AfricAid

The story of this organization started back in 1996, when an 11-year-old American girl made a trip to Africa with her family. She, at that young age, noticed how poor many of the families were and came away with a vow to do something to help. At first, it was collecting school supplies, then it became sponsoring 10 girls through the high school level. Eventually a charity with a board of directors, partner organizations, and Tanzanian school partnerships, was formed with the name AFRICAID. This organization is still involved in providing an education to girls in a country where 95% of girls don't complete high school.

At the young age of 16, the founder, Ashley Shuyler, received the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes as an inspiration to all youth. But Ashley's involvement didn't end there. She now serves as a member of the US Board of Directors, along with other members of her family. She continues studies at the Stanford Graduate School of Business to increase her knowledge of entrepreneurship.

Meanwhile AfricAid has continued to have a large role in the lives of the girls and young women of Tanzania. Through educating girls, AfricAid spreads their influence into the future families they form and out into the community. Education makes it much harder to exploit these girls and allows them to become the next generation of doctors, nurses, and teachers. There is success written all over their lives.

Now, AfricAid has started a new project, the Kisa Project. Young women are provided with scholarships to complete their secondary education and then undergo an additional two years of leadership training, including sessions with Tanzanian mentors. Once they complete the entire process, these women return to their villages and mentor other young women in the same way they were. So, in this way, there is a passing down of new leadership abilities from one generation to another.

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