Community Care Fair in Pierce County WA:
On February 26th, 2022, Mission Africa partnered with All In WA and the WA State Department of Health to provide a Vaccine Clinic at Orting High School in Orting WA, with free COVID vaccinations. Orting community members enjoyed a fun filled day with music and give aways and, got vaccinated to help their families and community stay healthy!
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department YMPEP:
In partnership and funded by Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, Mission Africa is hosting a 6 week Youth Marijuana Prevention Education Program. Participants will attend virtual Zoom sessions and learn about different facets of leadership, advocacy, and empowerment as it pertains to marijuana prevention and education.
African Food - Gift Certificates to African Families:
Fully funded by the Renton Regional Community Foundation (Care Together Fund), we distributed $200.00 gift certificates to 24 African families with a total of 136 household members. The gift certificates were purchased from Bah's African Store in Kent, WA, a small local business that has struggled to stay afloat these Covid-19 pandemic years. This project allows African families to access ethnic and cultural foods that are not readily available at major chain stores, while supporting a small, local, African business. Amazing!
King County Eviction Prevention and Rent Assistance Program: (EPRAP)
EPRAP helps residents behind in rent and utility payments due to COVID-19 hardships. Eligible households throughout King County who have past due rent due to unemployment, lost wages, or health crises as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic can now apply for assistance.
Mission Africa is one of the Agencies contracted to help applicants navigate through the online application. It has been rewarding to see people receive what they need during Covid-19 and has been a great opportunity for Mission Africa to work with King County in these efforts.
- For information regarding King County’s rental assistance program, (EPRAP) visit the KING COUNTY WEBSITE
- If you are a tenant facing eviction, contact Housing Justice Project at: hjpstaff@kcba.org
Community Care Fair:
On October 23rd, 2021, Mission Africa partnered with All In WA and the Department of Health to provide The Care-A-Van in Auburn WA, with free COVID vaccinations. Our local Auburn community members got vaccinated to help their families and community stay healthy!
King County Food Assistance Project:
Since the start of the pandemic, food security continues to be one of the most reported issues from the families we serve locally and globally.
In late October, Mission Africa distributed grocery vouchers to 51 South King County families (240 household members total) through the Food Assistance Project funded by King County Public Health. The project helped provide means for the Washington State families in need, to purchase food for their households.
CCR Brothers & Sisters Program:
In many households worldwide, youth assisting their parents with younger siblings is a relationship dynamic that is very common.
Mission Africa has partnered with Child Care Resources for the Brothers & Sisters program, an 8-week online course in which teenagers learn a curriculum rich with topics that will help them become better caregivers for the children they care for.
MAFF Project:
The shift to virtual learning was tough for many students and their parents. Extra support can help ensure that these students do not fall through the cracks academically.
Mission Africa has partnered with First Five Years & Beyond and the University of Washington to provide virtual tutoring to African students, from kindergarten to 6th grade in South King County. The tutoring will provide academic support and promote healthy social skills. All tutors will be background checked. Volunteer tutors are still needed. Please click here to register as a volunteer tutor. Click here to register your child for academic support.
Menstrual Hygiene Outreach to Girls in Nigeria
Young girls and women in rural and remote communities in Nigeria are largely uninformed about their menstrual periods. This ignorance, socio-cultural taboos, and the high cost of sanitary products, lead them to using unhygienic materials for menstruation, resulting to serious health consequences. As COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact negatively on the economy globally, these young people suffer also.
In May 2020, Mission Africa partnered with PALCare Nigeria, to identify six rural/underprivileged communities within the South-East and North-Central States of Nigeria and provided menstrual hygiene education and reusable sanitary pads to a total of 132 young girls in these rural communities.
PALCare Nigeria is a nonprofit organization established in 2016 and registered in 2019 to provide health care services to people in less privileged communities in Nigeria and beyond through voluntary and evidence-based methods.
Food Assistance in Africa:
During this COVID-19 crises, several of our African communities reported food scarcity as being their main concern, and many worried about their children going hungry. Since then, Mission Africa has provided food supplies to hundreds of families in several States in Nigeria.
King County Ethnic/Cultural Food Assistance Project:
Mission Africa has partnered with King County Public Health for another food assistance program, aiding local families who have struggled with food during the pandemic.
In early December, we distributed $200 gift cards to 30 local African families for the South King County communities of WA State, with a combined total of 127 household members!
King County fully funded the gift cards, from Bah's African Store in Kent, Washington. As a small business, Bah's has struggled to stay afloat this year. This program allowed families to access ethnic and cultural foods that are not readily available at major chain stores, while supporting a small, local, African business. Amazing!
Volunteering:
Mission Africa's Executive Director has volunteered weekly since April 2020 at Overcomer Covenant Church in Auburn Washington, to help distribute groceries to families in need.
Post COVID Economic Recovery Program (PCER)!
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Mission Africa is proud to announce our Post COVID Economic Recovery Program (PCER)! In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced many small business owners in Nigeria to shut down their operations. The purpose of PCER is to help give them a jumpstart back into business. PCER will provide (15) micro loans to small businesses in the amount of 200,000N - 400,000N, the equivalent of about $500-$1,000 USD. This April, we are shifting our focus from healthcare to poverty alleviation. We hope to help business owners get back on their feet and relaunch |
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