SaveAfricaNow began in 2006 after David Youngren, the founder of SAN, had a dream while visiting Tanzania, Africa.

Having always concluded that someone else will empower Africa’s orphaned children; the dream commissioned Youngren to stand up for Africa’s children and help build them a better future. “It wasn’t that I didn’t care before, but often when I heard reports and watched television that revealed the tragic pandemic of AIDS in Africa, I would just switch the channel. I found it hard to watch because it only would awaken my conscience, and by turning the channel I was convincing myself that someone else was dealing with it,” says David Youngren.

Sharing the dream with his good friend Elias Shija in the morning of June 30, 2006, Elias immediately informed him that he had 120 acres of land to give David to build a quality orphanage outside the city of Tabora in the central part of Tanzania.  Since then a total of 300 acres of land have been secured.

From there it snowballed, and a plan to build a top notch orphanage for more than 800 children was introduced. The vision included building a Health Center with two wards, a Nursery, a Primary and a High school, as well as a Technology and Vocational Training Center. The education had to be of such quality that the students upon graduation would be highly qualified to pursue any career path of choice. It would be the beginning of many similar projects to follow until every orphaned child in Africa would have had the opportunity to build a better future.

Taking his own savings, David then journeyed back to Africa in December 2006 to film a documentary. Together with Elias Shija, Melyssa Hyson, Daniel Kooman, Nathaniel Pritchard, and Nathanael Youngren, they made a powerful and compelling documentary entitled, Africa Sing Me Your Song. This film has now become the catalyst that is mobilizing a grassroots movement to action for the orphaned children due to parents dying of AIDS.

People from various backgrounds are standing up for these children who are looking for someone to help them. Join the movement today and add yourself as My Name is Someone, and help build a better future for Africa’s orphaned children.



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