rican Development Foundation

A United States Government Agency

Fostering Hope, Growth, and Goodwill
in Africa ...
                                   

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provides direct economic development assistance to marginalized populations in conflict and post-conflict areas Africa.
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       Development Results in Africa
Number of
Grants
Total Grant
Value
New Economic
Growth
People
Impacted
Sustainability
Factor
400 $62M $265M 900,000 77%

(per Jan 1, 2012)     See Country Pages for Grant Details
      2011 A Record Year for USADF !  Listen Here ... Listen to a summary of FY 2011 Results

USADF - Headlines

Read about USADF grantee Gahaya Links Limited click here

Learn about Finger Millet: From Purely Subsistence to Commercial in Uganda click here

Read allAfrica.com Interview with Lloyd Pierson, Audacious Aim to End Poverty click here

Watch Beyond the Trade or Aid Debate in Africa: Advancing Development at the Grassroots Level panel discussion at the Heritage Foundation click here

Voice of America's Helping Turkana People Help Themselves article
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More than 65,000 Jobs Created click here

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USADF - Foreign Assistance That Works


The United States African Development Foundation is an independent Federal agency established to support African-designed and African-driven solutions that address grassroots economic and social problems in conflict and post-conflict communities.  USADF provides grants of up to $250,000 directly to under-served and marginalized community groups and enterprises. 

The grants help organizations create tangible benefits such as increasing or sustaining the number of jobs in a community, improving income levels, and addressing social development needs. 

USADF is a public corporation with a seven member Board of Directors who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the United States Senate. 

The following seven key principles serve as guidelines for all USADF management planning, budgeting, and evaluation activities. These priorities help ensure USADF stays true to its mission.

(1) Model high effectiveness and low overhead operations.
(2) Focus program activities on marginalized communities in Africa.
(3) Invest in African ideas through participatory development.
(4) Ensure projects result in more JOBS AND HIGHER INCOME LEVELS .
(5) Promote African led and managed field project support.
(6) Achieve the highest levels of OPenness and transparency.
(7) Support and develop an equal opportunity, RESULTS DRIVEN STAFF that rewards hard work, dedication to the mission, and personal success.

USADF - Success Stories (see all)

A Marvelous Journey in Tanzania
...Tanzania native, Flotea Massawe, changed her life when ... more

A Dream Come True in Ghana ... Shea nut production in West Africa is more than a cash crop—it is an ... more

Marketing Hope in Benin ... Many West African herders depend on their cattle sales to make a living, but ... more

A Rose Grows in Lagos ... Youth with autism earn income for the first time in Nigeria ... more

USADF - In the Press


January 2011 - finger millet: from purely subsistence to commercial in uganda's daily monitor

December 2011 - audacious aim to end poverty - allafrica.com interview with Lloyd pierson


november 2011 - USADF Chairman jack leslie honored by unhdp


October 2011 - usadf featured in Voice of america's helping kenya's turkana people help themselves article


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USADF - News Releases


wEAVING FOR PEACE AND PROFIT: USADF GRANTEE GAHAYA LINKS LIMITED TAKES ON THE GLOBAL MARKET FOR ARTISINAL JEWELRY AND HOME DECOR

usadf wins award for work with rice farmers in Benin

USADF funds record number of grants in FY 2011, supporting more than 65,000 jobs

Grants foster job growth and food security in senegal

usadf projets provide hope, growth and goodwill for somalia youth


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