Support For Africa
The objectives of Support For Africa are to inform the people of the developed world of the terrible effect that AIDS is having on the people of Sub-Saharan Africa and to raise funds to provide practical medical help and create awareness throughout Africa of the devastation caused by the disease in order to stop its inexorable increase.disease
Practical help for Africa will be provided by the creation of a network of Health Centres throughout Africa, which will offer primary healthcare, awareness, education, information, dietary advice and counselling for AIDS.
After
the opening of our first One-Stop Health Centre on 26th
October 2002 in Okpanam - Delta State, Nigeria, we are
inviting companies with vested interests in sub-Saharan
African countries, to adopt and build their own Support
For Africa One-Stop Health Centres in rural areas in
countries of their own choice. We are grateful to Intels
Logistics Management Ltd for being the first to
promise two one-stop Health Centres, one in Angola and
another in Rivers State of Nigeria.
It is one of our strongest principles to bring the local communities to realise their responsibilities for themselves and to encourage them to develop ways (commercial or otherwise) to make the running of the Health Centres self-sufficient after an initial short two-year period, in which they are wholly supported by the charity. In this way we hope to be able to galvanise each community we enter to create a viable and long lasting solution to their own health care.
The awareness campaign includes global publicity through sponsored high profile events, one of which was the televised "Reaching Out For Africa" Concert by a 3000 strong Gospel Choir and celebrities at the Royal Albert Hall on March 10th 2002. Also Patti Boulaye, Founder/President of Support For Africa organised and led the much televised 5000 gospel singers at Her Majesty the Queen's Golden Jubilee Procession on 4th June 2002. This was followed by Michael Jackson's public support of the work done by Patti and the Charity on 14th June 2002 during his visit to London.
in order to stop its inexorable increase.
Address:
PO BOX 3218,
GERRARDS CROSS,
SL9 7WY
Telephone: 0208 997 0001
Website: www.supportforafrica.org
Charity Registration Number: 1085282