Africa is not a country…

The Anir Foundation was founded by Adrienne Belafonte Biesemeyer and her daughter Rachel Blue Biesemeyer with the goal of offering 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 approximately 11,677,239 square miles (30,244,046 square kilometers). North America has three countries - Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Africa has about 54 countries (then there are the territories, de facto independent states, and the ever-changing borders).