The following projects highlight some of our success
Sanitary Pads Distribution
Focus Area: Women and young adults
Description of project: Since 2012 over 20,000 reusable sanitary pads have been manufactured and distributed and training delivered to over 500 women and young adults. This project also addresses the lack of access to clean water and sanitation facilities that are essential to menstrual hygiene management.
Beneficiaries: 2000 +
Status: Launched in January 2012, currently ongoing.
Partners: Binti Mwangaza
Project Website: https://www.facebook.com/bintimwangazaCBO/
Gigster Program
Focus Area: Youth/Under Represented Groups
Description of project: With the Africa Gigsters program, we connect talented youth from under represented groups in the Global South and North with meaningful and well-paying gigs online, and international clients.
Beneficiaries: 100 +
Status: Launched in January 2023, currently ongoing.
Partners: Open to everyone, but geared to youth in Africa and under represented minorities in the Global North. Sign-up on project website.
Project Website: https://amshaafrica.org/index.php/our-gigsters
Eyeglass Distribution
Focus Area: Health Focused Project.
Description of project: Provide eyeglasses at no cost to Africans through distributions in communities with no access to vision care.
Beneficiaries: 1500 +
Status: Pilot project complete and now ongoing on a yearly basis
Partners: Eyes on Africa and Local community organizations in Kenya.
Cassava Supply Value Chain Project
Focus Area: Food Security/Community Development Sustainable Agriculture.
Description of project: Designed to address immediate food insecurity (food shortage) at the household level, improve the cassava value chain, and promote value addition aimed at creating employment opportunities for youth. Other crops earmarked are green grams and cowpeas which will boost nutrition for communities in this region.
Beneficiaries: 3200+
Status: Feasibility study complete, implementation ongoing
Partners: Chemi Chemi Organization and Local community organizations in Kenya.
Project Website: https://sites.google.com/amshaafrica.org/cassava-project
Mwatate Well Project
Focus Area: Water and Sanitation(WASH) project.
Description of project: Provision of water wells for Mwatate residents.
Beneficiaries: 5000.
Status: Complete.
Partners: EABL Foundation.
Trees For Africa
Focus Area: Reforestation/community eco-education project.
Description of project: Reforestation and eco education project.
Beneficiaries: 15000+
Status: Complete and expanded to other countries in 2017-2023. (Tanzania, Nigeria, Cameroon, Zimbabwe)
Partners: Local community organizations in various countries,
Aquaponics in Rural Kenya
Focus Area: Eco-education project.
Description of project: Eco-education project.
Beneficiaries: 1000+
Status: Complete and expanded to other countries in 2017. (Tanzania, Nigeria, Cameroon, Zimbabwe, etc)
Partners: Local community organizations in East Africa.
Solar Pump Project
Focus Area: Eco-education project.
Description of project: Eco-education project.
Beneficiaries: 2000+
Status: Complete.
Partners: Local community organizations in East Africa
Horn of Africa Drought & Famine Relief Project
Focus Area: Humanitarian.
Description of project: Ship and distribute 10 tons of meals ready to eat water, and relief supplies to the affected areas in the horn of Africa area.
Beneficiaries: 50000+
Status: Complete.
Partners: Kenya Government & Local community organizations in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia.
Child Abuse Prevention
Focus Area: Humanitarian.
Description of project: Create an organization of 20 lawyers that offer free legal services to children whose rights have been violated in East Africa These lawyers have successfully provided free legal services on 42 cases and have 120 cases that are being worked on.
Beneficiaries: 175+
Status: Pilot project complet. Project ongoing on recurring basis.
Partners: Kenya Government & Local community organizations in Kenya.
