About Us

"Once someone touches your heart, the fingerprint last forever."
- Anonymous

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A fingerprint leaves an impression.  An impression can leave a lasting impact - one that changes a life.  That's what we are all about! Impacting and changing lives - one life at a time.

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Touching

Educating

Empowering

The effects of HIV/AIDS pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa are devastating.

• ​​Children are left without parents.
  
• Orphaned children  often live in child-headed households.
  
• Many have to support and raise their younger siblings.
• Widows are stripped of everything, left penniless, yet are desperate try to keep their children fed and safe.
• Orphans are subjected to abuse, neglect, forced child marriages, and human trafficking.   
  

Getting involved touches them, and in the process we are also touched. The fingerprint, an impression lasting forever, changes their lives and ours.

​Education is important in Africa! Orphaned children rarely have the opportunity to be educated because they cannot afford:

• ​To buy the necessary uniforms
• To purchase school supplies
• No money for school fees.   

Drop-in day care centers provide orphaned preschool children a chance to receive their early education without the burden of fees and supplies, plus they provide one nutritious meal a day.  More school facilities are needed, and future plans include developing sustainable means for older orphans to go to elementary and high school as well.

Women are often not educated. Widows, in particular, have little chance or means to be educated. Fingerprints Across Africa is dedicated to:

• WE! Women & widow empowerment training in economic micro-enterprise skills empowering them to provide an income for themselves and their children.
  
• Developing local savings and loan capabilities.
  
• Providing capital for income-generating businesses.
  

All of these lead to local sustainability for widow empowerment and orphan-care initiatives.

Fingerprints Across Africa is dedicated to touching, educating and empowering Africa's at-risk women and children to lead locally sustainable lives.

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Get Involved!
How can YOUmake an impact today?

• DONATE TODAY.  A strong donor base enables us to create more solutions that empower locally sustainable development impacting the lives of the orphans and widows. //Donate.
  
• TAKE A TRIP WITH SERVE TEAMS. We send teams to Malawi to partner with nationals in training, providing practical service, and in building infrastructure for long term development. You will physically touch the vulnerable orphans and widows, and they will touch you back...changing your life forever! //ServeTeam.
• VOLUNTEER AT AN UPCOMING EVENT. Your hands on involvement is vital to developing a strong donor base. The more who volunteer, the more lives are touched and changed. Volunteer and make a difference. //Volunteer.
• SHARE WITH OTHERS.  The best way to help is to tell others. Help us spread the word with your friends who will tell their friends. If you believe in what we do, then tell others. Join us on Facebook and share our posts, blogs, stories, and events. Will you also help us raise visibility for our work by posting a review of your experience on GreatNonprofits—a review site like Yelp, but for nonprofits? All reviews will be visible to potential donors and volunteers. //Greatnonprofits.
• CREATE A FUNDRAISER ~ CREATE THE CHANGE! Create a fundraiser that brings awareness to your community about who we are and the importance of our mission. You can make a huge impact in both your community and in Africa. Contact us for ideas. //Contact.
• SMILE.AMAZON ~ YOU SHOP & AMAZON GIVES. Do you shop through Amazon.com? Amazon will donate .5% of every eligible purchase to the charity of your choice.  Choose Fingerprints Across Africa as your charity of choice, and give back while you shop. //smile.amazon.com.
• MATCHING GIFTS. Many companies offer matching gifts up to 100% of donations resulting in doubling your gift impact. To apply for corporate matching gifts, first check your company's intranet site that may allow employees to apply online. Other corporations provide forms that can be printed out and mailed in.  If you do not see this information online, check with your Human Resources department.
  

We'd love to hear from you.

email

rallen@fpaaf.org​

phone

337.764.9837

address

PO Box 7392
Lake Charles, LA 70606

Important Information: 

​WE ARE A 501(C)3 NON-PROFIT.  ALL DONATION ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE.