The Portland Area
Global AIDS Coalition
is an alliance of
local organizations
and individuals,
united on behalf
of the millions
impacted by the
global AIDS pandemic.
The PAGAC seeks
to strengthen the
work of its members
through the sharing
of ideas and resources,
to engage the local
community in the fight
against HIV/AIDS,
and to advocate for
policies that respond
to the needs of
those affected both
locally and globally. |
© 2005
Portland Area Global AIDS Coalition |
Oregon, AIDS Education, sub-Sahara Africa |
Direct Service Organizations
Africa AIDS Response
Africa AIDS Response is a program of the Portland–Mutare Sister City Association working to support grassroots efforts to those affected by HIV/AIDS living in and around Mutare, Zimbabwe.
| 503-284-0206
www.africaaidsresponse.org
Africa Bridge
Africa Bridge is committed to bringing African leaders together to deliver solutions to children made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS.
| 503-557-7245
www.africabridge.org
Amazon Promise
Amazon Promise is a national group working to provide care to villages in Peru, including those impacted by HIV/AIDS.
| 503-502-6337
www.amazonpromise.org
Bola Moyo (Better Life)
Bola Moyo mobilizes and supports African communities in response to poverty, suffering, and inequality by sponsoring and initiating programs related to education, HIV/AIDS, youth development, micro-enterprise, and gender issues.
| 503-508-8899
www.bolamoyo.com
CARE
CARE is one of the world’s leading humanitarian organizations fighting global poverty. With CARE’s help, people in the world’s poorest communities achieve lasting solutions to their most threatening problems.
| 503-464-0787
www.care.org
Imani Project
The Imani Project (a nonprofit registered in Kenya under the Kenyan Department of Social Services) focuses on HIV/AIDS awareness, education and prevention in the rural coastal villages of Kenya.
| 503-349-2596
www.imaniproject.org
Mercy Corps
Since 1979, Mercy Corps has worked to alleviate suffering, poverty, and oppression by helping people build secure, productive, and just communities.
| 503-478-1036
www.mercycorps.org
Nomad Charities
Nomad Charities is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of lives of adults and children who are homeless, exploited and orphaned as a result of the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa.
| 541-389-0310
www.nomadcharities.org
NW Medical Teams
Northwest Medical Teams is a non-profit humanitarian aid organization working to reduce suffering around the world and in the Pacific Northwest.
| 503-624-1049
www.northwestmedicalteams.org
The “Q” Fund
The Q Fund works to improve the quality of life for children orphaned by AIDS in Africa, by providing direct assistance with education, food and clean water.
| 503-706-1590
www.qfund4aids.org
Watoto Wa Dunia (Children of the World)
Watoto wa Dunia operates a child sponsorship program, a microenterprise program for women in Kibera, Nairobi, and is currently building a home for 40 AIDS orphans and 100+ widows in Kenya, East Africa.
| 503-595-1786
www.wwdhome.org
Zimbabwe Artists Project
Through education, sale of their art in the U.S., and special projects, ZAP helps women artists from rural Weya in eastern Zimbabwe become economically self-sufficient.
| 503-232-7057
www.zimbabweartistsproject.org
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