African Leadership Academy | Developing the next generation of African leaders

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Michelle Obama Participates in ALA Students' Reading Program During her recent visit, Michelle Obama participated in a reading program at the Emthonjeni creche.

Help Make a Positive Change Africa

ALA is donor supported non-profit charity. ALA students are selected without regard to their ability to pay, and 90% of our student body requires scholarship support to attend. In 2011-12, ALA needs to raise $6 million in donations from foundations, corporations, and individuals to ensure that each of these young leaders is able to enroll at the Academy and participate in our transformative programs. Over $200,000 of these funds will come in individual donations of less than US$1,000 each – with many donations as low as $50.

There are many ways that you or your organization can help ALA: the simplest way is to donate or set up a recurring donation. Alternatively, you can create your own fundraising campaign for ALA - set your goal and using your networks, employer, church group or social circle to help achieve a positive impact in Africa.

African Leadership Academy's Impact on Africa

ALA has already started making an impact on Africa. In just four short years, ALA students have already gone on to create youth entrepreneurial programs in Tanzania, Morocco, the DRC, Zimbabwe, Senegal and Namibia. Other ALA students have created projects that promote food security in informal townships, literacy and self-worth programs for at-risk youth to schools in southern Africa. These same students have also been awarded over US$21 Million in scholarship funding to continue their studies at some of the top universities in the world.

In that same four-year timespan, over 10,000 young leaders representing 48 African nations have applied to be part of ALA - a remarkable endorsement of ALA's relevance in the continent.