Maria Pool, Founder of African Reflections Foundation, is back in New York to report the progress to her Team of the different projects she has initiated in the past three months. Read More!
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Join Delegation 2008
Join the Volunteer Delegation in November 2008. We are currently preparing for volunteer teams to travel to Tanzania, to work in different fields, builders, nurses, social workers and any other capacity you feel you can volunteer. You can join a team In United States or Canada or start our own team.
For those interested in joining our 2008 delegation, please email us and we will inform
you as soon as information becomes available.
Why visit Tanzania?
• To learn how African Reflections Foundation is helping women entrepreneurs in
the struggle to make a living by starting farming projects.
• To understand the way of African life in the underdeveloped rural villages where
much of ARF work is focused.
• To witness the exciting projects from funds raised in the United States.
• To learn about the everyday life of rural communities.
Thoughts from past delegates:
"When I went to build my own well in Mkuranga village, in Tanzania it was encouraging
to see how the rural people who are left out from society have the urge to change their
own lives for a better tomorrow”. It was wonderful to be able to visit how African
Reflections Foudation is making a difference, projects that really work. "
-Dale Davidson, Albany, New York
" Experiencing how the people, especially the women, who are part of the ARF projects,
have been trained to start a new wave for their moral, and how financially responsible
for their own lives is clearly a sign of HOPE for their future."
- Jean Dobbs, Albany, New York
Please call (518) 788-8282 or email
for more information.
Our Mission
Our Objectives
We seek to raise standards of living in Africa by achieving these objectives:
To create socio-economic structures for crafters to ensure economic stability and sustenance
To raise standards of living by providing humanitarian aid in Africa
To raise awareness about the conditions of health and education in Africa
To help build stronger communities by empowering them for a better living condition, to be self sustainable and provide education for their children
African Reflections Foundation (ARF) is a 501c3 non-profit organization that receives proceeds from the African Reflections Store, as well as individual and corporate donations, towards the upliftment of the African community.
"We hope to promote awareness and emphasize the importance of education, professional development, poverty alleviation, safe health conditions and a clean environment for the prosperity of African communities."
Maryvonne Pool, Founder of African Reflections Foundation
African Reflections Foundation funds and manages numerous projects based on the needs of the communities throughout Africa.
Together with the help of our sponsors, supporters, volunteers and patrons we manage 9 major programs and over 40 smaller
projects to enpower the people of Africa.
Educational Development
The African Reflections Foundation puts "Education" of the people of Africa as one of the highest priorities. Only through education will the of Africa be able to rise above the current levels of poverty and poor living conditions. Read more...
Community Development
The scourge of unemployment in rural communities of Africa can be tackled by identifying and empowering entrepreneurs, whose small, emerging enterprises can be an effective means of job creation.
Read more...
Economic Development
Across the African continent, the availability of drinking water is scarce, affecting the quality of life, safety, food, health and education of billions of human beings. Read more...
ARF News - The Basic Necessities: Water, Toilets, Privacy
Basic for you, yes? Well, not for many young ladies in the rural villages of Africa. The toilets are open and almost public. No doors, no privacy and no washing facilities of any kind.
At the Mkokozi School, population 624, there are two latrines. Over at the edge of the school yard is a cement structure with two rooms or stalls divided by a crumbling wall. In the middle of each of these two stalls is a hole in the floor.
Basic for you, yes? Well, not for many young ladies in the rural villages of Africa. The toilets are open and almost public. No doors, no privacy and no washing facilities of any kind.
At the Mkokozi School, population 624, there are two latrines. Over at the edge of the school yard is a cement structure with two rooms or stalls divided by a crumbling wall. In the middle of each of these two stalls is a hole in the floor.
