Recent News
Develop Africa is Featured on the "A Dollar a Day: The Strongest Link" LinkTV Page
Special thanks to our partner UniversalGiving, links to donate to Develop Africa's projects are featured on the "A Dollar a Day: The Strongest Link" LinkTV Page.
In the documentary, A Dollar A Day: The Strongest Link, the central character is Bulewla Princess Cima, an HIV positive health worker who is six months pregnant. Bulewla, a single mother, earns enough money to support her family through her position as a community health worker with the aid organization Wola Nani.
Develop Africa is Featured on UniversalGiving.org as a Top Gift Package
July 2010 - Develop Africa has been featured as a top gift package on UniversalGiving. This distinction should make it easier for visitors to find and donate to this project.
Develop Africa was delighted to receive notice of this distinction and recognition. Develop Africa has been a partner with UniversalGiving since 2006.
Develop Africa Wins $20,000 at Chase Community Giving on Facebook
In July 2010, Develop Africa participated is the Chase Community Giving Challenge on Facebook and emerged successfully as one of the top 200 winners. Develop Africa won the 27th place in terms of the total number of votes from over thousands of organizations that took place in the challenge. As one of the top 200 grant recipients, the organization will receive $20,000 from Chase.
GlobalGiving Visits DA Projects in Sierra Leone
On May 5th, we had the unique opportunity to meet and host Britt Lake, the Program Operations Manager of GlobalGiving. Britt spent a day visiting Develop Africa's projects in Sierra Leone. A picture of Britt with a few of the scholarship beneficiaries is provided below.
Impacting Education in Yet Another Corner in Africa - Books and School Supplies Sent to St. Timothy's in Moshi, Tanzania
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Develop Africa has once again expanded its outreach to the country of Tanzania. Yes Tanzania here we come!! Develop Africa is proud to announce that we have recentlystarted a partnership relationship with this school. We are delighted to share with you pictures of the happy children at St. Timothy's School in Moshi, Tanzania - recipients of our books teaching and school supplies.
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Develop Africa Girl's education project selected as GlobalGiving's Project of Month
Develop Africa Girl's education project has been selected as GlobalGiving's Project of Month - see - http://ow.ly/1OmWx .
We are grateful to Globalgiving for this added exposure and this is currently featured on Globalgiving's home page - www.globalgiving.org. A member of GlobalGiving's team recently (May) visited our projects in Sierra Leone.
Thank You Letter from a Beneficiary Organization
Develop Africa, in April 2010, received through email the thank you letter below from Doors of Hope (DOH), Sierra Leone. DOH received 2 drums of books and school supplies in March 2010.
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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:25:55 -0700
From: Door of Hope
Subject: thank you letter
To: Develop Africa Team
Business Training and Microfinance Funds Provided to Beneficiaries
Photo: Participants / Beneficiaries of 2010 Microfinance and Business Training