This is the third year Spirit of America has worked with US Army teams to support the Government of Niger's efforts at the Cure and the associated livestock vaccination campaign. This year, Spirit of America employed graduates of the veterinary scholarship program...
Hello, I’d like to take a moment to update you on a recent effort by Spirit of America, the Senegalese military, and a US Army Civil Affairs Team to empower female entrepreneurs in the remote southeastern Senegalese city of Kedougou. We first told you about this...
Hello, I’d like to tell you about the progress of a Spirit of America funded effort to build unit pride, increase accountability, and improve trust in Somalia’s premier counterterrorism force by US military trainers and advisers in Lower Shebelle, Somalia. We first...
Hello, I’d like to take a minute to update you on a project we recently conducted in East Africa where we provided GPS devices to the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF). These devices are supporting KDF efforts to assess local needs and share that information with their...
Greetings from Niger, Over the past few months, Spirit of America has provided non-lethal support to a Forces Armées Nigeriennes (FAN, the Nigerien military) team working to counter Boko Haram influence and to increase security in the Diffa Region of Southern Niger....
In recent years, communities in the Boni Forest of northeastern Kenya have been suffering at the hands of Al-Shabaab terrorists. Lately, the presence and influence of these terrorists has increased as Somali and AMISOM (the US-supported African Union Mission in...
Hello, I'd like to tell you a bit about a recent Spirit of America effort to support the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) forces battling Al-Shabaab. AMISOM forces from Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, and Ethiopia came together at a UN base in East Africa to receive...
Bonjour, I've been in West Africa for most of the month and I wanted to share a bit with you about the great things I've seen and been lucky enough to participate in along with our US and African partners. Today, I am in Dakar, Senegal supporting US Africa Command's...
Hi, I'd like to take a minute to update you on a project Spirit of America recently funded in Niger that we first told you about here. Our partner, a US civil affairs team working to reduce vulnerability to extremism and radicalization in the central Nigerien city of...
