About Us
Club Name
Action In Africa
Supports
Club Purpose:
This club stems from a concern to take action in making our world a better place and to counter apathy in our school, community, and country. The purpose of the club is to first spread an awareness regarding some of the tragedies taking place in Africa. We sponsor schools and thus fight the use of children soldiers, child laborers, and the AIDS epidemic through increased opportunities for education. Our club is currently working with three non-profit organizations who are well established in their efforts to aid Africa. (Free the Children, Invisible Children, and the Ssejinja Foundation)
"Free the Children" is the largest children helping children network in the world. It is a Canadian based non-profit, which centers much of its' work in rural Kenya. We have adopted a village raising funds to build a school in a rural African community. Our dream is to send a group of students at the end of school year 07-08 to help oversee what we have accomplished.
We have greatly supported another non-profit, "Invisible Children", and continure to do whatever is within our power to help eradicate the use of children soldiers (particularly in Uganda). We have sponsored a school in northern Uganda, Gulu HS, that allows vulnerable children a place of not only refuge, but also learning.
**Our focus the first year was on Children Soldiers and Education in Africa. As we enter our 2nd year, AIA will focus on the AIDS Epedemic, Orphanges, and Education.
Club Slogan:
"No more waiting, It's time for "Action in Africa."