History

Golf Fore Africa was founded in early 2007 by LPGA Hall of Fame Golfer Betsy King following a 2006 trip to Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia where she saw firsthand the terrible plight of AIDS orphans in sub-Saharan Africa. Her initial goal was to raise $250,000 to help AIDS orphans and vulnerable children in Mudasomwa, Rwanda an area which has been devastated by both the AIDS pandemic and the 1994 genocide. By enlisting support of LPGA players and golfers from around the United States, $200,000 was raised in 2007 and donated to Golf Fore Africa's implementation project partner World Vision to help the children living in the Mudasomwa community. In early 2008 the final $50,000 of the goal was raised. In April of 2008 Golf Fore Africa became a 501(C)3 non-profit charity.

In June of 2008, at the McDonald's LPGA Championship Golf Fore Africa announced two new projects. The first is to fund the construction of a healthcare facility in Southern Rwanda. The goal of this project to improve access to healthcare for all community members in the Uwinkingi sector and to reduce mortality from infant killer disease among children under 5 years old ($350,000). The second project is to build improved housing in the country of Lesotho for people affected by HIV and AIDS including child headed households [$153,000]. For more information on either project go to the project section on the home page.

Watch the video footage from the initial trip to Africa in 2006.