International Charity for Africa
- International Charity for Africa
International Charity for Africa (ICA) is a Canadian NGO and charitable organization delivering community level poverty alleviation support through small & micro enterprise economic development. ICA provides assistance in small-business coaching, skills training, product & services development, world-market development, efficient production tools and micro-lending, to promising entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa so that they will grow their small businesses and in turn, create meaningful employment opportunities for men & women (parents) and young people in Africa, to help reduce poverty on the continent. ICA's approach is that when people earn fair wages, they are able to provide their families with fundamental needs - food, housing, clothing, health, and education.
ICA feels that the developed world has already spent over 50 years and several hundred billion dollars on trying to solve the problem of extreme poverty in Africa and yet very little has changed today. ICA believes that what the 80% of able-bodied unemployed (or underemployed) people in sub-Saharan Africa need are jobs, not handouts in, child sponsorships or food aid, etc. Like parents in the developed world, having reasonable jobs would make those of African children most certainly, able to take care of their children's needs and pay for necessary social/community needs like water, health-care, roads, etc.
The fact of the very large numbers of unemployed people and the potental huge sums of money and capacity required to create the necessary numbers of jobs, will indicate that the financially strapped African governments can not create all the required jobs needed by their people today. And even if some of them did, it could be conter-productive in the face of our prevalent free trade economies. Based on recent ICA's field studies, local entrepreneurs provide the logical answer. That is why ICA is focusing on assisting grassroots entrepreneurs to become the "engines" that will drive the national economies of sub-Sahara, to sustained development.(Ref:United Nations; Integrating Economic, Social and Environmental Policy, chap-2; National Development Strategies (page 12) http://www.un.org/esa/devagenda/UNDA1.pdf)
External links
* [http://www.icafrica.com International Charity for Africa website]
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Environmental Foundation for Africa — Infobox Company | company name = EFA company company type = Charity Slogan = Working for environmental protection and rehabilitation foundation = 1992, United Kingdom location = Lakka, Freetown Peninsula, Sierra Leone key people = Tommy Garnett… … Wikipedia
Match for Africa and Joining Forces for the Benefit of Children — Poster for the Match for Africa Match for Africa was a tennis exhibition match played on 21 December 2010. The match was contested between World Number One player Rafael Nadal and World Number Two Roger Federer in Zurich, Switzerland. It was… … Wikipedia
Gaddafi International Foundation for Charity Associations — The Gaddafi International Foundation for Charity Associations (GIFCA) is an international non governmental organisation (NGO) with headquarters located in the Libyan capital Tripoli and offices in Chad, Germany, Philippines and Sudan. [… … Wikipedia
Books for Africa — (www.booksforafrica.org) is a non profit organization dedicated to collecting, sorting, shipping, and distributing books to children in Africa. Located in St.Paul, MN, BFA s goal is to end the book famine in Africa. They are the largest shipper… … Wikipedia
Oz for Africa — was an Australian concert held on 13 July 1985 at the Sydney Sports and Entertainment Centre. It was broadcast locally and internationally as part of the worldwide Live Aid performances to raise money for famine relief in Africa. The concert… … Wikipedia
Charity and Charities — • In its widest and highest sense, charity includes love of God as well as love of man Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Charity and Charities Charity and Charities … Catholic encyclopedia
International development — For other forms of development, see development (disambiguation). These key indicators of human well being have all improved since 1970. International development or global development[1] is a concept that lacks a universally accepted definition … Wikipedia
Charity-Rock — [englisch/amerikanisch, tʃærɪtɪrɔk; wörtlich »Wohltätigkeits Rock«], 1985 in der englischsprachigen Musikpresse aufgekommene Bezeichnung für die damals vor dem Hintergrund der Hungerkatastrophe in Äthiopien veranstalteten Kollektivproduktionen… … Universal-Lexikon
international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… … Universalium
Charity supergroup — To raise funds or awareness for charities or causes which they support, musicians may sometimes form groups often known as charity supergroups. While all star membership in these groups may suggest that they are supergroups, they are usually… … Wikipedia
