From America to Africa, ours is a family love story spanning decades, continents, and cultures.
For over five decades, ACE has refined a paradigm for family-based care recognized by governments throughout Africa.
Today, ACE is a partnership between Zambians and Americans who work every single day to keep children with their families in the face of overwhelming circumstances.
OUR VISION is a permanent, secure, and loving family for every child.
There are over one million orphaned children in Zambia. While institutions can provide them life-saving rescue, they cannot replace the love of a secure, permanent family.
ACE protects families in crisis; restores orphaned children to family; and strengthens communities through economic empowerment and education.
OUR MISSION is to bring orphaned and vulnerable children into secure families, schools, and communities.
We prioritize child safety and permanency in a stable, loving family environment. That means: safety first, and family as soon as possible.
Children without families face lifelong risks. We help provide physical and emotional protection for children in crisis, reintegrate children with their biological family members and find alternate homes through fostering or adoption for children without available family.
OUR VALUES are the principles that made ACE a global movement.
Zambian expertise
We maintain 100% in-country staff and leadership.
Families, not orphanages
We work toward family permanence through reintegration, fostering, and adoption.
Global alliance
NGOs, foundations, churches, and individuals from all around the world provide funds, program development, and prayer support.
Local partnerships
Indigenous churches, community leaders, and local governments are integral to everything we do, from adoption sensitization to food distributions to primary schooling.
