Welcome to the Africa Fund website

The Africa Fund was set up in 2001 to make a difference to communities we had met in East Africa. It came on the back of 7 years of visits we made to churches in Uganda, and then later Kenya, Tanzania & DR Congo, and from the outset has set out to work through relationship with trusted individuals and groups.

We don’t operate as an anonymous fund that anyone can apply to for help; our aim is to work through the network of friendships we have developed, where were can follow up the work through regular visits. These are made by church-based teams (who pay their own way) that return to the same places year after year, building on the relationships and offering encouragement and skills where appropriate.

Our aim is then to support with ‘seed funding’, assisting sustainable development in urban and rural settings. The projects are not devised or managed by us, they are the product of the inspiration and hard work of our African friends. It is a privilege to be partners with them in this work.

We keep our overheads to the minimum, with people volunteering their assistance. If you join with us in supporting the Africa Fund, you can be sure that what you give will be used to make a difference to lives in Africa.

Here’s our latest news article:

We had an excellent time, covering many miles along rough, sometimes very potholed, roads!

We visited friends and church communities in two main areas, Arua and the adjacent town of Imbokolo (DRC) in the north-west and Soroti / Kumi / Mbale in the east. We are grateful that we kept healthy and safe, made new friends and strengthened existing relationships!

In D R Congo Simon Hodge and Graeme Kemsley had opportunity to tour around some of the Honey Project sites, seeing the apiaries and hive production. A joint meeting of the Development Boards from Arua and Imbokolo was convened, which was really useful in getting up to date.

The 4th Africa Fund Forum in Soroti - this was a real highlight, gathering together people we know from all over East Africa. 3 people from Tanzania, 3 from Kenya, 3 from Arua, 1 from Congo and half a dozen from the Soroti / Kumi districts.

We sat together under the shade of a huge tree, sharing experience, inputting fresh vision, teaching some skills and praying together.

A great encouragement was to hear one of the village ‘animators’ report that in Kituba Village they had received over 160 goats from the original 32 they had been given in 2007.  9 families had been able to ‘trade up’ their goats for cows!

We’ll produce a full report soon and send it to you - as well as putting up a gallery some of the best snaps on the website.

Stay tuned!

David Hewitt
and all those who were on the trip