The brochure says The Africa Fund was established by the American Committee on Africa as an independent, tax-exempt agency. Its purposes are to defend human and civil rights of needy Africans by providing or financing legal assistance; provide medical relief to Africans, particularly refugees; assist indigent Africans, whether in the United States, Africa, or elsewhere, who are suffering economic, legal, or social injustices or displacements; provide educational aid to worthy Africans, particularly African refugees; inform the American public about the needs of Africans for charitable and educational assistance; and engage in nonpartisan study, research, and analysis of questions relating to...
The brochure says The Africa Fund was established by the American Committee on Africa as an independent, tax-exempt agency. Its purposes are to defend human and civil rights of needy Africans by providing or financing legal assistance; provide medical relief to Africans, particularly refugees; assist indigent Africans, whether in the United States, Africa, or elsewhere, who are suffering economic, legal, or social injustices or displacements; provide educational aid to worthy Africans, particularly African refugees; inform the American public about the needs of Africans for charitable and educational assistance; and engage in nonpartisan study, research, and analysis of questions relating to Africa. The Africa Fund's work focuses on southern Africa, where nearly 30 million black Africans are prisoners of colonialism and apartheid. The brochure describes needs for assistance in the countries in southern Africa. In Angola, nearly half a million people have fled from war zones into the Congo and funds are needed to educate children and to aid refugees. In Mozambique, large areas are controlled by the nationalists, but many are refugees in Tanzania; a broad program for training medical personnel has been established in addition to medical clinics; schooling for children also needs support. In Rhodesia, funds are particularly needed for welfare assistance to the families of political prisoners and detainees and to prisoners to enable them to continue their education through correspondence courses. In South Africa, provision of legal defense in the courts for political prisoners often helps to mitigate sentences; prisoners' families need assistance, as do families who have lost their homes through the Group Areas Act extension of apartheid; refugees and students are scattered around the world. In South West Africa, there are needs for legal defense for political prisoners and aid for their families, as well as support for United Nations' policies leading toward South West African independence. The Africa Fund is a charitable and educational trust under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, so contributions are deductible. Trustees of The Africa Fund include Theodore Tucker, chairman; Edler Hawkins, vice chairman; Andrew E. Norman, treasurer; and Daniel Bernstein, Edward Gray, Marvin Harris, Sophia Yarnall Jacobs, William B. Landis, Kenneth A. McClane, Israel Mowshowitz, and Mason Sears, with George M. Houser as executive secretary and Ben Peterson as assistant treasurer. [Note on date: The photographs in this brochure are also in the document Africa Fund Projects: Angola, Guinea, Mozambique (available on this website) and the list of Trustees in the two documents match.]
