Organizations Filed Purposes:
AFRICAN SERVICES COMMITTEE'S MISSION IS TO SUPPORT THE AFRICAN COMMUNITY THROUGH PROVISION OF, HEALTH, HOUSING, SOCIAL AND LEGAL SERVICES and ADVOCACY TOAFRICAN DIASPORA REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS IN NEW YORK CITY AND TO PROVIDE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND HIV, TB PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND SUPPORT IN AFRICA.
HEALTH SERVICES: THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES HIV, VIRAL HEPATITIS (B and C), GONORRHEA, CHLAMYDIA, SYPHILIS, TUBERCULOSIS, and DIABETES SCREENING. ASC PROVIDES TESTING, COUNSELING, EDUCATION, PREVENTION AND LINKAGE TO CARE SERVICES. OVER 1,200 PEOPLE RECEIVE TESTING, PREVENTION AND COUNSELING SERVICES AT OUR TESTING CENTER in the US, AND OVER 20,000 RECEIVED TESTING, PREVENTION, AND COUNSELLING SERVICES AT OUR CLINICS IN ETHIOPIA, ANNUALLY. CHRONIC DISEASE SCREENING: THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED VISION, HYPERTENSION, AND DIABETES SCREENING THROUGH INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY HEALTH SCREENING OPEN TO ALL. LINKAGE TO PRIMARY CARE, INCLUDING MEDICAL ESCORT AND INTERPRETATION, HIV PREVENTION TRAININGS AND OUTREACH: OUR HEALTH CARE WORKERS HELPED IMMIGRANT PATIENTS TO ENROLL IN LOW-FEE HEALTH CARE, PROVIDED HOSPITAL NAVIGATION AND MEDICAL INTERPRETATION TO OVER 500 CLIENTS IN 2019.In ETHIOPIA, OVER 1800 PATIENTS WERE PROVIDED ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT FOR HIV AT ASCS CLINICS
LEGAL ASSISTANCE: IMMIGRATION AND HIV LEGAL AND ADVOCACY SERVICES. ASSISTED IMMIGRANTS IN ACCESSING AND DEFENDING THEIR RIGHTS, THROUGH IMMIGRATION AND EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION CASES, ASYLUM CASES AND DEPORTATION DEFENSE, VAWA AND ANTI-TRAFFICKING CASES, CITIZENSHIP APPLICATIONS, FAMILY VISAS, CUSTODY AND CHILD SUPPORT CASES, FOR OVER 1,200 CASES IN THE 2019 FISCAL YEAR.
SOCIAL SERVICES: SERVICES SUCH AS HIV CASE MANAGEMENT WERE PROVIDED TO OVER 500 CLIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH HIV, WHO RECEIVED COMPREHENSIVE ENTITLEMENTS COUNSELING AND SUPPORT FROM OUR OTHER SERVICES, INCLUDING ACCESS TO OUR FOOD PANTRY, AND TO CLIENT SUPPORT GROUPS. ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSES WERE PROVIDED TO AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS WHO STRIVE TO BECOME INDEPENDENT AND SELF-RELIANT. WE PROVIDED ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESOL) CLASSES TO 44 IMMIGRANTS DURING THE 2019 FISCAL YEAR.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Kim Nichols | CO-EXEC DIR. | 40 | $112,270 |
| Asfaha Hadera | CO-EXEC DIR. | 20 | $55,430 |
| Jane Cohan | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Nyanquoi Yargawon | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Demetri Blanas | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Gerald Pambo-Awich | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Denise Bennett | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Wallace D'Souza | Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
| Mary Moran | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Geoffrey Eaton | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Linda Genereux | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Puneet Rao | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Nadya Salcedo | Secretary | 1.5 | $0 |
| Uzoamaka N Okoye | Chairman | 1.5 | $0 |
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