Notes from the Field

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African Services operates five HIV testing and integrated care clinics, in five regions of Ethiopia, providing more than 20,000 children, women, and men with HIV and TB testing and treatment each year, nutrition for more than 7,000 children and pregnant women, reproductive health for more than 6,000 women and girls, new shoes for nearly 18,000 children (improving school attendance and helping to prevent the spread of intestinal parasites), and income-generating support for nearly 100 families. Please click here and donate to African Services Ethiopia today.

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ASC's ICLC Offering Free DACA Renewals

On Sept. 25, 2017, as part of the The New York Immigration Coalition's DACA Day of Action, ASC's Immigrant Community Law Center - ICLC provided free DACA renewals to individuals whose status expires on or before March 5, 2018. Additionally ICLC is offering free legal consultations to DACA recipients to screen for eligibility for other sources of immigration relief. To schedule an appointment: call ICLC at 212.222.3882 or email help@immigrantcommunity law.org 

*a fee may be charged for non-consultation legal services.

'King of New African Cuisine' Serves Up Support for ASC

African Services Committee’s “Come to the Table” Kitchen Campaign benefit featuring Senegalese master Chef Pierre Thiam kicked off with a magnificent show of support surrounded by the brilliant work of renowned Ethiopian artist Elias Sime at Chelsea's James Cohan Gallery on June 14. The campaign aims at raising critical support for ASC’s kitchen, nutrition education and food programs, which have taken big budget cuts in the last year.

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ASC Awarded NYIC 'Member of the Year'

African Services Committee was named  "Member of the Year" alongside a number of champion supporters of immigrant communities in the United States, including Joyce Chang, Josefina Vázquez Mota and Suzette Brooks Masters, at the New York Immigration Coalition's 2016 Gala, on May 24th at Capitale NY.

More than four hundred individuals representing community organizations, labor groups, faith organizations, businesses, and government gathered to celebrate at the elegant venue on Manhattan's Lower East Side. 

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