AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
1400 I Street NW., Washington, DC 20005
Phone, 202-673-3916. Internet, http://www.adf.gov.
Board of Directors:
Chairman Edward Brehm
Vice Chair (vacancy)
Members of the Board Ephraim Batambuze, Jendayi E. Frazer, Jack Leslie, Lloyd O. Pierson,
(vacancy)
Staff:
President Rodney J. MacAlister
Vice President (vacancy)
Vice President and Chief Executive Officer for Nathaniel Fields
Africa Operations
General Counsel Doris Mason Martin
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The African Development Foundation's goals are to alleviate poverty and promote broad-based sustainable development and empowerment in Africa; to expand local capacity to promote and support grassroots, participatory development; and to enhance and strengthen U.S. relations with Africa through effective development assistance.
The African Development Foundation was established by the African Development Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 290h) as a Government corporation to support the self-help efforts of the poor in Africa.
The Foundation awards grants and cooperative agreements to African private organizations to do the following:
--promote micro- and small-enterprise development that will generate income and employment;
--improve community-based natural resource management for sustainable rural development;
--increase participation of African grassroots enterprises and producer groups in trade and investment relationships with the U.S. and within Africa; and
--promote community-based HIV/AIDS intervention programs.
In addition, the Foundation works within Africa to perform the following tasks:
--build self-supporting, sustainable, local community development agencies that provide technical assistance and support to grassroots groups;
--develop and replicate new models for community...
