celebrating 25 years of service
1994
AHA was founded in response to the Rwanda genocide
70,000 Served
1995
AHA began its operation in Angola and Uganda, with healthcare at the core of its work.
115,000 Served
1996
AHA ventured into shelter development for the first time in Rwanda, helping provide housing for the most vulnerable groups of widows, handicapped, and families caring for orphans
95,954 Served
1997
AHA expanded its services to Burundi, Ethiopia, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
338,247 Served
1998
AHA revised financial and personnel management procedures and its field operation guidelines to ensure further organizational accountability and transparency.
205,477 Served
1999
AHA executed an emergency intervention in response to the Algerian Earthquake while initiating Family Planning/Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS projects in 30 rural locations of Ethiopia
238,999 Served
2000
With a new determination for growth, AHA called on financial support from larger institutions as it expanded even further into the African continent, branching into Zambia
384,557 Served
2001
AHA diversified its services in Namibia after receiving full responsibility of Osire Refugee Camp management by UNHCR
232,335 Served
2002
AHA ventured into shelter development for the first time in Rwanda, helping provide housing for the most vulnerable groups of widows, handicapped, and families caring for orphans
774,000 Served
2003
AHA opened a Liaison Office for East Africa in Nairobi, Kenya, which undertook an assessment mission to Southern Sudan
1,409,000 Served
2004
AHA continued to grow, providing services to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Guinea and Sudan.
1,408,000 Served
2005
AHA established the African Center for Humanitarian Action, with the mission of enhancing partnership and service delivery between humanitarian organizations.
1,787,269 Served
2006
AHA launched its Volunteer Programme to enable young humanitarians better understand the challenges facing the African continent.
3,657,253 Served
2007
AHA produced its toolkit on the “Responsibility to Protect: from Non-interference to Non-Indifference”.
983,200 Served
2008
AHA secured a consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). In addition, AHA signed a memorandum of partnership with the African Development Bank, to build AHA’s institutional capacity.
2,456,529 Served
2009
AHA celebrates its 15th Anniversary and forges forward in its mission of providing humanitarian assistance to alleviate human suffering in Africa.
2,894,386 Served
2010
AHA commenced its service in Cameroon to assist host communities and refugees from Central African Republic
1,081,171 Served
2011
Together with the Africa Development Bank, it devised a quick intervention plan, and mobilized funds to respond to crisis in Somalia.
1,062,966 Served
2012
AHA started providing mental health assistance for the first time for refugees and IDPs in Burundi
1,435,448 Served
2013
AHA took its operation to the newly created South Sudan to provide comprehensive primary healthcare and nutrition services to refuges from Sudan, to IDP’s and host communities.
857,593 Served
2014
AHA celebrates its two decade long dedicated humanitarian service and development assistance to displaced populations
910,590 Served
2015
AHA expanded its operational foot print in the Republic of Djibouti to help with the influx of refugees from Yemen.
826,038 Served
2016
AHA secured registration in the United Republic of Tanzania.
1,780,547 Served
2017
AHA partnered with the US Center for Disease Control (CDC) & International Medical Corps (IMC) to build emergency health response capacity for large scale outbreaks. AHA also initiated internal institutional review
707,543 Served
2018
AHA expanded its engagement to include Migration, Developed a training tool for emergency response and launched a pilot training with IMC and MM. AHA head office endorsed strategic policy guideline titled “AHA beyond 25” which was the result of the internal review conducted in 2017
992,196 ServedSignup for Updates
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