I am a student conducting research on Africare for my International Development class. While initial research suggests that Africare is an excellent organization, recent reviews from other charity review sites have suggested that there is a significant amount of turnover occurring with the organization which raises some red flags.
Africare is a large, international development NGO that implements a variety of projects throughout the continent of Africa. Their extensive website portrays themselves as a charity that is truly effective as an organization as 98% percent of their employees are indigenous to Africa and that 95% of their funding goes toward actual programs. Being heavily funded by USAID, they have the ability to try a wide variety of operations addressing health, financial, and agricultural practices.
While they publish up to date blogs regarding the success of these projects, they largely tend to to ignore the shortcomings of their programs. Thus, it is hard to come across objective evaluations, and many charity review sites including this one seem to have a consensus that Africare fails to provide helpful impact summaries.
Additionally, more recent reviews from volunteers and recent employers on other sites indicate that the organization is currently going through a process of high-turnover in management. This has led to management being out of touch and lacking vision, as well as the promotion of unqualified people to higher positions. Moreover, many reviews indicated that Africare used to be a great organization, and that its marketing is a reflection of what the organization used to be. With these recent trends, I would be cautious about donating to Africare at this point in time.
Review from Guidestar