Our Insights
Fadoa children with a CBO official after receiving some school materials
Our Mission
Friends of AIDS Orphans in Africa (FADOA) exists to give HIV/AIDS orphans in Africa the opportunity to grow up healthy in body, mind, and spirit—with access to education, care, and community support.
Our mission is to help disenfranchised African AIDS orphans remain in their home communities, pursue their education, and build meaningful futures—rather than being forced into cycles of poverty, displacement, and exploitation.
Our Goal
FADOA’s goal is to help meet the basic and life-changing needs of AIDS orphans in Africa, including:
- Nutritious food
- Safe shelter
- Clothing and school uniforms
- Access to education
- Physical, emotional, and psychological support
By addressing both immediate needs and long-term stability, we help vulnerable children regain hope, dignity, and direction.
Local Partnerships
To ensure your donation makes the greatest possible impact, FADOA works through trusted local partner organizations in Africa that understand the cultural and community realities facing HIV/AIDS-affected children. These partnerships allow us to deliver support efficiently, responsibly, and sustainably.
Transparency You Can Trust
We understand that U.S. donors value accountability. That’s why FADOA partners with Donation Transparency, giving supporters confidence that their contributions are used responsibly and exactly as intended.
Our Theory of Social Change
Most HIV/AIDS assistance programs in Africa are concentrated in large cities and urban centers, while remote rural villages are often overlooked. Yet these rural communities have become ground zero for the HIV/AIDS orphan crisis.
As parents living with HIV/AIDS fall ill in cities, many return to their home villages to die—leaving behind children with no caregivers, no resources, and no protection. These villages, already impoverished, become overwhelmed by loss and responsibility.
Tragically, many HIV/AIDS orphans migrate to cities seeking survival. Without education, job skills, or adult guidance, they often end up on the streets—exposed to exploitation, gangs, trafficking, and sexual abuse.
Breaking the Cycle
FADOA believes the most effective way to break this cycle is to support children before they are forced into the streets. Through education sponsorship, school uniforms, and life-skills support, we fight poverty at the root.
Prevent Street Life
Keeping children in safe home communities.
Prevent New Infections
Education and stability reduce vulnerability.
Strengthen Families
Empowering caregivers to keep families together.
Lasting Change
Creating independent, self-reliant adults.
Help Change a Child’s Future
A uniform keeps a child in class. An education keeps a child off the streets. A donor like you helps break the cycle—forever.
Please Donate TodayTax-Exempt Status
Friends of AIDS Orphans in Africa (FADOA) is a U.S. tax-exempt nonprofit organization under Section 501(c)(3).
Donation License Number (DLN): 17053073303038
Your contribution is tax-deductible as allowed by law.