Directory of projects
Our goal is to showcase the African Diaspora’s social impact innovations toward Africa’s development.This directory is the list of current social impact projects led by members in the ADEA Community of Practice. To learn more, get involved, or support these projects, reach out to the individual projects or contact us.
AMF provides comprehensive professional services to families with children with learning disabilities (Autism) and helps them reach their maximum potential and thrive in their communities in Ghana. AMF also aims to create autism awareness through the Pan-African Autism Conference.
African Potential fosters educational scholarship and Christian leadership development in Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria and Morocco. African Potential empowers Africa’s neediest teenagers, pastors, and church leaders with education and training.
Rwanda Youth Partnership works closely with the Rungano-Ndota Initiative (RNI) in Rwanda as they help over 200 vulnerable youth find success as holistic leaders and entrepreneurs. They function as an outer layer of community supporting RNI’s community in Rwanda.
The Exploratory is a STEM education program based in Ghana with the mission to empower educators and inspire students to be curious, courageous, and community-minded by making their experience of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) relevant, joyful, collaborative and equitable. Exploratory model of intervention seeks to transform learning and teaching. To transform learning the students are encouraged to explore science, engineering, and technology by connecting it to the real world thus cultivating curiosity, courage, and community.
The Ubuntu Music Therapy Initiative is a sustainable music therapy practice for underserved communities in Eastern Africa. Music therapy is used as a powerful engine for healing, soothing, uplifting, and providing an emotional outlet for creating social cohesion. The music intervention program is designed to meet the specific needs of each community.
ReTurn is an organization which aims to mobilize migrants (diaspora) to reconnect with their lineage. The goal is to empower them to reclaim their sense of identity and unite them with locals to build more inclusive societies.
Flying kites is transforming primary education in rural Kenya. The model of intervention focuses on creating an innovation hub for public school teachers and a model school in a region where access to primary education is not guaranteed. Studies show a correlation between low student performance and unsupported staff. The teacher’s innovation hub host intensive trainings for primary school teachers to engage and support teachers thus influencing student achievements.
Mentors Network is a student-led initiative aimed at inspiring, mentoring, and developing students in rural community schools to improve school attendance, academic performance, and unleash potential. The goal is to transform young people into agents of change through direct mentoring, inspiring, and exposure to opportunities in an enabling community.
A nonprofit organization operating in Cameroon, Two Rabbits is committed to empowering the worlds’ hard-to-reach children to live in dignity, respect, and peace through culturally adopted preschool education that preserves and promotes their language and culture. In collaboration with local partners and community facilitators, their goal is to promote learning and growth through the creation of culturally adapted curriculum.
An educational platform for African youth to discover their potential in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields. iNERDE is currently operating six partner schools in Mali and two programs in Senegal, with the hope of replicating the model throughout Africa. Their goal is to create opportunities for graduates to become inventors, discoverers, innovators, and entrepreneurs, and change the landscape of opportunity in both Africa and the world.
In Kenya and Tanzania, the Kulea Village project is involved in giving children hope and future through education, provision of access to medical care, placing children in safe homes, and training caregivers to better support themselves and their children. Through their nutrition program, the project also partners with local churches to feed almost 140 children each day. Their goal is to ensure that children are fed, have safe accommodation, educated, and taken care of when sick.
The Efiwe Book Drive was set up to collect and ship university textbooks to African university libraries in Nigeria and Ghana. They collaborate with American universities, books donors, student volunteers, private donors, and African universities to achieve their mission. The goal is to help alleviate the lack of sufficient study materials in under-served universities and expose students to current and relevant texts.
The Sanitary Aid Initiative Nigeria (SANG) is an organization which aims to provide access to sanitary pads and sanitary products to girls from low-income families across public schools in Nigeria and to girls in internally displaced persons camp across the country.
NAD Partners is a Guinea–based organization with a goal of promoting economic and community development. They advance their mission through provision of safe and secure educational programs and environment that promote development at age-appropriate levels, increasing number of skilled teachers and healthcare workers, and provision of affordable healthcare services for families. NAD Partners also serve as a center for exchanges, planning, and actions for the benefit of both urban and outlying rural areas.
K.A. Amissah Foundation offers meaningful programs in behavioral health, mental health, and special assistance to children and youth aged 1 to 25 years in Ghana. The foundation currently supports over 300 children and their families. As a charitable organization, they focus on disability related issues, lack of education of children with special needs, and caregivers in the African diaspora. The goal is to see an inclusive society where all people would come together to contribute to the development of the community and nation.
The Vitonia Foundation seeks to improve the lives of by providing skills and training to girls and women. Through skills acquisition the girls and women are empowered to achieve their social, educational, and economic potential.
The African Fraud Prevention Institute provides a broader understanding of fraud using surveys and publication of newsletters. They organize sensitization tours in schools, talk shows on radio and TV, community seminars, training and capacity building, symposium, and workshops. The goal is to prepare African citizens living home and abroad via anti-corruption education and training.
As the menstrual hygiene arm of Hope for Africa (501c3), we provide hygiene education and reusable female hygiene products in greater Accra. We run two sewing centers where women and girls can make their own supplies.