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Africare is a non-profit organization specialized in development aid for Africa. Founded in 1970, the NGO currently operates in 26 countries. It is the oldest and largest African-American led NGO dealing exclusively with Africa in the United States A nonprofit organization (sometimes abbreviated to not-for-profit, non-profit or NPO) is an organization whose primary objective is to support some issue or matter of private interest or public concern for non-commercial purposes. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with foreign aid. ... Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black), is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ...


Africare's programs address needs in the principal areas of food security and agriculture as well as health and HIV/AIDS. Africare also supports water resource development, environmental management, basic education, microenterprise development, governance initiatives and emergency humanitarian aid. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... // Microfinance is a more comprehensive concept than microcredit since it includes the provision of loans, savings, microinsurance and other financial innovations aimed at serving the very poor. ... Humanitarian aid is assistance given to people in distress by individuals, organisations, or governments to relieve suffering. ...


Each year, Africare presents the Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award. The Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award is an award presented annually by Africare to recognize those whose work has made a signifigant impact on raising the standard of living in Africa. ...


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  • http://www.africare.org

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He was a partner for Green and Herman from 1981 to 1985, owned E. Green and Associates from 1985 to 1986, and has been with Lehman Brothers since 1985.
Ernest Green has been on the boards of various organizations, such as the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, AfriCare and the African Development Foundation.
He has received numerous awards and honors for his work, including the NAACP Spingarn Award, the Rockefeller Public Service Award, and honorary doctorates from Tougaloo College, Michigan State University, and Central State University.
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