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US for Africa
Screen printing, custom embroidary and a variety
of other products benefitting
Africa’s needs.
Those that have travelled through Africa most likely have been impressed by the sheer beauty and abundance of wildlife, but also overwhelmed by the prevelance of poverty. It is for this very reason that we started “US for Africa,” to do our part and help fight poverty as well as provide financial support to sustain some of the endangered animal populations such as cheetah, tiger and rhino. For each item of screen printing, custom embroidary or any other product sold, we donate a minimum of 20% of all proceeds to the Mitchell House School in Polokwane, South Africa, where they help fund the most basic needs of young children such as clothes, school supplies, equipment and supplementary meals. Secondly, we support the Cango Endangered Species Breeding facility that specializes in the breeding of endangered species such as cheetah, tiger and rhino.
The facts are staggering and undeniable:
- UNICEF estimates that 80% of girls in Sub-Saharan Africa will not complete primary/elementary school education.
- More than 25% of people in South Africa live below the international poverty line – on less than $1.25/day. In Mozambique, it is estimated at more than 75%.
- The cheetah population was estimated at more than 100,000 in the early 1900’s. Today, the population ranges between 9,000 and 12,000 with between 550-1000 existing in South Africa. This means the cheetah population declined at a rate of more than 800 per year until the latter part of the previous century.
- There once were 9 subspecies of tigers in the wild totalling more than 100,000: Bengal, Siberian, Indochinese, South Chinese, Sumatran, Malayan, Caspian, Javan and Bali. Today, the last 3 species are extinct, one extinct in the wild and the rest are endangered, with less than 4,500 remaining in total.
- The decline of the rhino population has been well documented. In 1970 the black rhino population was estimated at 65,000 but due to the demand for rhino horn in Asia and the Middle East the numbers dwindled to less then 2,400 two decades later (more than 60,000 black rhinos were killed at a rate of more than 8/day).
- The southern white rhino has fought back from the brink of extintion a century ago with more than 16,000 remaining in South Africa today. Unfortunately, the northern white rhino is thought to be extinct in the wild with only 10 remaining worldwide in captivity.
Allow US::Africa to take care of all your apparel requirements whilst supporting the educational needs of young children and playing a role in ensuring the survival of some endangered species.
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