ABOUT US

Mission and History.

In 1981, Asfaha Hadera — an Ethiopian refugee — founded African Services in his basement apartment in the Bronx providing much-needed services to recent refugees. Today, African Services is a multi-service human rights agency dedicated to assisting immigrants, refugees, and asylees from across the African Diaspora. With our staff representing the community we serve, African Services provides health, housing, legal, social welfare, education, nutrition, and advocacy services to more than 8000 people a year in New York City, addressing the needs of newcomers affected by war, persecution, poverty, and other global health inequities.