UK institutional donors
AMREF UK is supported by a range of institutional donors. These include:
AMREF and the Department for International Development (DFID)
In South Africa DFID is supporting AMREF to address high levels of gender-based violence in Umkhanyakude district, KwaZuluNatal. The project, which started in July this year, looks to empower rural communities in Jozini municipality to reduce and prevent gender-based violence, as both a human rights violation and a health concern. The project will address gender-based violence within the context of high HIV prevalence in South Africa, as a factor preventing vulnerable women and girls from accessing essential health information and HIV/AIDS services.
AMREF’s Kabale Youth Project, in Uganda, is empowering young people to participate in local decision making processes that affect their lives. It’s also supporting income generating activities, particularly for girls, and peer education to educate youth groups on relevant health issues.
About DFID
DFID supports long-term programmes to help eliminate the underlying causes of poverty and also responds to emergencies, both natural and man-made. DFID’s work aims to reduce
poverty and disease and increase the number of children in school, as part of the internationally
agreed UN ‘Millennium Development Goals’.
AMREF and The European Union
In line with its remit to work with the most vulnerable and hard to reach communities in Tanzania, AMREF expanded its programme to work in the Mtwara region in 2007. Co-funded by the European Union, the “Pambana na malaria” programme address the urgent need to reduce the high maternal and child mortality rates in this district. Working in partnership with communities the project seeks to strengthen local health systems and emphasises the prevention and control of malaria, a leading cause of death among women and children in the region.
In Kenya, AMREF is implementing a groundbreaking project in the Rift Valley to tackle trachoma - an eye disease that causes terrible pain and eventual blindness if not treated. This project is implemenated in partnership with SightSavers International and with funding from the European Union
About the EU
The European Union is made up of 27 Member States. Together, during a period of enlargement of 50 years, they have built a zone of stability, democracy and sustainable development whilst maintaining cultural diversity, tolerance and individual freedoms. The European Union is committed to sharing its achievements and its values with countries and peoples beyond its borders.
Jersey Overseas Aid Commission
Jersey Overseas Aid Commission has supported AMREF for over ten years, funding a range of projects across Africa. This year, JOAC funds are supporting the Mkuranga maternal health project in Tanzania; the Kechene Water and Sanitation project in Ethiopia, and the Homa Bay Widows and Orphans project in Kenya.