Introduction
HEAFA International, Inc. (Health and Education Alliance for Africa) , a registered 501C-3 Tax-Exempt Charity, was formed pursuant to the filing of Articles of Incorporation with the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance on December 26th 2008.
Mission
HEAFA International was formed to encourage, solicit, receive and manage voluntary private support, grants and contributions to promote childhood education with computer literacy, establish community libraries and raise health awareness while supporting African general hospitals with donated medical equipment, materials and supplies for the benefit of deprived communities in sub-Saharan Africa.
Structure
In addition to the New York Headquarters, five Regional Offices are being established in Canada, The United Kingdom, France, The Netherlands and Germany to expand our charitable operations for more donations to further our humanitarian mission in sub-Saharan Africa. Six African Country-offices have been established in Ghana, Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso, The Ivory Coast and South Africa with respective national governments as our partners, from where our mission can be effectively executed in the urban and rural communities. The New York Headquarters has successfully established partnerships with organizations and potential donors who share the same vision with HEAFA International to enhance HEAFA International operations.
Current Program
One hundred complete sets of refurbished computers and 5,000 Book Backpacks are currently being packaged for immediate shipment to Ghana for the inauguration of the HEAFA Ghana country program.
Future Programs
Neighborhood Community Computer Literacy Training Program at the New York HEAFA Headquarters office.
Intensified fundraising for immediate procurement of special equipped vans to be shipped to the African country-bases to be used as mobile libraries.
Procurement of donkeys, camels and customized vehicles to be used as mobile libraries in African regions that are not easily accessible by conventional motor vehicles.
Establishment of mobile libraries in cocoa growing areas in the two top world cocoa producing countries of the Ivory Coast and Ghana to augment literacy programs for children of cocoa farmers to help combat child-labor practices.
Establishment of public and mobile libraries in deprived areas of Togo, Benin and Burkina Faso.
Collaborating with the South African Government in efforts to supply donated books and educational materials to deprived rural areas in South Africa
Shipment of donated new and refurbished computers and books as part of HEAFA International pilot program in Benin, Togo, Burkina Faso, The Ivory Coast, Ghana and South Africa.
Projected participation in local health, educational and cultural exhibitions, workshops and conferences to showcase HEAFA International, explore broader networking opportunities and solicit potential partnerships, sponsorship and donations.
Intensified fundraising and material donation drive at the HEAFA New York Headquarters for educational and medical equipment, supplies and materials for shipment to HEAFA African country-bases.
Regional and African HEAFA country-bases are being encouraged to launch local drives for fundraising and solicit partnerships and sponsorships to assist in meeting local overheads.
Donations
HEAFA International connects sub-Saharan children to ideas and to a world beyond their communities. These connections do not happen on their own. To ensure that HEAFA International, a non-profit 501C-3 Organization, connects sub-Saharan children to ideas and to each other, HEAFA International needs the support of philanthropic people and organizations to sustain this program. Through your generous donations and active involvement, HEAFA International will be enabled to provide programs and other opportunities to deprived sub-Saharan African children. If you wish to make any donation to a worthy cause, please visit HEAFA International website: www.heafai.org. All donations will be fully tax-deductible. Thank you!
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