AfricAid Teams

AfricAid has been a youth-focused organization from its very beginnings, and is proud of the work that its many youth organizations do on behalf of young boys and girls in Africa.

Featured Clubs

Colorado Academy’s AfricAid Club, founded in 2001, is one of AfricAid’s most enthusiastic — and productive — supporters. Through its annual fundraising event and its school supply drives, the Club has provided funding for dozens of scholarships for young girls and for the construction of classrooms in Tanzania.

The AfricAid Kids’ Team (AKT) is a group of young, dedicated AfricAid supporters that is working to helping instill more of a service mentality in youth in the US. AKT’s unique fundraising events, and the Uhuru Bracelets they sell as a signature AfricAid item, have proven to be a significant fundraising force for AfricAid.

Other Clubs

As the work and mission of AfricAid has grown and received local and national media attention, AfricAid Clubs have sprung up all over the nation, in locations as diverse as Utah, Georgia, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, as well as many in Colorado. AfricAid highlights the work of a number of these Clubs from time to time on our Other Clubs page.

How to Start Your Own Club

Clubs are one of AfricAid’s most effective fundraising partners, and anyone can start their own, either with fellow students, friends, or co-workers. Not only do they help support AfricAid’s mission, but they’re also fun, and a great way to help make a difference in someone else’s life. In addition, AfricAid has developed the Uhuru Circles concept as a way for individuals to combine their personal visions of philanthropy with social, educational and engagement occasions and opportunities that will directly benefit the cause of girls’ education in Africa. See how you can Start Your Own Club or Uhuru Circle and Get Involved!

The U.S. “Changemakers” Service Learning Curriculum Project

Dedicated to the belief that we in the US have an increasing responsibility to help build a culture of service learning and service activities among the youth of America, AfricAid has helped develop the “Changemakers” Service Learning Curriculum. Founded on the truth that one person/one child can make a difference in this world, the dual curriculum, with one that is specific to Africa and the other more generic, enables elementary school teachers to help teach young children the value and satisfaction that comes from developing lifelong habits of serving, giving and caring.