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Africa Bridge in the News
Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) --- Think Out Loud
Africa Bridge founder, Barry Childs, speaks in a live podcast for OPB's Think Out Loud program which explores the issues making news in our region and encourages those with different perspectives to talk with one another.
On the Farm: African Bridge Dinner at Lake View Farms
Blog by Byron Beck.
Africa Bridge is a rural economic development organization with an emphasis on assisting vulnerable children and their families in Tanzania...
Africa Bridge helps kids & farmers in Tanzania/ kgw.com
Stephanie Strickland chats with Barry Childs, founder of Oregon-based Africa Bridge, a non-profit that helps farmers and orphans in rural Tanzania...
KBOO FM interviews Barry Childs: Africa Bridge assists vulnerable children in Tanzania Host James Dixon speaks with the Africa Bridge founder to find out how the organization is assisting vulnerable children and their families in SW Tanzania by bridging the gap between African culture and western culture.
Stafford Primary second-graders raise $3000 for Africa Bridge
Last month, second-graders from the Stafford Primary School in West Linn, OR raised more than $3,000 for Africa Bridge through the Stafford's Read to Feed/Read to Build reading challenge.
Africa Bridge Receives Grant of $20,000 from Newman's Own® Foundation
Africa Bridge is pleased to announce that it has received a grant of $20,000 from the Newman’s Own Foundation. The grant is an investment into Africa Bridge’s ongoing efforts to listen to vulnerable children in Tanzania and empower their communities to protect support and care for them through integrated, sustainable development programs.
Africa Bridge documentary film wins Prestigious Silver Telly Award
This top film award was presented to Lynn Hennagin for footage she recorded in September, 2008. The documentary showcases the projects being implemented by Africa Bridge to protect and serve the country's' most vulnerable children.
Africa Bridge teaches self-sufficiency to villages, August 27, 2009
Founded in 2000, Africa Bridge has created over 20 income-generating cooperatives that have empowered the communities of the Masoko and Isongole wards in southwestern Tanzania to create permanent change by providing sustainable incomes for family caregivers and access to education for 95% of the village children.
On August 29, 2009, the first Africa Bridge Harvest Gala will be held. In the tradition of a Tanzanian after- harvest festival, the event will include native food, dancing and drumming as well as guest speakers; Barry Childs, Africa Bridge founder and Lisa MacCallum, the managing director of The Nike Foundation.
KINK FM Interviews Barry Childs: Building Bridges from Oregon to Africa – listen to the podcast here.
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