Education

• At 30%, Sub-Saharan Africa has the lowest primary and secondary school enrollment rate in the world.
• One-third of all school-aged children not enrolled in school live in Africa.
• Over 43% of the population of Sub-Saharan Africa is under the age of 14.
• Half of African women over age 25, and 40% of Africans over age 15 are illiterate.

Poverty

• Half of the African population lives on less than US $1 a day.
• Globally, Sub-Saharan Africa is only region in the last 25 years where poverty has increased.
• 32 of the 38 heavily indebted countries in the world are in Africa.
• 65% of people in Sub-Saharan Africa live in rural regions.
• Working-aged youth make up almost 37% of all working Africans, but are almost 60% of the total unemployed

HIV/AIDS

• Two-thirds of people newly infected with HIV and three-quarters of HIV-related deaths occur in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• 28 million Africans are HIV-positive, which is close to the population of Canada.
• About 5,500 Africans die each day from AIDS.

Agriculture

• Only 4.7% of cropland in Sub-Saharan Africa is irrigated.
• 65% of Africans employed in agriculture are youth.
• African women generate two-thirds of Africa's agricultural production.

AIA is run by volunteers, and 95 cents of every dollar donated goes directly to the cause, with the remaining 5 cents covering administrative costs for mailings and marketing the organization. AIA representatives that travel to Africa raise funds for their travel costs separately from the organization's donations.

We established a Pen Pal Program between U.S. students and those in Olasiti village, Tanzania.