Golf Fore Africa was founded in early 2007 by LPGA Hall of Fame Golfer, Betsy King, following a 2006 trip to Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia where she saw firsthand the terrible plight of AIDS orphans in sub-Saharan Africa. Her initial goal was to raise $250,000 to help AIDS orphans and vulnerable children in Mudasomwa, Rwanda an area which has been devastated by both the AIDS pandemic and the 1994 genocide. By enlisting support of LPGA players and golfers from around the United States, $200,000 was raised in 2007 and donated to Golf Fore Africa’s implementation project partner, World Vision, to help the children living in the Mudasomwa community. In early 2008 the final $50,000 of the goal was raised.

Inspired by the response from volunteers and contributors, as well as the impact on the community of Mudasomwa, Betsy officially established Golf Fore Africa as a 501(C) 3 non-profit charity in April of 2008 and the charity embarked on further projects to bring support and assistance to heavily impacted regions of Sub-Saharan Africa such as Rwanda and Lesotho.

Please view the video from Golf Fore Africa’s initial trip to Africa in 2006