Empower 20 million Africans to sustainably provide for themselves by 2032.

Our vision is for Africa to thrive.

ForAfrika is an African-founded and led organisation, with over 40 years of impact across the continent, and a vision to see Africa thrive.

We partner with African communities through our integrated development continuum, moving from crisis to self-sufficiency through our humanitarian and development work, and on to commercial viability through our social enterprise activities — creating a platform for thriving.

Our goal and promise

Our goal is to empower 20 million Africans to be self-sufficient and equip 6 million with a platform to thrive by 2032. We’re committed to the long run, until the job is done and communities are enabled to thrive.

Our work

We work through an integrated development continuum — a model that meets communities where they are at, often in times of crisis, and walks alongside them at every stage of their journey to self-sufficiency and ultimately thriving. ​​

Phase one of this continuum is our Humanitarian & Development work: the goal being self-sufficient communities. ​Self-sufficient communities are a huge achievement but it's not the goal, Africa thriving is our goal.​That’s where Social Enterprise comes in, the second phase of our development continuum. Here, we unlock economic potential, connect local producers to big markets, and build resilient, commercially viable communities. ​​

What we do

We implement integrated, community driven initiatives, that save lives, build resilience, enable self-sufficient communities and build strong local African economies.

Where we work

We love this place and we love our people. Africa is home and we know what needs to be done to see it thrive.

We know the challenges our communities must overcome and how best to do that – being based in the communities we serve means we are agile and have local knowledge that informs our strategies and boosts our resilience.

Latest

Hear from those who are working together for Africa to thrive. Every one of them - a story worth sharing.

Boma Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) ProjectRead more +06 January 2026 By ForAfrika in South Sudan, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Programme Resources

 Boma Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) Project Evaluation Report

The Boma Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) Project, implemented by ForAfrika South Sudan in collaboration with UNICEF, was a transformative six-month WASH intervention aimed at addressing critical sanitation gaps in six rural communities in Boma County:
Perceptions-and-barriers-to-menstrual-hygiene-management-in-Aweil-East-CountyRead more +06 January 2026 By ForAfrika in South Sudan, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Programme Resources

Perceptions and barriers to menstrual hygiene management in Aweil East County

Menstruation is a natural part of life and occurs monthly for approximately 1.9 billion girls and women of reproductive age. However, millions of reproductive age women and girls around the world are denied the ability to manage their menstrual cycles in a dignified and healthy manner.
Read more +16 December 2025 By ForAfrika in Angola, Health and Nutrition

The silent menace: 38% of Angolan children under 5 years old are affected by malnutrition 

Eight babies and toddlers lie quietly in a small room. An eerie silence fills the room, not a single sound can be heard. Doctor Osvaldo Cuhola, the Head of the Nutrition Division at Bocoio Municipal Hospital, respects the silence. He knows these little ones are fighting for their lives.
Read more +16 December 2025 By ForAfrika in Angola, Education

We Never Left: How School Feeding Is Transforming Angola’s Future 

Reaching villages like Viendi and Kalupuca is not easy. After driving 70 kilometres from Benguela, we leave the paved roads behind and slowly make our way across rough terrain for hours, determined to reach the people who need us most. How do we reach them? We never left. ForAfrika stays when everyone else leaves, and we continue delivering life-saving support to the most vulnerable families in Angola.
Read more +16 December 2025 By ForAfrika in Angola, Health and Nutrition

Preventing malnutrition through sustainable agriculture

The green hills rising around Cateque tell the first part of this story: the rainy season has finally arrived, promising a fruitful harvest ahead. Along a road so battered by potholes it hardly resembles a road anymore, about an hour’s drive from Balombo town, lies the village of Cateque, an organised, welcoming community led by Soba Jordão Joaquim.
Read more +16 December 2025 By ForAfrika in Angola, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Clean water access in Angola changes the health of an entire community 

Access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene is one of the most basic human needs. Yet for the people of Italia village in central Angola, this right was interrupted in 2020. When the community’s only borehole broke down, and with no tools or spare parts to repair it, daily life quickly became a struggle. The only option left was to walk long distances to fetch water from the nearest river.
Read more +16 December 2025 By ForAfrika in Angola, Health and Nutrition

Neide’s triumph over malnutrition against all odds 

Maria Cassora, a mother of four and soon expecting her fifth child, lives in Cubal where food insecurity and limited dietary diversity remain constant challenges. Her children play in the yard today, but Neide’s journey through malnutrition sremains a powerful reminder of how vulnerable young children become when early nutrition practices are disrupted.
School learners attend the sensitisation workshop.Read more +12 December 2025 By Carolyn Cramer in Angola, Education, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

“Let’s talk about periods” – Sensitisation for schoolgirls 

“Hello everyone. I’m here today to talk to you about something that happens to me, to you, and to every woman and girl: growing up.” That is how Aunt Ermelinda, as the girls like to call her, begins her workshop in Viendi Primary School, a small village in central Angola.
agro-ecology-ForAfrikaRead more +03 December 2025 By ForAfrika in South Africa, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Mary’s story: A household transformed by water and hope with support of ForAfrika and the Embassy of Switzerland in South Africa 

For years, the community of Suurman in Hammanskraal lived under the weight of a crippling water crisis. Municipal water trucks would arrive periodically, but the water came at a cost which many families could not afford.
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