Who are Americans?

California-based charity Operation USA has worked for 27 years to provide material assistance and act as advocate for aid to those in dire need around the world. In 2005, over $18-million was provided in aid in the USA and around the world.
Assistance is now being provided to the victims of the Southern California Wildfires.

Kondwa Children’s Foundation (Cincinnati, Ohio) seeks to bring happiness and hope to orphaned children and communities impoverished by HIV/AIDS in Zambia, Africa. Almost 20% of the children in Zambia are now orphans.

While many of America’s favorite foods originated from foreign countries, below are some of the most popular foods that are said to have some origin in the USA.
Hamburgers are often disputed as having come from Hamburg, Germany although several Americans in the 1800’s claim they invented the hamburger. Apple pies probably originated in Europe, but are [...]

American Foundation for Children with AIDS (AFCA) works in Africa to improve the lives of children struggling with the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. AFCA’s (Lawrence, Kansas) activities include direct relief services, medical and social support, education and advocacy for children.

Ecologic Development Fund is an American-based charity (Cambridge, MA) that protects lush forests and rare wildlife in Latin America while helping people create a better life for themselves. Since 1993, Ecologic has worked with over 12 partner organizations in 8 Latin America countries to benefit more than 500,000 poor and indigenous people.
Ecologic works in countries [...]

The Global Fund for Women (GFW - based in Palo Alto, California) was founded in 1987 as a charity to raise funds for women’s human rights organizations worldwide, including those that work to gain freedom from poverty, violence and discrimination.
Since 1987, GFW has awarded over $58-million to over 3,450 organizations in 166 countries in Africa, [...]

Room To Read (San Francisco-based) is a nonprofit, founded in 2000 by former Microsoft Executive John Wood, that works to establish schools, libraries and educational infrastructure to give children in developing countries around the world opportunities that only education can provide.
Room to Read has operations in Vietnam, Cambodia, India, Sri Lanka, Laos, South Africa, Zambia. [...]

Partners in Malawi, based in Southern California, is a nonprofit working to bring medical relief to the over 1-million HIV/AIDS infected people in Malawi (Africa). It is estimated that in urban areas of Malawi, approximately 25% of the adults are HIV+.
Dr. Perry Jansen (Penn State College of Medicine, UCLA) made his first medical relief trip [...]