Celebrating 25 Years of Africa Exchange!

During the autumn of 2022, we gathered to joyfully celebrate 25 years of the work of Africa Exchange and to launch our 25th Anniversary Challenge that will enable us to do even more good as we embrace the work ahead! 

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Hosted by Knollwood Baptist Church, our celebration dinner was attended by many friends of Africa Exchange for a time of thanksgiving, fellowship, a look back and a look ahead.  We presented “Game Changer” awards to persons and entities, honoring their catalytic contributions to our ethos and program development.

We announced the establishment of the Change for Children Scholarship Endowment Fund that signals our ongoing commitment to the Richard Ondeng/Ralph Harrell Memorial Scholars Project.  This entails a scholarship award to students who began their education in our Integrated Child Development Centers and have subsequently completed their primary education with high marks.  The scholarships provide full tuition and fees for boarding secondary school placements and select university tuition awards.

The evening concluded with a 25th Anniversary Matching Funds Challenge which works like this - the first $100,000 donated toward our 25th Anniversary goal of $250,000 will be matched dollar for dollar with an anonymous contribution to our Change for Children Scholars Endowment.  In a little over 2 months, we’ve have received $28,150 towards this effort!

We look forward to sharing with you the impact that we envision will result from meeting our goals.  In the meantime, Accept the Challenge and Happy New Year!