Monday, April 03, 2006
Good news for AFRIC
AFRIC, the African Francophone Resource & Information Centre, has just been awarded a £1,000 grant by Lewisham Council’s community sector unit. This follows on from £4,900 grant which they received from the Community Chest last week. AFRIC is very much a new organisation but is already making an impact in the area.
Earlier this year, AFRIC received a grant from the Home Office to set up a befriending project to support exiles and refugees seeking asylum in London.
The group has a base in the A3 Community Office Space providing a drop-in service on Thursdays and Fridays, primarily supporting French-speaking Africans who have fled the unrest which has displaced many people from francophone African states, like Sierra Leone and Democratic Republic of Congo.
AFRIC, the African Francophone Resource & Information Centre, has just been awarded a £1,000 grant by Lewisham Council’s community sector unit. This follows on from £4,900 grant which they received from the Community Chest last week. AFRIC is very much a new organisation but is already making an impact in the area.
Earlier this year, AFRIC received a grant from the Home Office to set up a befriending project to support exiles and refugees seeking asylum in London.
The group has a base in the A3 Community Office Space providing a drop-in service on Thursdays and Fridays, primarily supporting French-speaking Africans who have fled the unrest which has displaced many people from francophone African states, like Sierra Leone and Democratic Republic of Congo.
# posted by Donnie Gall @ 9:47 am 
