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About DevelopAfrica

Committed to Enriching the Lives of Youth in Need

Children utilize education as a tool to better their lives – education is the most crucial facet when it comes to developing social awareness and cultural vigilance. DevelopAfrica encourages the youth in war-stricken nations to pursue education and wield it as tool to escape poverty and child marriage, among other dangers. Globally, the quality of education that children receive is affected to a very large degree by the supporting environment. Unfortunately, gaining a proper education is challenging for impoverished or underprivileged families in Africa. In many areas, specific training opportunities are limited or non-existent. Even in large cities, access to computer training is often out of reach for the average family. 

Based on our research, observations and user surveys, below are the principal areas that we are strategically and enthusiastically targeting/involved in: 

• Access to essential learning materials - books, school supplies and teaching supplies.

• Scholarships - to cover costs of school uniforms, shoes and other school-related expenses. 

• Solar lights - help kids safely study at night. 

• Adolescent Sexual Health Education, teenage pregnancy prevention and encouraging families to keep their girls in school (delay marriage).

• Mosquito nets to keep kids safe - proactively reducing threat and prevalence of malaria. Providing mosquito nets helps to keep the kids healthy - so they can learn. This is important given that kids could lose 5 to 10 days a year due to malaria.

• Providing supplemental education in areas that are in high demand - such as computer training.

• Technical and Vocational Training - such as tailoring, hairdressing etc.

• Leadership Training: This helps ensure that the children and youths grow up to be model citizens. This helps instill a sense of purpose and develops forward-thinking leaders. The training helps prepare citizens who are patriotic, knowledgeable about the importance of making quality decisions and passionate about leading their families, communities, and nations

• Mentoring support helps encourage kids to stay in school and succeed. This includes after-school educational coaching programs where students who are weak can receive the additional support that they need. 

• Microfinance funds and business support: This helps families become self-sufficient and move out of poverty. Parents are better able to take care of their kids and cover school-related expenses on their own.