OUR STORY
HalevAfrica’s mission is to give orphans and vulnerable children the necessary educational opportunities to lift themselves up from extreme poverty long term.
OUR
STORY
Ayelet Israeli-Aharonof founded HalevAfrica (The Heart of Africa) in January 2019. A social entrepreneur, dance teacher, holistic health consultant and mother of two, on her 50th birthday Ayelet decided to go on a personal volunteering journey to an orphanage in Tanzania. There she met children living in horrific conditions, neglected and without an education.
Social workers brought some of the children to the orphanage, many of them after their parents had died of diseases such as HIV/AIDS, whilst others were abandoned by parents who could no longer afford to care for them.
This life-changing experience led Ayelet to leave behind her previous business and lifestyle and begin dividing her time between Tanzania and Israel.
Her desire to help the orphans she met was absolute and unwavering. She founded HalevAfrica together with an equally passionate team of Israeli partners — all united in the belief that a better world is possible and that we should always take action to repair and improve the lives of others, pursuing the Jewish principle of “Tikkun Olam”.
Since then, and with the support of the many loving hearts who have joined the HalevAfrica family, the organization has evolved from helping a small group of children to supporting hundreds of orphans, vulnerable children, families and communities from across Tanzania.
In 2022, Ayelet was recognized for her humanitarian work as one of ten
Israelis doing the most good abroad by the Israeli news website Ynet.
OUR TEAM
Meet the passionate people behind our mission,
who go above and beyond for our children.
Ilan shvartzman
CEO Africa&more
Partner
Ronit Yehuda
co-founder
Omri Regev
co-founder & Technology manager
Kami Nir Fridman
co-founder
Ayelet Israeli-Aharonof
founder & CEO
Alfred Michael
local partner
Emanuel Steven Kessy
local team
Baraka Mkoongo
local team
Ally Said Kaniki
local team manager
Ron Kaspit
Marketing manager
Marko Mtui
local partner
Linner Paul
local partner
Veronica Saimon Lukumay
local partner
Diomedi paskali
local partner
Peter Samali
local partner