 |
         |
African Family Children's Fund
African Family Film Foundation, a nonprofit educational organization, created the African Family Children's Fund to assist children at risk, and their families, in East and West Africa.
Through the fund, we actively support grass-roots projects and schools in Africa that teach children ecologically sound skills: reforestation, sustainable organic farming, and solar energy production. This page contains more information about these programs.
West African Flood Relief
As of September 19, 160 people have died and over 600,000 in 16 countries have lost their homes, belongings, crops, and in some cases their entire neighborhood or village to the biggest flood since 1919. Burkina Faso is reported to be the hardest hit country. Our organization has distribution channels in place in the city of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, so we can get help to the people on the ground fast! We use the money to buy supplies locally (blankets, mosquito nets, and food: millet, sorghum and rice) to avoid needlessly paying to fly things in from overseas - it's a matter of distributing existing supplies from towns and villages in the region that weren't hit to the affected cities and villages. Conditions are dire and thus we are making a special appeal for your assistance.
LEARNING RE-FORESTATION  Paul Zombre and Alfred Kiba [left] water seedlings at the Loumbila village cooperative nursery, Burkina Faso, West Africa.
Raogo and Sambo Kabore [right] learn reforestation from their elder.
|
SUSTAINABLE ORGANIC FARMING
Burkinabe youth are learning this technique called zai. It provides the soil with nutrients, retains humidity, resists drought, allows seeds to grow more easily and helps produce a better crop, year after year.
|
LEARNING SOLAR ENERGY PRODUCTION...
|
Students listen to teachers and classmates explaining a solar energy production system for an African home.
Pierre Yamleogo Balma, Assistant Director of African Family Children's Fund explains the function of solar a panel. |
The teacher takes his students to visit an African home powered by solar energy.
Water tower with well pump powered by solar energy.
|
REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH
Young volunteers distribute 100 kg sacks of African grown corn to families, Kuritenga region. |
During the dry season, youth of Malgsomde village, Oubritenga region dig holes in the millet fields, filling them with organic material (grasses, animal dung and decayed millet stalks).
Students point to a drawing of the sun [left], the primary source of all energy on Earth, and a drawing of a solar panel [right]. Bowenwaogre school is in Malegomde village, Oubritenga region, 25 km north of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital. Teacher and class listen attentively.
African Family provides nutrition (millet, sorghum or corn organically grown in Africa) and cotton blankets (hand-woven by African artisans) to children and their families. We engage in the redistribution of wealth while encouraging local organic farming and the ancient art of weaving cloth.
Please help us help African children and their families.
Even a small contribution can make a difference. Many small contributions as well as large contributions can make a BIG difference. Act now! |
©1995-2010 • friends@africanfamily.org |