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OUTREACH to AFRICA |
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Making a Difference One Community at a Time. |
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Outreach to Africa
P.O. Box 14486
Irvine, CA 92633
USA
(949) 477-2056
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Current Projects
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 Micro Enterprises
Uganda
The human disaster of HIV/AIDS is having a disproportionate effect on women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa. Violations of women’s rights play a major role in heightening their vulnerability to AIDS. Violence or fear of violence prevents women from negotiating condom use and resisting unprotected sex with an HIV positive partner who usually has multiple partners on the side. Women’s economic dependence compounds their vulnerability, many agreeing to become second wives, and leaves them unable to escape from deadly marriages.
This situation has left many HIV positive widows having to take care of their children with little to no support.
 Helping women gain additional income improves the condition of the entire household. Putting extra income in their hands is often the most efficient way to impact an entire family. Children have a better chance of getting an education and thereby escaping the poverty trap of their parents. Engaging individuals in micro-enterprise generates a multiplier effect benefiting multiple generations.
 Outreach to Africa has developed micro enterprise programs geared towards the talents and interests of individual women. With amounts ranging from $200 - $2,000, we help the women develop small businesses to impact not only their economic situation but their self-esteem as well.
 In 2003, the first lady in the program was Margaret. Margaret was a second wife whose husband abandoned her and their two sons. With a small donation of $300, Margaret was able to open a kiosk that sells basic needs such as sugar, matches, toilet paper etc. In just 6 months, Margaret was not only supporting her two boys but her sister’s three children as well.
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Outreach To Africa is a non-profit 501(c) 3 organization based in Irvine, CA. USA and
is registered as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Uganda, East Africa |
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