The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation

The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation (TCCAF) was established in 2001 to bring more structure and focus on the community projects and is funded by the entire Coca-Cola System ( Coca-Cola business units and bottlers) in Africa. In 2006, TCCAF changed its implementing strategy from simply responding to funding requests to partnering with communities to meet both their needs as well as the sustainability goals of The Coca-Cola Company.

Its community projects are located within 4 strategic pillars. These are; Water (Access, Sanitation, Watershed Protection and Productive Use of Water); Health (Prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Hepatitis); Education; and Entrepreneurship. TCCAF also assists communities in times of disaster and strife through its Humanitarian Relief programs. Over 500,000 people, in various parts of Africa, have benefitted from an investment of more than $25 million in nearly 140 projects community projects in 34 countries since 2006. As part of refining its funding model in 2009, TCCAF has made a strategic shift from being solely funded by The Coca-Cola System to proactively seeking co-funders.

Recognizing that no single organization can effectively address Africa’s development challenges alone, TCCAF utilizes and mobilizes resources and expertise from a broad spectrum of stakeholder partnerships, including NGOs, governments, community based organizations and private sector companies. TCCAF is pleased to have initiated the seed funding for Rotarians For Fighting AIDS in 2004 and in being a part of building the strategic plan for the ANCHOR partnership to get started. Our funding commitment to this program now is $1.2 Million for a three year period. TCCAF was awarded RFFA Partner of the Year in 2008 at the Rotary International Los Angeles convention.