Ansa (artists For A New South Africa) :

ANSA (Artists for a New South Africa)

Artists for a New South Africa (ANSA) is a nonprofit organization working in the U.S. and South Africa to combat HIV/AIDS, advance civil and voting rights, educate and empower youth, and build bonds between our nations through arts, culture, and our shared pursuit of social justice.

Founded in 1989 by noted members of the arts and entertainment community to support South Africa's quest for freedom and democracy, ANSA has raised over $9 million for effective South African nonprofits, shipped more than 70 tons of medical supplies and books to poor communities, reached millions of people in the U.S. and South Africa with essential information about voter education and HIV/AIDS, and provided approximately 5,000 AIDS orphans in South Africa with comprehensive services.

ANSA board members, donors and supporters include Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Jackson Browne, Morgan Freeman, LaTanya Richardson Jackson & Samuel L. Jackson, Ann & George Lopez, Deborah Santana, Alfre Woodard, Keisha Nash-Whitaker & Forest Whitaker, J.J. Abrams, Harry Belafonte, Johnny Clegg, Mary Steenburgen & Ted Danson, Danny Glover, Nicole Lyn Hill & Dulé Hill, Quincy Jones, Norman Lear, Chris Rock, Jurnee Smollett, The Roots, ?uestlove, Erykah Badu, Taj Mahal, Cicely Tyson, Blair Underwood, Keb Mo, and Pauletta & Denzel Washington.

For more on the multitude of hands on programs that ANSA has established in both the United States and South Africa please visit our website. www.ansafrica.org

http://ansafrica.org