The Anir Foundation was founded by Adrienne Belafonte Biesemeyer and her daughter Rachel Blue Biesemeyer with the goal being to offer North Americans an opportunity to learn about Africa from an experiential perspective be it by volunteering or by classrooms without walls.
It is astounding how many North Americans refer to Africa as a country, not considering it is the second largest continent at approxamently 11,677,239 Square Miles (30,244,049 Square Km). North America as a continent is made up of Canada, the United States and Mexico. As a region North America has 23 countries - Africa has about 54 countries (then there are territories, de facto independent states and ever changing borders...
