Videos

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AfricAid 2007: Ripples Across the Water

Since AfricAid’s beginnings in 2001, it has grown every year, and now supports eight schools in Tanzania and educational projects in Ethiopia and Zambia. View a video (large version or small version) featuring AfricAid’s founder, Ashley Shuyler, that provides a fascinating and informative look at AfricAid’s work in Africa since its inception.

AfricAid 2004: Breaking New Ground

In 2004, a group of AfricAid volunteers undertook a “ground breaking” classroom building trip to Tanzania. View a video of that trip (large version or small version).

Ashley Shuyler on the Sharon Osbourne Show

In March 2004, Ashley had a unique opportunity to appear on the nationally-syndicated Sharon Osbourne TV talk show, where she was given the opportunity to tell AfricAid’s story to a national audience. View the video of the show (large version or small version).

WAM!

In 2003, the WAM kids’ channel of Starz Encore produced and aired an outstanding segment on the work of AfricAid, including great footage from one of Ashley’s trips to Africa. It was a truly touching program that captured the beauty of Tanzania and its people, while demonstrating the importance of the work of AfricAid. Click here to view the WAM video.

Power of One on Channel One

On May 21, 2003, AfricAid and its founder, Ashley Shuyler, were featured on Channel One, a news and education TV station seen by high school students across the country, in its “Power of One” segment. Click here to view the Power of One video.

Gloria Barron Young Heroes Award

Ashley Shuyler was named a recipient of the Gloria Barron Young Heroes Prize for her work with AfricAid. Ashley, one of ten honorees for the year, received a $2,000 award on October 2, 2001 at a ceremony in the Denver Public Library hosted by author and Barron Prize founder, Tom Barron. Ashley donated the award proceeds to AfricAid, making it possible for each of five Maasai girls to attend secondary school for one year.

The Gloria Barron Young Heroes Prize recognizes young people in Colorado whose service projects have greatly benefited their communities or the world at large.

Click here to view TV news coverage of the Barron Award.

Audio: Colorado Public Radio - “Colorado Matters” (Interview with Tom Barron, Ashley Shuyler, & Julia Hansford; with host Dan Drayer; 11/19/01. 16:14 in length. 18.5 MB.)

Interview with Lucy Wilfred, Headmistress at Ebenezer Girls’ Secondary School

AfricAid supports a new girls’ secondary school, Ebenezer, in the community of Ngaramtoni, Tanzania. The headmistress of the school, which started its first class of girls in 2007, talks here about the importance of girls’ education and the role of AfricAid in the formation and support of the school (view the large version or small version of the video).

Speech of Ezekiel Ngungat, Head Teacher at Losinoni Village Primary School

On AfricAid’s trip to Losinoni Village in Tanzania in the summer of 2007, the Head Teacher at the village’s school greeted Ashley Shuyler with a speech thanking AfricAid for all of its efforts there. View the video of that testimonial here (large version or small version).

Interview with Ezekiel Ngungat, Head Teacher at Losinoni Village Primary School

Losinoni’s Primary School’s Head Teacher describes the continuing needs of the school. You can see what some of those needs are in this video (select the large version or the small version).

Interview with Joseph Kitia, Village Chairman of Usa River Village

The Village Chairman of Tanzania’s Usa River talks about the importance of vocational education for secondary school students in Tanzania and his efforts to create a vocational education program at Muungano secondary school.

View his comments here (a large version and small version of the video are available).