2023-11-06T15:07:58-05:00 2022-12-31 590548468 PURVIS GRAY & COMPANY LLP 2347 SE 17TH STREET OCALA FL 34471 990 2022-01-01 742477089 RAFIKI FOUNDATION INC RAFI 3524839131 PO BOX 1988 EUSTIS FL 32727 KAREN ELLIOTT CEO/EXEC DIRECTOR 3524839131 2023-10-19 true KAREN ELLIOTT 999009999 true TIMOTHY M WESTGATE CPA P00631621 3527323872 2023-10-20 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z IR2023159 HURRICANE IDALIA LATE FILING RELIEF KAREN ELLIOTT PO BOX 1988 EUSTIS FL 32727 9688326 false X RAFIKIFOUNDATION.ORG X 1987 TX TO HELP AFRICANS KNOW GOD AND TO HELP THEM RAISE THEIR STANDARD OF LIVING WITH EXCELLENCE AND INTEGRITY. RAFIKI IS A CHRISTIAN, INTERDENOMINATIONAL MISSION ORGANIZATION INCORPORATED IN THE UNITED STATES. THE FOUNDATION OPERATES ONE RAFIKI TRAINING VILLAGE IN EACH OF TEN AFRICAN COUNTRIES. RAFIKI'S MISSION:TRAINING AFRICANS TO TRANSFORM AFRICA FOR CHRIST. RAFIKI'S VISION: EQUIPPING A MULITITUDE OF AFRICANS TO BRING EDUCATIONAL, BIBLICAL, AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION TO THEIR CONTINENT. RAFIKI'S STRATEGY: RAFIKI HAS ESTABLISHED ONE MODEL RAFIKI TRAINING VILLAGE IN EACH OF THE TEN AFRICAN COUNTRIES WHERE ORPHANS ARE CARED FOR AND EDUCATED WITH CHRISTIAN, CLASSICAL CURRICULUM, LEADING TO A VOCATION OR COLLEGE. IN ADDITION, EACH VILLAGE HAS A PRE K12 CHRISTIAN CLASSICAL SCHOOL FOR THE ORPHANS AND DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN FROM THE COMMUNITY. PLUS SEVEN OF THE TEN RAFIKI VILLAGES CONTAIN A CHRISTIAN TEACHER'S COLLEGE PROVIDING TUITION FREE TEACHER TRAINING. LASTLY, RAFIKI PARTNERS WITH 23 AFRICA 10 8 75 92 0 10572716 9417876 44310 57475 -339 15708 2472 -1287 10619159 9489772 12500 0 2553984 2580509 0 256565 7231608 8721498 9785592 11314507 833567 -1824735 23488735 22250426 49758 636184 23438977 21614242 X TO HELP AFRICANS KNOW GOD AND TO HELP THEM RAISE THEIR STANDARD OF LIVING WITH EXCELLENCE AND INTEGRITY. RAFIKI IS A CHRISTIAN, INTERDENOMINATIONAL MISSION ORGANIZATION INCORPORATED IN THE UNITED STATES. THE FOUNDATION OPERATES ONE RAFIKI TRAINING VILLAGE IN EACH OF TEN AFRICAN COUNTRIES. RAFIKI'S MISSION:TRAINING AFRICANS TO TRANSFORM AFRICA FOR CHRIST. RAFIKI'S VISION: EQUIPPING A MULITITUDE OF AFRICANS TO BRING EDUCATIONAL, BIBLICAL, AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION TO THEIR CONTINENT. RAFIKI'S STRATEGY: RAFIKI HAS ESTABLISHED ONE MODEL RAFIKI TRAINING VILLAGE IN EACH OF THE TEN AFRICAN COUNTRIES WHERE ORPHANS ARE CARED FOR AND EDUCATED WITH CHRISTIAN, CLASSICAL CURRICULUM, LEADING TO A VOCATION OR COLLEGE. IN ADDITION, EACH VILLAGE HAS A PRE K12 CHRISTIAN CLASSICAL SCHOOL FOR THE ORPHANS AND DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN FROM THE COMMUNITY. PLUS SEVEN OF THE TEN RAFIKI VILLAGES CONTAIN A CHRISTIAN TEACHER'S COLLEGE PROVIDING TUITION FREE TEACHER TRAINING. LASTLY, RAFIKI PARTNERS WITH 23 AFRICA false false 10429410 12500 57475 RAFIKI HAS BEEN SERVING IN AFRICA OVER 30 YEARS AND IS HELPING AFRICANS TO KNOW GOD AND RAISE THEIR STANDARD OF LIVING THROUGH BIBLE STUDY AND EDUCATION WITH EXCELLENCE AND INTEGRITY. THIS WORK IS OVERSEEN BY THE STAFF AT THE RAFIKI HOME OFFICE IN EUSTIS, FLORIDA AND THE 42 MISSIONARIES OUT IN THE FIELD IN AFRICA. RAFIKI OPERATES IN TEN AFRICAN COUNTRIES AND HAS BUILT A RAFIKI TRAINING VILLAGE IN EACH OF THE TEN COUNTRIES. EACH VILLAGE CONSISTS OF ANYWHERE FROM 20 TO 30 BUILDINGS. RAFIKI HAS FIVE PROGRAMS: 1. EDUCATION 2. ADVANCED LEARNING INSTITUTE 3. CHILDCARE (ORPHAN CARE) 4. BIBLE STUDY 5. WIDOWS CLASSICAL SCHOOLS-ONE K-12 SCHOOL AT EACH OF ITS TEN VILLAGES. THESE SCHOOLS PROVIDE A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION FOR BOTH RESIDENT CHILDREN AND DAY STUDENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY. THE RAFIKI SCHOOLS CURRENTLY EDUCATE MORE THAN 2,951 STUDENTS WHICH INCLUDES THE 552 ORPHANS LIVING AT THE RAFIKI VILLAGES AND OVER 2,399 IMPOVERISHED DAY STUDENTS FROM THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. THE CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT USING RAFIKI'S CHRISTIAN CLASSICAL CURRICULUM WHICH HAS BEEN DEVELOPED SPECIFICALLY FOR AFRICA. THIS CURRICULUM PROVIDES BOTH TEXTBOOKS AND LESSON PLANS AND HAS BEEN WRITTEN TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS, INCORPORATING AFRICAN NATIONAL SYLLABUS REQUIREMENTS. ALL COURSES ARE WRITTEN FROM A BIBLICAL WORLD-VIEW AND ARE CULTURALLY RELEVANT TO AFRICA. THE SCHOOLS NOT ONLY PROVIDE A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION IN CORE COURSES IN MATHEMATICS, LANGUAGE ARTS, AND SCIENCES, BUT ALSO IN ATHLETICS, ART, MUSIC, AND VOCATIONAL COURSES. STUDENTS GRADUATE WITH A WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION, CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS, AND TOOLS FOR LIFELONG LEARNING. THE ADVANCED LEARNING INSTITUTE PROGRAM (CURRENTLY OPERATING IN 7 OF RAFIKI'S 10 COUNTRIES AND HAS OVER 123 STUDENTS) IS THE CAPSTONE OF RAFIKI'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, PROVIDING POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION FOR ADULTS IN TEACHER TRAINING, BUSINESS, MUSIC, AND ART. THE FIRST PART OF THIS PROGRAM WAS LAUNCHED IN 2013 AND IS TRAINING FUTURE EDUCATORS FOR AFRICAN CHURCH SCHOOLS THROUGH THE RAFIKI INSTITUTE OF CLASSICAL EDUCATION. THIS THREE-YEAR COURSE IS PROGRAMMED LEARNING ON A COMPUTER WITH A COMBINATION OF LECTURE, DISCUSSION, COMPUTER-BASED, AND PRACTICUMS AT RAFIKI'S K-12 SCHOOL. STUDENTS RECEIVE COURSES IN COMPUTER, KEYBOARD, CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT, EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT, RECORD-KEEPING, ART, MUSIC, ENGLISH, MATH, SCIENCE, AND WORLD HISTORY. WITH UNEMPLOYMENT RUNNING AS HIGH AS 70% IN THESE TEN COUNTRIES, AND WITH THE GREAT NEED FOR BETTER EDUCATION, THIS PROGRAM WILL SUPPLY TWO MAJOR NEEDS: JOBS AND QUALITY SCHOOLS FOR RAFIKI'S AFRICAN CHURCH PARTNERS. THE PARTICIPANTS WILL NOT ONLY BE EDUCATED THROUGH THE CLASSROOM MATERIALS BUT WILL ALSO PARTICIPATE IN A PRACTICUM AT RAFIKI'S SCHOOL. UPON COMPLETION OF THE COURSE, THEY RECEIVE A COMPLETE SET OF RAFIKI'S CURRICULUM AND BIBLE STUDY TO USE IN ONE OF RAFIKI'S AFRICAN PARTNER CHURCH SCHOOLS. THE CHILDCARE PROGRAM PROVIDES A PERMANENT HOME FOR ORPHANS WITHIN EACH OF THE TEN RAFIKI VILLAGES. EACH VILLAGE IS EQUIPPED TO PROVIDE COMPLETE CARE FOR UP TO 100 CHILDREN, INCLUDING HOUSING, CLOTHING, MEALS, EDUCATION, RECREATION, AND MEDICAL CARE. AT DECEMBER 2022, RAFIKI IS HOME TO A TOTAL OF 573 CHILDREN, RANGING IN AGE FROM NINE TO TWENTY-FOUR, WHO LIVE AT THE TEN VILLAGES. THESE CHILDREN ARE RAISED IN A FAMILY-LIKE SETTING WITH TEN CHILDREN LIVING IN A COTTAGE WITH A TRAINED AFRICAN WOMAN WHO SERVES AS THEIR MOTHER. THE RAFIKI MOTHERS ARE TRAINED AND SUPERVISED BY A QUALIFIED CHILDCARE ADMINISTRATOR (A MISSIONARY) WHO OVERSEES THEIR WORK. RAFIKI PROVIDES A CHRISTIAN CLASSICAL EDUCATION TO THESE CHILDREN FROM PRESCHOOL THROUGH GRADE 12. WHEN THE CHILDREN GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL, THEY ARE ENROLLED IN COLLEGE OR VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS SO THAT THEY CAN LIVE INDEPENDENTLY AND BECOME GODLY CONTRIBUTORS IN THEIR HOME COUNTRIES. THE RAFIKI BIBLE STUDY PROGRAM PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE BIBLE STUDY (553 WEEKS OF LESSONS COVERING ALL SIXTY-SIX BOOKS OF THE BIBLE), PRIMARILY FOR RAFIKI'S K-12 SCHOOLS AND PARTNER CHURCH SCHOOLS. THE BIBLE STUDY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY THEOLOGIANS IN THE U.S. AND AFRICA AND IS WRITTEN AT VARIOUS AGE-COMPREHENSION LEVELS BY INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCED IN TEACHING CHILDREN. THIS MATERIAL IS BEING USED BY ALL PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS IN RAFIKI'S CHILDCARE, EDUCATION, WIDOWS, AND ADVANCED LEARNING INSTITUTE PROGRAMS. FINANCIAL NOTES: RAFIKI IS A MEMBER OF THE ECFA AND MAINTAINS HIGH STANDARDS IN TERMS OF MANAGING ITS FINANCIAL RESOURCES. RAFIKI'S FUNDRAISING DEPENDS HEAVILY UPON PRAYER. IN ADDITION TO BIBLE STUDY AND PRAYER EACH DAY AT ALL RAFIKI VILLAGES IN AFRICA, THE RAFIKI STAFF MEMBERS AT THE RAFIKI HOME OFFICE IN EUSTIS, FL START EACH WORKDAY WITH PRAYER AND BIBLE STUDY. THERE ARE CURRENTLY ABOUT 100 RAFIKI PRAYER GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD PRAYING REGULARLY FOR THE WORK OF RAFIKI. THE RAFIKI WIDOWS' PROGRAM HAS HELPED HUNDREDS, EVEN THOUSANDS OF POOR WOMEN IN ALL TEN OF RAFIKI'S TEN COUNTRIES. WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL AFRICAN PARTNER DENOMINATIONS, RAFIKI PROVIDES DESIGN GUIDANCE AND QUALITY STANDARDS FOR HANDCRAFTS WHICH ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF CRAFTS PRODUCED IN THEIR LOCAL ECONOMY. 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RAFIKI IS A CHRISTIAN, INTERDENOMINATIONAL MISSION ORGANIZATION INCORPORATED IN THE UNITED STATES. THE FOUNDATION OPERATES ONE RAFIKI TRAINING VILLAGE IN EACH OF TEN AFRICAN COUNTRIES. RAFIKI'S MISSION:TRAINING AFRICANS TO TRANSFORM AFRICA FOR CHRIST. RAFIKI'S VISION: EQUIPPING A MULITITUDE OF AFRICANS TO BRING EDUCATIONAL, BIBLICAL, AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION TO THEIR CONTINENT. RAFIKI'S STRATEGY: RAFIKI HAS ESTABLISHED ONE MODEL RAFIKI TRAINING VILLAGE IN EACH OF THE TEN AFRICAN COUNTRIES WHERE ORPHANS ARE CARED FOR AND EDUCATED WITH CHRISTIAN, CLASSICAL CURRICULUM, LEADING TO A VOCATION OR COLLEGE. IN ADDITION, EACH VILLAGE HAS A PRE K12 CHRISTIAN CLASSICAL SCHOOL FOR THE ORPHANS AND DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN FROM THE COMMUNITY. PLUS SEVEN OF THE TEN RAFIKI VILLAGES CONTAIN A CHRISTIAN TEACHER'S COLLEGE PROVIDING TUITION FREE TEACHER TRAINING. LASTLY, RAFIKI PARTNERS WITH 23 AFRICA DENOMINATIONS HELPING THEM PROVIDE ECONOMIC RELIEF TO THEIR POOR WOMEN AND WIDOWS BY MARKETING HANDCRAFTS IN THE USA. ALL PARTICIPANTS WITHIN THE VILLAGE AND WIDOWS PROGRAMS STUDY THE BIBLE. RAFIKI'S WORK IS LOCATED IN ETHIOPIA, GHANA, KENYA, LIBERIA, MALAWI, NIGERIA, TANZANIA, UGANDA, AND ZAMBIA. THESE COUNTRIES HAVE INVITED RAFIKI TO COME TO THE COUNTRIES AND HAVE OFFICIALLY REGISTERED THE FOUNDATION AS AN NGO. EACH VILLAGE HAS A MINIMUM OF SEVEN COTTAGES, FOUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS, A DINING HALL, FOUR MISSIONARY RESIDENCES, THE ADVANCED LEARNING INSTITUTE COMPLEX (THREE BUILDINGS), AND GUEST HOUSE FOR A TOTAL OF TWENTY BUILDINGS MINIMUM. EACH VILLAGE IS BUILT ON APPROXIMATELY FIFTY ACRES AND HAS A GARDEN, PLAYING FIELD, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, AND STORAGE BUILDINGS. THE VILLAGES ARE SELFSUFFICIENT WITH THEIR OWN GENERATORS AND BOREHOLE WATER SUPPLY. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A RAFIKI HAS BEEN SERVING IN AFRICA OVER 30 YEARS AND IS HELPING AFRICANS TO KNOW GOD AND RAISE THEIR STANDARD OF LIVING THROUGH BIBLE STUDY AND EDUCATION WITH EXCELLENCE AND INTEGRITY. THIS WORK IS OVERSEEN BY THE STAFF AT THE RAFIKI HOME OFFICE IN EUSTIS, FLORIDA AND THE 42 MISSIONARIES OUT IN THE FIELD IN AFRICA. RAFIKI OPERATES IN TEN AFRICAN COUNTRIES AND HAS BUILT A RAFIKI TRAINING VILLAGE IN EACH OF THE TEN COUNTRIES. EACH VILLAGE CONSISTS OF ANYWHERE FROM 20 TO 30 BUILDINGS. RAFIKI HAS FIVE PROGRAMS: 1. EDUCATION 2. ADVANCED LEARNING INSTITUTE 3. CHILDCARE (ORPHAN CARE) 4. BIBLE STUDY 5. WIDOWS CLASSICAL SCHOOLS-ONE K-12 SCHOOL AT EACH OF ITS TEN VILLAGES. THESE SCHOOLS PROVIDE A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION FOR BOTH RESIDENT CHILDREN AND DAY STUDENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY. THE RAFIKI SCHOOLS CURRENTLY EDUCATE MORE THAN 2,951 STUDENTS WHICH INCLUDES THE 552 ORPHANS LIVING AT THE RAFIKI VILLAGES AND OVER 2,399 IMPOVERISHED DAY STUDENTS FROM THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. THE CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT USING RAFIKI'S CHRISTIAN CLASSICAL CURRICULUM WHICH HAS BEEN DEVELOPED SPECIFICALLY FOR AFRICA. THIS CURRICULUM PROVIDES BOTH TEXTBOOKS AND LESSON PLANS AND HAS BEEN WRITTEN TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS, INCORPORATING AFRICAN NATIONAL SYLLABUS REQUIREMENTS. ALL COURSES ARE WRITTEN FROM A BIBLICAL WORLD-VIEW AND ARE CULTURALLY RELEVANT TO AFRICA. THE SCHOOLS NOT ONLY PROVIDE A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION IN CORE COURSES IN MATHEMATICS, LANGUAGE ARTS, AND SCIENCES, BUT ALSO IN ATHLETICS, ART, MUSIC, AND VOCATIONAL COURSES. STUDENTS GRADUATE WITH A WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION, CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS, AND TOOLS FOR LIFELONG LEARNING. THE ADVANCED LEARNING INSTITUTE PROGRAM (CURRENTLY OPERATING IN 7 OF RAFIKI'S 10 COUNTRIES AND HAS OVER 123 STUDENTS) IS THE CAPSTONE OF RAFIKI'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, PROVIDING POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION FOR ADULTS IN TEACHER TRAINING, BUSINESS, MUSIC, AND ART. THE FIRST PART OF THIS PROGRAM WAS LAUNCHED IN 2013 AND IS TRAINING FUTURE EDUCATORS FOR AFRICAN CHURCH SCHOOLS THROUGH THE RAFIKI INSTITUTE OF CLASSICAL EDUCATION. THIS THREE-YEAR COURSE IS PROGRAMMED LEARNING ON A COMPUTER WITH A COMBINATION OF LECTURE, DISCUSSION, COMPUTER-BASED, AND PRACTICUMS AT RAFIKI'S K-12 SCHOOL. STUDENTS RECEIVE COURSES IN COMPUTER, KEYBOARD, CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT, EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT, RECORD-KEEPING, ART, MUSIC, ENGLISH, MATH, SCIENCE, AND WORLD HISTORY. WITH UNEMPLOYMENT RUNNING AS HIGH AS 70% IN THESE TEN COUNTRIES, AND WITH THE GREAT NEED FOR BETTER EDUCATION, THIS PROGRAM WILL SUPPLY TWO MAJOR NEEDS: JOBS AND QUALITY SCHOOLS FOR RAFIKI'S AFRICAN CHURCH PARTNERS. THE PARTICIPANTS WILL NOT ONLY BE EDUCATED THROUGH THE CLASSROOM MATERIALS BUT WILL ALSO PARTICIPATE IN A PRACTICUM AT RAFIKI'S SCHOOL. UPON COMPLETION OF THE COURSE, THEY RECEIVE A COMPLETE SET OF RAFIKI'S CURRICULUM AND BIBLE STUDY TO USE IN ONE OF RAFIKI'S AFRICAN PARTNER CHURCH SCHOOLS. THE CHILDCARE PROGRAM PROVIDES A PERMANENT HOME FOR ORPHANS WITHIN EACH OF THE TEN RAFIKI VILLAGES. EACH VILLAGE IS EQUIPPED TO PROVIDE COMPLETE CARE FOR UP TO 100 CHILDREN, INCLUDING HOUSING, CLOTHING, MEALS, EDUCATION, RECREATION, AND MEDICAL CARE. AT DECEMBER 2022, RAFIKI IS HOME TO A TOTAL OF 573 CHILDREN, RANGING IN AGE FROM NINE TO TWENTY-FOUR, WHO LIVE AT THE TEN VILLAGES. THESE CHILDREN ARE RAISED IN A FAMILY-LIKE SETTING WITH TEN CHILDREN LIVING IN A COTTAGE WITH A TRAINED AFRICAN WOMAN WHO SERVES AS THEIR MOTHER. THE RAFIKI MOTHERS ARE TRAINED AND SUPERVISED BY A QUALIFIED CHILDCARE ADMINISTRATOR (A MISSIONARY) WHO OVERSEES THEIR WORK. RAFIKI PROVIDES A CHRISTIAN CLASSICAL EDUCATION TO THESE CHILDREN FROM PRESCHOOL THROUGH GRADE 12. WHEN THE CHILDREN GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL, THEY ARE ENROLLED IN COLLEGE OR VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS SO THAT THEY CAN LIVE INDEPENDENTLY AND BECOME GODLY CONTRIBUTORS IN THEIR HOME COUNTRIES. THE RAFIKI BIBLE STUDY PROGRAM PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE BIBLE STUDY (553 WEEKS OF LESSONS COVERING ALL SIXTY-SIX BOOKS OF THE BIBLE), PRIMARILY FOR RAFIKI'S K-12 SCHOOLS AND PARTNER CHURCH SCHOOLS. THE BIBLE STUDY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY THEOLOGIANS IN THE U.S. AND AFRICA AND IS WRITTEN AT VARIOUS AGE-COMPREHENSION LEVELS BY INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCED IN TEACHING CHILDREN. THIS MATERIAL IS BEING USED BY ALL PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS IN RAFIKI'S CHILDCARE, EDUCATION, WIDOWS, AND ADVANCED LEARNING INSTITUTE PROGRAMS. FINANCIAL NOTES: RAFIKI IS A MEMBER OF THE ECFA AND MAINTAINS HIGH STANDARDS IN TERMS OF MANAGING ITS FINANCIAL RESOURCES. RAFIKI'S FUNDRAISING DEPENDS HEAVILY UPON PRAYER. IN ADDITION TO BIBLE STUDY AND PRAYER EACH DAY AT ALL RAFIKI VILLAGES IN AFRICA, THE RAFIKI STAFF MEMBERS AT THE RAFIKI HOME OFFICE IN EUSTIS, FL START EACH WORKDAY WITH PRAYER AND BIBLE STUDY. THERE ARE CURRENTLY ABOUT 100 RAFIKI PRAYER GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD PRAYING REGULARLY FOR THE WORK OF RAFIKI. THE RAFIKI WIDOWS' PROGRAM HAS HELPED HUNDREDS, EVEN THOUSANDS OF POOR WOMEN IN ALL TEN OF RAFIKI'S TEN COUNTRIES. WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL AFRICAN PARTNER DENOMINATIONS, RAFIKI PROVIDES DESIGN GUIDANCE AND QUALITY STANDARDS FOR HANDCRAFTS WHICH ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF CRAFTS PRODUCED IN THEIR LOCAL ECONOMY. RAFIKI MARKETS THESE PRODUCTS IN THE U.S. TO SUPPORT THE WOMEN AND COVER THE COST OF SHIPPING AND MARKETING. FORM 990, PART V, LINE 4B ETHIOPIA, GHANA, KENYA, LIBERIA, MALAWI, NIGERIA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA, ZAMBIA FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE BOARD COLLECTIVELY REVIEWS THE FORM 990 AND MAKES INQUIRY TO THEIR ACCOUNTANT REGARDING ANY QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C THE BOARD MEMBERS SIGN A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY EVERY YEAR. ANY NEW CONTRACTS OR PURCHASES ARE REVIEWED BY THE CEO & HEAD OF FINANCE. THUS ANY TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING BOARD MEMBERS AND POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST WOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A THE ORGANIZATION RESEARCHES AND REVIEWS EXECUTIVE AND KEY EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION FOR OTHER COMPARABLE NOT-FOR-PROFITS, AND THE BOARD MAKES FINAL APPROVAL. COMPENSATION REASONABLENESS IS REVIEWED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS BY THE BOARD. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B THE ORGANIZATION USES THE SAME PROCESS AS LISTED ABOVE. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, POLICIES, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS WELL AS FORM 990 WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9 COST OF GOODS SOLD 198,554 COST OF GOODS SOLD -198,554