About Us
Act4Africa is a health and education charity aiming to promote gender justice for women and girls, equip them with life skills to be free from poverty, and combat HIV.
Set up in 2000 by husband and wife team Martin and Kathy Smedley, Act4Africa has a small UK support team based in Manchester and employs 16 Africans: 14 in Uganda, one in Tanzania and one in Malawi.
Working at grass roots level, the charity uses performance arts activities to communicate gender equality and HIV/AIDS prevention education programmes. It also organises trips to Uganda (and soon Tanzania), for those wishing to do their medical elective or teaching placement in Africa, as well as organising various sponsored events and fundraising activities.