Greetings, I recently returned from West Africa, where I had the opportunity to support US forces and their Cameroonian counterparts in their efforts to defeat extremism and bring stability to the region through improved education. We first told you about this project...

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. Al-Shabaab is an al-Qaeda linked terror group that has spread violence and fear throughout east Africa and,...

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...

Hello, Today, I'd like to update you about a recent project Spirit of America funded in response to local needs identified by a US Civil Affairs team in Chad. The project provided a much-needed pump to repair the water system in Bardai, a desert oasis town in northern...

Since 2011 Spirit of America has been providing assistance in support of US efforts to prevent conflict in West Africa. In coordination with US troops, Spirit of America has: Supported a training and livelihoods program in Mauritania that provided training and basic...

Greetings, I recently had the opportunity to sit down and chat with some of the Spirit of America scholarship recipients that recently graduated from Community Veterinary Tech program in Maradi, Niger. Working with Nigerien counterparts in the central Agadez region of...