WHYY June 22, 2024 AFAHO in Southwest Philly celebrates African and Caribbean culture Preview: Community members and organization leaders of the African Family Health Organization, or AFAHO, gathered Saturday to celebrate African and Caribbean culture. The small block party in Southwest Philly is the first of its kind. Executive director Oni Richards said she…
WHYY May 5, 2023 What would Philadelphia’s immigrant communities like to see from the next mayor? Preview: Oni Richards, executive director of the African Family Health Organization, which serves African and Caribbean immigrants, says that resources should be directed both towards those immigrants who have come to the city, opened businesses, and achieved economic…
Philadelphia Inquirer March 27, 2023 ‘The lack of translation is a problem’: Non-English speakers are scrambling for information about the city’s water supply Preview: As everyone waits for updates from the city on Philadelphia’s water supply, one group of people has so far been left behind: The more than 350,000 people in Philly who…
The Philadelphia Inquirer October 4, 2022 African Family Health Organization to host health screening day on Oct. 22 Preview: The African Family Health Organization, or AFAHO, will host a health screening day on Oct. 22 in Southwest Philadelphia. The AFAHO serves the diverse African and Caribbean immigrant community of the greater Philadelphia area. They…
CBS News Philadelphia July 20, 2022 Brotherly Love: Nonprofit Provides Welcoming Space For African, Caribbean Immigrants And Refugees In Philly Region Preview: PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — For more than a decade, a nonprofit has provided a welcoming and healthy space for African and Caribbean immigrants and refugees in the greater Philadelphia region. Thanks to them, thousands…
African and Caribbean Immigrant Communities Demonstrate Leadership During COVID-19 In 2005, to address the growing needs of the black immigrant and refugee communities, Mayor John F. Street established the Mayor’s Commission on African and Caribbean Immigrant Affairs through an Executive Order. With leadership from former Councilwoman Jannie L Blackwell, the Commission was brought to life, and…
This Philly program helps African and Caribbean immigrant youth thrive in their new city In 2016, immigrants composed 15 percent of the population in Philadelphia, while more than 25 percent of Philadelphians in recent years were immigrants or United States natives with immigrant parents. This includes almost 76,000 people younger than 18 years old, making approximately one…
Philadelphia Inquirer December 15, 2016 Ancient ritual, modern suffering: Drexel program aids survivors of female genital cutting Preview: She is an undocumented immigrant from Burkina Faso, one of the poorest countries on earth. She fled her West African homeland a year ago with her daughter, then 11 years old, to protect the girl from a…
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