empathy
Why they’re empathetic
http://www.together4africa.org/contact/
How you can help