Act4Africa

Mission

Act4Africa aims to change five million lives in five years. We plan to do this through dramatically different education which improves health, well being and education for the world's poorest communities. It is through such education that we can encourage independence.

Programs

Act4Africa is an education charity that delivers interactive HIV/AIDS Prevention and Behavioural Change programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa, primarily using theatre for development workshops in schools and communities. Act4Africa operates a Train the Trainer Programme to community leaders to enable them to effectively deliver these programmes. Act4Africa also operates local mobile Voluntary Counselling and Testing clinics which take the prevention programmes deep into rural area

Funded Projects on GlobalGiving

HIV/AIDS education for 20,000 Malawians

Personnel Overview

Martin Smedley - Chief Executive
Martin founded Act4Africa with his wife Kath. When not being an extremely busy CEO of Act4Africa, he enjoys getting to grips with current affairs, good cinema and Manchester City Football club – in that order! He first travelled to Africa over 30 years ago, and fell in love with the people and the continent. He’s not been able to shake the dust off since.

Personnel Statistics

Martin Smedley,
Chief Executive
Founded in 2000
Employees: 20
Volunteers: 5

Financial Statistics

Budget (2009): £ 185,237
Maximum Budget: £ 202,077
Overhead: 0 %
Other funding sources: 40% individuals 45% trusts/foundations 15% income generation
Religious Affiliation: Christian, but access not based on religious affiliation