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The American Foundation for Children with AIDS (AFCA) is a non-profit organization that helps children in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as their guardians, who are HIV positive or who have contracted AIDS and lack access to appropriate medical care. Sub-Saharan Africa has been most affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic, given that of all new HIV infections in the world, those in sub-Saharan Africa account for more than two-thirds of that number, as of 2008.〔(Message of the WHO Regional Director for Africa ) World Aids Campaign 2008: “Stop Aids. Keep the Promise” (World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa). Retrieved July 30, 2009. 〕 In helping to fight the battle against HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, AFCA provides critical antiretroviral medicine and other related medications, medical equipment and supplies, nutritional supplements, emergency supplies needed by the institutions in AFCA’s targeted areas, as well as critical support for the prevention of HIV/AIDS, which included training of personnel. Currently, AFCA collaborates with twenty-eight partners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.〔(American Foundation for Children with AIDS profile ) GuideStar USA, Inc. Retrieved July 30, 2009.〕 ==History== The organization, operating under the name Global Foundation for Children with AIDS until 2005, received its 501(c)(3) status in March 2004. Its headquarters were originally located in Lawrence, KS, but were moved to Harrisburg, PA, in August 2008. AFCA’s first partners were the Pediatric Infectious Disease Clinic at the Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Uganda; St. Mary’s Mission Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya; and the Mombasa Community-Based Health Care and AIDS Relief Program in Mombasa, Kenya. AFCA expanded its partnerships in 2005 to include St. Joseph’s Shelter of Hope Center in Voi, Kenya, later adding St. Mary’s Mission Hospital and St. Theresa’s Home of Hope in Elementita, Kenya, in 2007. Also in 2007, AFCA began working with a program called Zimbabwe Orphans through Extended Hands (ZOE) in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. In 2008, AFCA began partnering with the Church of the Ascension in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe and in 2009, AFCA expanded its partnerships by collaborating with Tandala Hospital in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Kilembe Mines Hospital and Cooley Clinic in Uganda. In 2011, AFCA expanded its partnerships to include 16 additional clinics in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In 2012, AFCA added Mpumudde Clinic and Atutur Hospital in Uganda to its partner list. AFCA is a member of the Children’s Medical Charities of America and in May 2007, AFCA received the Best in America Seal of Excellence from the Independent Charities of America. This seal is awarded “to the members of Independent Charities of America and Local Independent Charities of America that have, upon rigorous independent review, been able to certify, document, and demonstrate on an annual basis that they meet the highest standards of public accountability, program effectiveness, and cost effectiveness. These standards include those required by the US Government for inclusion in the Combined Federal Campaign, probably the most exclusive fund drive in the world. Of the 1,000,000 charities operating in the United States today, it is estimated that fewer than 50,000, or 5 percent, meet or exceed these standards, and, of those, fewer than 2,000 have been awarded this Seal.”〔(The ICA Seal of Excellence ) Independent Charities of America. Retrieved August 10, 2009.〕 AFCA meets 20 out of 20 standards from the Better Business Bureau.〔http://www.bbb.org/charity-reviews/national/children-and-youth/american-foundation-for-children-with-aids-in-harrisburg-pa-2371〕 AFCA has earned a 3 out of 4 rating with Charity Navigator.〔http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=12734#.UqZyfDaA3IU〕 AFCA is considered a Top-Rated Charity, earning a B+ rating from Charity Watch.〔http://charitywatch.org/toprated.html#aids〕 AFCA is a Gold-level GuideStar Exchange participant, demonstrating its commitment to transparency.〔http://www.guidestar.org/organizations/30-0247823/american-foundation-children-aids.aspx. Retrieved September 19, 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「American Foundation for Children with AIDS」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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