Africa: An Enduring Commitment

President Clinton in Malawi

While in Mchinji, Malawi, on Friday, President Clinton visited a village that is part of the Clinton Hunter Development Initiative's anchor farm and community reforestation projects. He met local farmers and their families who are able to improve their harvests and incomes through these projects. Read more »

The Malawi Anchor Farm Business Development Project

Malawi is fondly known as the Warm Heart of Africa, symbolized by its ever-smiling people. But traversing the countryside, where the majority stay, one cannot miss ravaged vegetation, ever declining soil fertility, gaps in agronomic best practices especially for non-traditional crops like soya beans and sunflower, inefficiencies in the market and value chains, and few effective farmer organizations. The Clinton Hunter Development Initiative (CHDI) looked at these challenges and turned them into targets of opportunity by carving out the an "anchor farm" business development model. This project supports the government of Malawi's ambitious program, Recently, the African Green Revolution. Read more »

Expert Clients Make the Difference in CHAI's Pediatric HIV/AIDS Program

Stigma, discrimination, and lack of knowledge on HIV/AIDS are all major challenges facing the success of HIV/AIDS treatment and the prevention of mother-to-child transmission in developing countries, including Malawi. To increase the rates of patient follow up, teach communities about mother-to-child transmission, and to encourage testing for more children, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) uses a peer-to-peer education approach in Malawi through its Expert Client Initiative. Read more »

Rice University is Committed to Improving Global Health Technologies

Since we established Rice 360°, Rice University's Institute for Global Health Technologies, in 2007 as a Clinton Global Initiative Commitment to Action, we have visited many hospitals and clinics across the developing world. Read more »

Changing Livelihoods and Ecosystems in Malawi

The outside world is fully aware that climate change is largely responsible for the suffering of these poor Malawian farmers amongst many others elsewhere. Many initiatives are in place by many players that aim at addressing the problem of climate change through mitigation and adaptation strategies. Read more »

President Clinton in Tanzania

The president went to Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) supported Kitere Health Center, where the an average of 80 patients are seen daily for reproductive and child health services and for the testing and treatment of malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malnutrition. Read more »

Standard Chartered's Commitment to Prevent HIV/AIDS

Although Standard Chartered is a British headquartered bank, only 1,300 of our 70,000 employees are based in the United Kingdom. The focus of our business is in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, and our greatest impact on these markets is through our contribution to their economies. Read more »

Expanding CHAI’s Fight Against HIV/AIDS to South Africa

A new set of policies expanding access to treatment to a larger set of people living with AIDS were to go into effect on April 1, and the world’s largest HIV testing campaign in history would launch later that month, with the aim of testing 15 million South Africans in 15 months. Read more »

President Clinton to Deliver Remarks at the Nelson Mandela Foundation

Tomorrow, June 24, 2010, President Clinton will deliver remarks at the Nelson Mandela Foundation's Centre of Memory and Dialogue, which contributes to the making of a just society by promoting the values, vision and work of its Founder. Read more »

New York Observer: President Clinton Is Working Toward Solutions to Global Warming in Africa

The Power of Play to Teach Children About HIV/AIDS

As a former Olympian, I truly believe in the transformative power of sport and play. I founded Right To Play in 2000 in an effort to change the lives of children in some of... Read more »

My Commitment to Africa

When I took my first trip to sub-Saharan Africa in 1998, it was the longest, most extensive trip there that any American president had ever taken. I traveled to six... Read more »

Saving a Kenyan Forest – and a Community

Forests in Kenya historically have been under a constant threat of destruction and most have already either been destroyed or considerably degraded. The extent of... Read more »

President Clinton Preparing for His Trip to Africa

Staff on the ground in Africa – and in our headquarters in Harlem – are busy finalizing the details and getting ready for President Clinton’s 11th trip to Africa. It’s... Read more »