AMF seeks to break the cycle of abject poverty in Africa. Working with its network of partners throughout the continent, AMF provides sustainable economic opportunities, access to capital and support for existing infrastructure.
AMF was created to bring sustainable, long-term development to grassroots organizations in Africa. We encourage partnerships at the community level to extend opportunity to those who have been forsaken by traditional forms of economic development. Grassroots organizations are best placed to envision, articulate and implement their own plans for the development of their communities and countries. Community development cannot take place when human rights are denied; AMF believes that abject poverty is a denial on ones human rights.
Women are critical drivers of community development and change; community life cannot truly flourish when women are not fully empowered to resist gender-based violence and oppression. Marginalized communities that are vulnerable to poverty and human rights violations are powerful agents of change and development when empowered from within
AMF encourages the use of Microcredit Programs to provide individuals in Africa the opportunity to build small businesses within their communities. Microcredit challenges traditional banking practices to reach those entrepreneurs, visionaries and born leaders within the ranks of the forgotten poor.
While grassroots organizations are growing rapidly all over Africa, they still lack a unified voice and infrastructure to achieve scalable improvements in quality of life standards. AMF seeks to bring communities together by sharing resources and best practices to provide flexible solutions in hopes of breaking the cycle of abject poverty.
With your support we fund grassroots organizations working to promote health, education, economic development and social change in some of the poorest areas of Africa. AMF works to strengthen civil societies and to empower women and children.
AMF works with grassroots organizations that use microcredit as one piece of a whole plan for community development. AMF funds community development projects because they promote economic development, assist women, help people move out of abject poverty and create income that is most commonly invested by women in the health and education of their children.