Our Community Fundraiser

Current drought conditions in East Africa communities are the most severe they have been in the past 40 years. This has led to dire water shortages, malnutrition, and loss of crops and livestock. In 2024, Nurture All Afric will raise critical funds for water, food and other necessary supplies in preparation for future droughts. Our goal is to raise $30,000 this year, and with your support, children and their families in these drought-stricken communities will have the resources they need to maintain healthy and productive lives.

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Our Mission

Nurture All Afric’s mission is to mprove living conditions for communities throughout East Africa by providing support in (1)education, (2)water & sanitization, (3)healthcare, and (4)connection

Our Story

Nurture All Afric is a non-profit with headquarters in Portland, ME while also operating in Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia. Originally from Somalia, some of our board members grew up in refugee camps throughout Kenya; and finally met as refugees in Maine. Motivated by the connections they still have to East Africa and the continuing challenges they see their friends & family still facing many years later, they decided to start an organization committed to supporting these needs; Nurture All Afric Foundation.

Since we can’t respond to all needs on the ground, our founders had to make the difficult decision on which areas to focus our efforts in, so they chose the most urgent; Education, Water & Sanitization, Healthcare, and Inter-cultural connections. Every human being deserves a chance to thrive, irrespective of their circumstances or geographic location. By concentrating our efforts in education, we empower young minds to unlock their full potential, creating a generation of leaders and changemakers. By providing clean water and healthcare, we ensure healthier and more resilient communities, capable of achieving their dreams. And through inter-cultural connections, we promote a global perspective where empathy, compassion, and solidarity are supreme. Together we can weave a tapestry of progress, where no community is left behind, and we all have the opportunity to thrive.

After their initial assessment, they decided to focus on education, water and sanitation, and healthcare. There are many young people in the refugee camps and local host communities who have completed their secondary education, high school, but couldn’t pursue higher education due to the high costs. There is free elementary, middle, and high school education in the camps and local host communities; higher education is not affordable for these populations. Nurture All Afric is trying to respond to that need to support these populations through funding and providing resources to those who are most vulnerable and willing to further their education. Water and sanitation is one of the basic human necessity that these communities don’t have adequate access to. In these communities there is no clean and safe drinking water and there is limited access to sanitary use facilities (restrooms); there’s a lack of public facilities and no sanitation services are available in the places chosen by Nurture All Afric. In responding to these issues, the organization will help these areas receive access to clean drinking water and support proper sanitation programs. The last focus for Nurture All Afric is healthcare. Healthcare in the rural areas is non-existent; there are no facilities or trained medical staff. For women especially, they must travel hundreds of miles to reach services for maternity facilities but some can’t even afford the public transportation so they can’t reach these facilities and have to deliver where there are no medical services. Rural local communities have access to affordable healthcare where there is not any thus far.

News Articles

UNHCR - As the Horn of Africa drought enters a sixth failed rainy season, UNHCR calls for urgent assistance

Millions left in peril as severe drought decimates livestock in Ethiopia (nypost.com)

East and Horn of Africa prepare for 'the worst droug ht in decades' - The Standard (standardmedia.co.ke)

Ethiopia faces worst drought in years as millions at risk | The Seattle Times

Drought kills over a million cattle in Ethiopia's Somali region - CGTN

Support Communities in Preparation of Droughts in East Africa

By Nurture All Afric Foundation

Support Communities in Preparation of Droughts in East Africa