Organization
Africare
Mission
Africare is a leading non-governmental organization (NGO) committed to addressing African development and policy issues by working in partnership with African people to build sustainable, healthy and productive communities.
Organizational Expertise
Adoption / Behavior Change, Capacity Building, Gender / Womens Empowerment, Health, Humanitarian/Emergency Response, Livelihoods, Monitoring and Evaluation, Policy Development
Technologies & Fuels
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
Other Technologies Fuels
We are a non profit focused on improving livelihoods and development across the African continent- we work mostly in behaviour change adoption of improved technology and poverty alleviation. In individual countries, we support adoption of the cleanest cooking technology available
Clean Cooking Activities
Support adoption of clean cooking fuels in populations of women with whom we work to improve health outcomes, increase household income and savings and reduce environmental degradation. Always integrate this into our prpgramming
Partnership
Primarily to explore and promote behaviour change for adoption of clean cooking fuels, and support scale up and integration into our interventions; we work extensively with women and youth in agriculture, health and education and create enterpreneurial opportunities and could potentially support scale up of adoption of clean cooking fuels
Regions Operating In
Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Based In
United States
Address
440 R Street
NW
Washington DC, United States 20001
Website
Primary Point of Contact
Name: Dr. Orode Doherty
Title: Country Director Nigeria
Email: odoherty@africare.org
Phone: +234 806 834 9743
Secondary Point of Contact
Name: Mr. Franklin Moore
Title: Director of Programs
Email: fmoore@africare.org
Phone: +202 328 5391
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