Life Project for Africa

Life Project identifies indigenous groups or individuals who have started life saving activities in any of the following areas: health, education, poverty reduction, housing the homeless, and caring for orphans; we assist them in building the capacity to achieve their goals, make them sustainable, prepare an exit strategy, then move on to help others build capacity .

After attending a function this past Summer for another charity we were approached by Heidi Albertsen, the Chief Ambassador for Life Project for Africa. We agreed to attend a meeting with her and another board member and were impressed with the multifaceted areas that LPA covers. The areas of concentration are:

- Empowering local organizations to provide critical services to the people in Africa.

- Partnering to construct wards for Njia Health Center in Dar-Es-Salaam, to eventually   serve  a community of 122,000 people.

- Partnering with Rotary International to provide water.

- Supporting indigenous organizations whose goal is capacity-building for local projects   involved in health, economic empowerment, education, care of orphans and providing shelter.

- Providing tuition to vulnerable and orphaned children in Africa.

- Shipping medical supplies and equipment to Njia Health Center, in partnership with several U.S. hospitals and health providers.

- Participating in the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Emergency Plan / PEPFAR).

- Embarking on an educational initiative called Mwambo Computer & E-learning. The focus is increasing access to basic quality education through e-learning programs.

- Supporting the building of a school in Tanzania.

http://www.lifeprojectafrica.org