Profile: Eyes on Africa Foundation
Year Founded
2007
Type
Non-profit
Last on Think
Updated on: 06/13/2008 10:20
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Mission Statement

The Eyes on Africa Foundation is a non-profit organization started by college students throughout North America.  The Foundation works to raise money through donations and the sale of EOAF merchandise.  All money goes directly into the hands of capable, excited volunteers every summer for trips to South Africa where it will be personally delivered to beneficiaries.  Other countries currently visited by EOAF: Namibia and Kenya.

 

The Eyes on Africa Foundation is committed to providing relief to poverty and disease ridden areas throughout Africa through monetary donations and volunteerism.

Location
3605 Valley View Lane Flower Mound, TX
Flower Mound, TX 75022
United States
Phone
(214)793-0253
Fax
Website
www.EyesOnAfricaFoundation.org
Email
jlakusta@eyesonafricafoundation.org
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What's New
 
 

Summer Trip 2008 was a complete success!  We renovated a mobile trailer to turn it into a sterile, mobile HIV/AIDS Testing Center for Etafeni outside Cape Town in Nyanga.  This is the first such unit owned by an NGO (non-profit).  There are units like it, but organizations who do outreach testing like this must rent them!  We also 

supplied and made donations to orphanages and organizations across the country after learning first hand of their needs.

 

Send an email tojlakusta@eyesonafricafoundation.orgfor a full, detailed breakdown of our trip with pictures!

 

This winter, join the Eyes on Africa Foundation to build schools in Kenya and a medical clinic in Namibia.  EOAF is raising the $31,000 for the projects, with a deadline of December 31, 2008 - and we need your help!

 

The Eyes on Africa Foundation is funding the reconstruction and reevaluation of a medical clinic in Rupara, Namibia.  The new Rupara Community Center will provide HIV/AIDS testing for youth, peer counciling, after school events, and other community activites centered on learning how to live a healthy life style.

 

Trip Dates: December 26, 2008 - January 13, 2009

 

You can now raise money for the Eyes on Africa Foundation just sitting at your computer!  Please visitwww.GoodSearch.com, choose the "Eyes on Africa Foundation" as your chosen organization, and every search you perform generates money for the Foundation.  It's a search engine powered by Yahoo!, so your results are still good!  Let all your friends and family know about this easy way to do good!

 

Email any questions you have about the trip or how you can get involved tojlakusta@eyesonafricafoundation.org

 
 
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Check out the above information for more info on how to come to South Africa with the Foundation to volunteer this summer!
andie918 139 days ago
I've wanted to go do volunteer work in Africa, does anyone know how I might go about getting started with that?
mlakusta 193 days ago
It's incredible to see the difference a small group can make! The orphans and victims being helped by Eyes on Africa had no choice in their situation.....they were born into it. If all of us can share a small part of our good fortune, we can make a sustainable difference in their lives. Please help!!
bigdmid 195 days ago
It's amazing what even a small group of people with a passion for helping others can do in this world . . . Imagine if tons of us pitched in to support Eyes on Africa what we could do for Othandweni and other places like it! Can't wait to get us over there so we all can experience that passion and spread it to others!
kdrake88 196 days ago
I'm extremely excited to do my part in spreading the word on this wonderful organization. I believe we can all do great things in order to achieve the success for this cause.
readytohelp 197 days ago
This organization of college students and others seems determined to make a difference in South Africa by building home(s) this summer. Can't imagine anything more worthy!
tegbert 197 days ago
Post-apartheid S. Africa needs organizations like the 'Eyes on Africa Foundation.' This 501(c)(3) is going to make a difference. It'd be awesome to go on a trip with this organization to S. Africa!! Keep it real. . .
forward08 197 days ago
I see this organization going places. How many future trips are you planning future trips to South Africa?
Txbbb174 197 days ago
Keep up the good work! This is an amazing cause, and I'm glad to see that someone is taking action!
jlakusta 197 days ago
Hi guys, I'm one of the Board of Directors for the Foundation. I'm really excited for the things we've got going on! Please feel free to ask me any questions, and I'm always up to talk about South Africa!

Be sure you check out our website at www.EyesOnAfricaFoundation, and check out all the ways you can get involved!
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Townships 2
An overview of a South African Township. Miles of areas just like this are common to Townships all around the country.
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