The AFC Children's Home

Artists for Charity operates a children's home in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for HIV positive orphans. The Home provides all the basic necessitites for caring for these children, such as food, shelter, medical attention, and school fees and supplies. In addition to the bare minimum, however, the Home focuses on creating a small, family-like environment that resembles a typical home. Click here to visit the Artists for Charity Children's Home.

The Desta Project

The Desta project is a collection of projects and activities developed by Artists for Charity.  It was envisioned so that the AFC Children's Home could, in time, generate enough income to be self sustaining and, also, to provide the children with art and business skills so that one day they will be self sufficient and, in turn, help others.

The word "Desta" means happiness in Ethiopia.  The children came up with the name. The Desta project is a program which intends to promote international collaboration and volunteerism with a foundation based on creativity and action. The project invites both international volunteers and artists in residence to participate and share their talents and skills.  The Desta project offers individuals the opportunity to give back simply through their talents, but also to gain so much through their interaction with the children and the project.

 

 

Artists-In-Residency Program

Artists-in- residency program provides a safe and creative space for up to one year to artists looking to engage in opportunities to experience Ethiopia, while sharing their talent and creativity with AFC Children. Food, housing, and workspace will be provided to the artists during the residency program. Each artists is responsible for the cost of their travel including airfare and to and from Ethiopia.

Art Pen Pal

Art pen pal is an exchange program that allows AFC children and students from other countries to share stories, ideas, and experiences through a variety of printmaking processes. Each pen pal member will be matched with a child from the AFC home along with the child's short bio, photo and mylar drawings.  The AFC organization will be responsible for all shipping, handling and provision of all necessary supplies including printing paper, ink, etc.. as a master printer, each student pen pale will work with an assigned child's drawing to produce images for printing, editing and curating. Selected artwork will be exhibited at galleries and sold online with all proceeds donated to Artists for Charity.

Volunteer and Educational Services

As part of our goal to connect communites, we provide volunteer services for Ethiopians abroad and opportunities for members of the Ethiopian diaspora to work in their home communities. Our educational services include seminars on current issues in Ethiopian communities both at home and abroad. Topics include women's rights, HIV/AIDS, children's rights, investment opportunities. AFC provides a safe environment for anyone to volunteer in Ethiopia, either with us or with one of our partner organizations. For more information on educational services, contact us. For more information about volunteering, click here.