OUR MISSION:
Creating Opportunity.
We seek to end poverty in Africa by providing the tools to break out of it.
NEW!
March 2024 Mission Trip
This March, COFA held its annual board meeting in conjunction with the second Building Up The Kingdom Conference at St. Peter Christian College in Mhluzi, Middelburg, South Africa. Click the link below to read about these two events and associated activities by the 32 participants in this trip.
Endowment Campaigns
COFA has initiated two five-year fundraising drives, intended to raise $1 million each for scholarships at St. Peter Christian College in Mhluzi, South Africa and for support of its orphanage in Middelburg, South Africa. See details at our Education and Orphan Care pages.
Who We Are
Christian Outreach for Africa (COFA) was organized by people who decided to act on their Christian faith by attacking the cycle of poverty in parts of Africa. Rather than simply provide charity, however, COFA helps fund sustainable projects that have a permanent impact. Our holistic program that provides quality Christian education, basic health care, safe and affordable housing, and meaningful employment, gives the impoverished the opportunity to create a better future for themselves. We currently have projects in South Africa and Uganda.
““Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice.”
- Nelson Mandela
What We Do
We help improve school facilities and provide scholarships and tuition for preschool and K-12 students.
We create jobs and encourage entrepreneurship.
We help develop health care facilities and services.
“Inclusive, good-quality education is a foundation for dynamic and equitable societies.”
- Desmond Tutu
How We Do It
The COFA model is designed for long-term impact:
Partnerships: We collaborate with individuals and organizations in the U.S. and in Africa with the dedication and expertise to work in the challenging environment of African nations.
Sustainable Projects: We undertake projects that continue to provide benefits after our role is completed.
Local Participation: We work with the people we hope to serve in order to ensure that a project meets their needs and they have a stake in its success.
Financial and Management Control: COFA’s dedication to following strict accounting and disclosure principals has earned it a Four Star rating from Charity Navigator and a Platinum Transparency rating from Candid/Goldstar.
Shown here: Our partnership with Caring Friends, a South African Christian health care organization, allows COFA to provide eye care at the health clinic it helped construct on the campus of St. Peter Christian College in Mhluzi, South Africa.
“When we see the face of a child, we think of the future. We think of their dreams about what they might become, and what they might accomplish.”
Desmond Tutu
